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Nicolas is an executive in our Digital Healthcare group which focuses on results-oriented technology driven solutions. He is a respected leader with over 23 years of combined experience in Healthcare Imaging and Information systems integration. His Healthcare knowledge includes extensive PACS, HIS/RIS, EMR, Cardiology, data migration, workflow experience and overall IT systems integration.
Prior to joining Technology Solutions Company, Mr. Nicolas spent five years leading the Integration Services team for GE Healthcare IT in the Americas. The team he grew and managed at GE focused on Radiology and Cardiology PACS, RIS and Cardiology Information management. Mr. Nicolas' team delivered DICOM and HL-7 connectivity, data migration services as well as storage and web solutions.
During his tenure with GE, Mr. Nicolas built a team that successfully served over 350 PACS installations, integrated to over forty different RIS types and migrated over 250 TB of legacy PACS data. Mr. Nicolas worked closely with such institutions as UCLA, NYP, Duke University, Northwestern Memorial and other respected healthcare providers.
Mr. Nicolas' career also includes time with Acuson (Siemens) and as a principle of Touchstone Medical. During his tenure with Acuson, Mr. Nicolas was involved with early stage-one PACS that grew from pre-industry standards such as DICOM or the adoption of HL7 to fully deployed industry compliant solutions. While at Touchstome Medical, Mr. Nicolas was engaged with early DICOM adoption and deployment, primarily involving ultrasound, cardiology and archive solutions.
Today, Mr. Nicolas's team architects and optimizes technology using practical solutions based on industry standards, such as HL7, DICOM, ITIL, HITSP and blueprints from the Integrated Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) profiles. Mr. Nicolas is playing an active role in IHE by working with vendors to define, refine and accelerate adoption of standards.
Mr. Nicolas has a BS in Business from Wesleyan and an AS in Electrical Engineering from Purdue.
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