Gary Mefford Rrt Email & Phone Number

Phoenix, Arizona Area

 Sales and marketing of capital medical equipment Home ventilation DME referral generation  Home ventilation and respiratory homecare patient management

Springtown Tx

Coordinate demonstration, trials, and implementation of Hayek RTX ventilator where assigned.

Fort Worth Tx

Instrumental in launching Respiratory Care and clinical programs at totally new LTACH with strong focus on high acuity patients. Successfully navigated through initial JCAHO and state surveys. Lead clinical team that consistently produces company leading clinical results. Chair Company Wide Respiratory Care Practice Council.

Tarrant County Fort Worth Southwest

Facility manager of information system bringing about major improvements in documentation accuracy of all disciplines particularly nursing through focused training programs, maximized users interface including comfort level with I.S. functions, developed many teaching tools which have been distributed throughout Kindred Hospital Division. Multiple project management assignments accomplished on target. Windows expert and trainer. Achieved new levels of customer service, and user satisfaction with H.I.S. department services. Selected for and participated in corporate EHR and Ventilator Selection Teams, assisting in high level assessment and selection process for Kindred Hospital Division’s EHR and ventilator updates. Regional documentation training expert.

Fort Worth Tx

Coordinated education and care activities in metropolitan teaching facility.Accomplishments: Introduced current research data to RT and medical staff resulting in improved outcomes in critical care areas. Developed expertise and trained RT, nursing, and medical staff on use of adult high frequency ventilation resulting in significant improvement in survival rate for the very ill patients committed to this type of ventilatory support. Provided respiratory care orientation training to first year residents.

Fort Worth Tx

Specializing in ventilator weaning of LTAC patient personally researched, wrote and facilitated implementation of highly successful weaning protocol for complex, long term vent patients, critical care, very low tolerance cardio-pulmonary rehab, quad care, and had the pleasure of being able to develop close working relationship with many of Fort Worth’s top pulmonologists. H.I.S. staff trainer. Ongoing inservice program training’ nursing and ancillary staff on critical care topics. Editor departmental educational periodical.