David Abelson M.D. Email & Phone Number

Retired Chief Executive Officer (CEO) from Park Nicollet Health Services and senior executive at Health Partners

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

"Advancing Relationship-Based Cultures "explains and expands a fundamental and often overlooked truth in health care: It is the confluence of relational and clinical competence that advances relationship-based healing cultures.A relationship-based culture is one in which a critical mass of people provides care and service with relational competence. In.

Minneapolis Minnesota

Board member VigiLanz November 2015 to presentBoard member HealthPartners January 2013 to December 2014Board member Regions Hospital January 2013 to December 2014Board Chair of HealthPartners Institute of Research and Education January 2013-June 2014Member and President of Park Nicollet Health Services Board of Directors January 2010-December 2012Member of.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

ICSI is a regional collaborative of care delivery systems and health plans dedicated to improving health care

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

In addition to role of CEO of Park Nicollet Health Services I led the combined care delivery of Park Nicollet (including Methodist, TRIA and Park Nicollet Clinic), Regions Hospital and HealthPartners Clinics. I was accountable for integrating the care of Park Nicollet and HealthPartners with a combined annual revenue of $2.2 billion and 1700 physicians and.

Park Nicollet Health Services

Integrated Health Care organization with $1.2 billion annual revenue at the time of merger with HealthPartners in 2013. In addition to leading the merger with HealthPartners I focused on improving the patient and family experience, increasing shared savings revenue and cultivating culture.Led direction of Park Nicollet toward shared savings model.

Led clinical operations with chief operating officer. Oversaw more than 1000 physicians and clinical professionals as well as Information Technology. Reported to the CEO.Acting chief of primary care March-July 2008.

Directed care improvement support. Directed Information Management Technology (IT); direct reports included Chief Information Officer (CIO)

Led three year, $60 million electronic medical record (EMR) project integrating clinical information across hospital, clinics and home health care.Directed information technology; direct reports included Chief Information OfficerReported to CEO

Managed "change team" of 19 people. Co-managed with Chief Information Officer a $23 million annual budget and staff. Led design to improve service for 5.5 million incoming calls/year.Led design and deployment of first instance of customer relationship software (CRM) for messaging in health care.

Designed and managed organizational process to support care improvements. Initiated "Supporting Best Care," a department to support care improvement across clinics and hospital,Redesigned transcription process. Turnaround time of 21,000 reports/week improved from 10 days to less than 24 hours.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Reduced unnecessary clinical variation by designing and managing the support to implement 40 clinical guidelines.Integrated process for implementing ambulatory guidelines with inpatient "pathways,Led Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI) guideline development team for depression and anxiety in primary care and participated in the ICSI work.

Led $21 million dollar research and education institute along with other responsibilities as vice president Park Nicollet Health ServicesServices

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

5 person Internal Medicine private practice.Acted as managing office partner 1981-83Medical Director Shalom Nursing Home and David Herman Nursing Home

Internal Medicine Residency Program

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Bachelor’S Degree, Psychology