Entry 002

Curriculum Vitae

Kyle W. Fitzpatrick — Madison, WI — kwilliamfitzpatrick@gmail.com

Professional Experience

Epic Systems

Nov 2021 – Oct 2025

Quality Manager & Regulatory Compliance Analyst — Verona, WI

  • Conducted internal audits of QMS processes governing software design, development, and post-market activities, evaluating procedural adherence, documentation completeness, and regulatory alignment against FDA, ISO, EU MDR, and Health Canada standards.
  • Prepared audit reports with structured findings, regulatory references, and corrective action recommendations; performed follow-up audits to verify sustained implementation.
  • Reviewed software requirements and user stories before each development cycle, translating specifications into structured validation approaches.
  • Participated in design reviews and feature planning discussions, contributing analysis that directly influenced developer decisions.
  • Contributed to the design of a psychiatric safety-check reporting dashboard by working directly with clinicians and developers to define reporting requirements and surface workflow gaps.
  • Validated front-end clinical data entry against the psychiatric safety-check reporting dashboard, confirming that safety documentation translated accurately into leadership-visible reporting outputs; testing findings delayed one release to ensure patient-safety integrity.
  • Collaborated with software developers, clinical SMEs, and product stakeholders across design reviews, feature planning, and defect resolution.
  • Integrated AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude) into compliance documentation, test plan development, audit support, and technical writing workflows.
  • Coauthored published op-ed in STAT News on suicide screening practices with Geoffrey Engel, M.D., Ph.D., and J. Wesley Boyd, M.D., Ph.D.

Education

University of Illinois Springfield

Expected 2026 · GPA 3.83

Master of Arts in Legal Studies

Coursework: Legal Research & Citation, Business Law, Healthcare Law

Harvard University

2020 · GPA 3.86

Master of Bioethics

Coursework: Clinical Ethics, Research Ethics, Health Law & Policy, Neuroethics, Global Health Ethics, Bioethics Advocacy

Guilford College

2019 · High Honors · GPA 3.90 · Philosophy Minor

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology

Teaching Assistant — Research Methods

Core Competencies

Healthcare Software QATest Plan DevelopmentDefect Triage & ClassificationReporting DashboardsEHR Data-Flow ValidationCross-Platform TestingTechnical DocumentationQMS AuditingAudit Report PreparationSOP Review & EvaluationCAPACorrective Action VerificationFDA, ISO, EU MDR, & Joint Commission Regulatory StandardsLegal Research & CitationRequirements AnalysisDashboard Design & ValidationExcel Data AnalysisStatistical Analysis (SPSS, Stata, Python)SQLAI Tool IntegrationPrompt EngineeringProcess ImprovementCross-Functional CollaborationEvidence-Based Policy Analysis

Selected Writing

Health care organizations screening for depression are skipping a critical question

STAT News · 2025 · With Geoffrey Engel, M.D., Ph.D. and J. Wesley Boyd, M.D., Ph.D.

Argues that omitting PHQ-9 item nine from depression screening workflows is ethically indefensible and constitutes a patient-safety failure.