Entry 002
Curriculum Vitae
Kyle W. Fitzpatrick — Madison, WI — kwilliamfitzpatrick@gmail.com
Professional Experience
Epic Systems
Nov 2021 – Oct 2025Quality 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 3.83Master of Arts in Legal Studies
Coursework: Legal Research & Citation, Business Law, Healthcare Law
Harvard University
2020 · GPA 3.86Master 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 MinorBachelor 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.