Joel Dougherty
Chief Operating Officer
One World Community Health Centers

Mr. Dougherty has been the Chief Operating Officer for OneWorld Community Health Centers, Inc. since 2005.

Mr. Dougherty successfully led the implementation of OneWorld’s electronic practice management (EPM) and electronic health record (EHR) systems, implemented the Dentrix electronic dental record (EDR) system, was the project director and designer for OneWorld’s first satellite clinic location, managed the construction of a new 40,000 square foot health clinic and the logistics of moving the health center into the new location in 2005. He was responsible for implementing new ultrasound and radiology services and manages all aspects of the Information Technology department including the EPM system, EHR, EDR, server farm and desktop support. As COO, he supervises medical records, appointment scheduling, front desk, billing, IT, facilities, financial counseling, HR, WIC, and patient support departments. He created and implemented disaster response and business continuity plans and led the transition from an in-house billing department to an outsourced billing company. His prior experience includes:

1997–2005
Director of Operations for Personal PC Consultants in Omaha where he led a Practice Management selection and implementation team for OneWorld Community Health Centers as a consultant, was team leader for an implementation of a new database system to manage the credentialing process for the Nebraska Credentials Verification Organization with over 1,000 users, provided outsourced IT services including network management, security, purchasing, network design, desktop support, training and disaster recovery planning for clients in health care, finance, construction, insurance, accounting and real estate, team leader on a web-based database to manage specialty referrals for three Heartland Community Health Network clinics and over 700 private doctors offices