Ms. Bigelow has served in executive leadership positions in hospitals and LTC/SNF as Regional Vice President Quality, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for critical access hospitals in Alaska. Other senior leadership roles have included Director for Health Information and Access Management, as well as several years as Compliance and Privacy, serving with a healthcare system compliance board. Licensed Nursing Home Administrator for over twenty-five years; licensed in Alaska and Arizona. Other credentials include Health Services Executive (HSE); Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) and Certified Dementia Practitioner (CDP). Ms. Bigelow and has served on several boards representing community organizations and healthcare entities. For many years, Ms. Bigelow served as Adjunct Faculty and was active in advisory and the Chancellor’s Board for the University of Alaska – Southeast campuses. Ms. Bigelow served most recently as adjunct faculty for the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF).Ms. Bigelow attained her Masters of Science in Organizational Business Management (University of LaVerne) after earning her Bachelors of Health Information (Stephens College).
Bigelow Community Consulting, Llc
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Principal OwnerBigelow Community Consulting, Llc Oct 2017 - PresentAlaska, United StatesHealthcare consulting.
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Chief Administrative Officer / CeoProvidence Kodiak Island Medical Center, Chiniak Bay Elder House, Behavioral Health Center Aug 2015 - Oct 2017Kodiak, Alaska• Responsible for the success of a critical access hospital (25 licensed beds); long-term care (22 licensed beds); community behavioral health; physician specialty clinic and an outpatient provider-based palliative care program• Successfully negotiation and execution of a twenty-year lease with the municipality for the continuation of healthcare services on Kodiak Island • Successful TJC (The Joint Commission) surveys in hospital and behavioral health• Medical and advance practice professionals, reporting to the Chief Executive; provider-based clinics of 16 FTEs to include 5 ED physicians, 7 specialty physicians, ANP, PA and CRNAs• Provider specialty clinic model meeting the needs of community residents enhanced by urban-based visiting physician and modality specialists• External survey models for employee engagement and HCAHPS with very positive results• Community chairperson-led engaged and proactive hospital advisory board • Daily safety huddles in administration engaging all department leaders and/or their designees
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Chief Administrative OfficerProvidence Valdez Medical Center, Long Term Care And Behavioral Health Aug 2013 - Aug 2015Valdez, Alaska 99686• Responsible for the success of a critical access hospital (11 licensed beds); long-term care (10 licensed beds) and community behavioral health• Integrated behavioral health and stabilized the delivery model• Negotiated a successive five-year management & operating agreement with the City• MRI implementation project & facility build within certificate of need• Initial successful TJC (The Joint Commission) survey for behavioral health• Completion of major energy audit with resultant energy cost-savings• Experience with HICS (hospital incident command structure) and Alaska Shield community, military and hospital project/collaboration• City-wide disaster coordination and collaboration for a major avalanche that closed the Richardson Highway (and isolated the community) for 10 days in 2014• e-ICU implementation• Community Health Needs Assessment and IRS-CHIP plan• Integration of spiritual care with mission integration• Initiated board, executive and employee-giving programs with the Foundation• Reenergized hospital program and visiting clinic marketing and underwriting• Programmatic support for the Sound Wellness Alliance Network (SWAN): a community health outreach program
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Regional Vice President, Ketchikan Medical CenterPeacehealth May 2008 - Jul 2013• Served as Acting CEO on numerous occasions for extended absences of the CEO• March 2013, Ketchikan Medical Center was named as one of the top 100 Critical Access Hospitals by iVantage Health Strong Index• Your Hospital Your Future Project: Partnering with the City, State and NAC Architecture; $76M new facility construction for surgery suite, medical office building and parking• Named to Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals in 2012 by the National Rural Health Association• Rated #6 in the nation as a top traveler-friendly hospital by iVantage Hosp Strength Index• Executive Liaison to the Community Health Needs Assessment & CHIP Plan• Development of networks of care through system-wide change to regional networks• Teams achieved one million dollars in philanthropy in FY 2012• Development of care transformation and initiation of a language of caring project• System-leading scores for patient satisfaction and organizational health/culture of safety• Developed and led the Governing Board Committee for Quality and Patient Safety• Developed and led peer review processes and formed a professional practices committee to meet OPPE/FPPE under TJC accreditation guidelines -
Interim CeoWrangell Medical Center And Extended Care Facility Sep 2012 - Dec 2012Wrangell, AlaskaAsked to serve by PeaceHealth as the interim CEO, fall of 2012, through contract with the City and Borough of Wrangell/Wrangell Medical Center (community hospital); a municipal-owed hospital. This role included responsibility for a very small acute and co-located long-term care facility.
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Director, Health Information, Access Services, Compliance And PrivacyPeacehealth Ketchikan Medical Center Apr 1993 - May 2008Ketchikan, AlaskaDirector Health Information and Access Departments; Compliance & Privacy; Team Leader for various projects engaged in electronic medical record (EMR), selection design and implementation
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Health Information Management Asst DirectorBanner Health May 1983 - Apr 1993
Barbara L Bigelow Education Details
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University Of LaverneOrganizational Business Management -
Health Information Management -
English And Secondary Education
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Barbara L Bigelow attended University Of Laverne, Stephens College, University Of Alaska Fairbanks.
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