Facilitates implementation of heart failure, atrial fib, coronary artery disease, stroke and resuscitation quality improvement with hospitals in 11 states
Incorporates data collection programs to over 420 Midwest hospitals and over 400,000 patient records, including monitoring and analyzing data for improvement
Strong relationship with The Joint Commission, Hospital Associations, the Dept. of Health, QIOs, payers and other key stakeholders working to use data to improve health and outcomes
Supervises and develops direct reports and integrates with internal partners to grow initiatives within the organization
Facilitates overall increase in compliance of performance measures in the areas of heart failure, STEMI and stroke through individual consultations, best practice meetings and statewide initiatives
Author of abstracts analyzing data to explore successes and needs to improveArranges and facilitates state and health system specific disease conferences with national faculty
Experience working with EHRs, core measure vendors and other clinical decision support tools to create data flow
Engages QIOs and payers to assist physician practices to improve guidelines through data collection in the outpatient setting
Develops and manages multi-million dollar budgets for STEMI and stroke statewide implementation with major donors
Taught graduate level Quality Management Course every term for three years.
American Society of Quality Healthcare Division, Process Improvement Taskforce 2014-present
National Association of Healthcare Quality- National Conference Planning Committee -2012-2013
National Association of Healthcare Quality- Population Health Work Group
Centers for Disease Control Coverdell Stroke Registry Workgroup 2010-present
Member of American College of Healthcare Executives- serving on WI membership committee 2009- present
Abstract Reviewer – Illinois Hospital Association 2011- present
Evaluating Community Response When Stroke Symptoms are Present Though Hospital Arrival Mode and Last Known Well to Arrival Times- Quality Outcomes and Cardiovascular Research, June 2014
Hospital Certification Programs Use Data to Improve Quality and Decrease Length of Stay-A Look at Stroke in Wisconsin, American College of HealthCare Executive March 2012
Barriers to Improve IV tPA Door to Needle Time-Comparing Small Rural Hospitals and Primary Stroke Centers- International Stroke Conference, February 2013
Targeting Rural Hospitals to Improve Stroke Care in Wisconsin DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.109.191960 Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2009;2;e1-e66
Engaging Partners to Improve Stroke/STEMI Care in Critical Access Hospitals- National Association of Healthcare Quality, October 2013
Evaluating Pre-Hospital Response When Stroke Symptoms are Present Though Hospital Arrival Mode and Last Known Well to Arrival Quality of Cardiovascular Outcomes and Research http://circoutcomes.ahajournals.org/content/7/Suppl_1/A268.abstract?sid=a2a4104e-103e-469a-9271-effd1a7527c0
Building a Statewide ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction System of Care in a Rural State: The South Dakota Mission: Lifeline Initiative – American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions Poster Presentation http://content.onlinejacc.org/article.aspx?articleID=2197216
Is The Collection of Stroke Data to Improve Patient Care Important for Small Volume Hospitals? International Stroke Conference Presentation Stroke. 2015; 46: ATP256 http://stroke.ahajournals.org/content/46/Suppl_1/ATP256.abstract?sid=af79f85a-629d-4048-b7a4-e9b9de30798f
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