Elizabeth Visco, Mha, Crna, Arnp, Cphq Email & Phone Number

HEALTHCARE LEADERSHIP: Proven healthcare leader and Registered Nurse with a Masters of Healthcare Administration from the University of Washington. Experience spanning three fundamental types of institutions, academia, private practice, andAmbulatory Surgical Care.Cross-functional expertise in leadership,program managementand systemized care innovation. Highly service oriented, passionate advocate for patients, families, and healthcare staff. Recognized by peers, colleagues, and patients for compassion, integrity, and honesty.POLICY & PROCEDURE BUILDER (MODERATE SEDATION): Developed innovative core education, policy, and procedures of Moderate Sedation. Asked by UW healthcare leadership to launch moderate sedation model to all UW Medicine facilities. Trained hundreds of RNs in Moderate Sedation Practice (at UW and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance). Eventually systematized to HMC and UW.QUALITY IMPROVEMENT | QUALITY CONTROL: 15+ years of healthcare quality control and quality improvement expertise. Proven track record of innovating and managing quality improvement programs. CONSENSUS BUILDER | TEAM BUILDING: Worked with multidisciplinary groups to achieve consensus on revision, streamlining, safe ICU transport and handoff from ICU to OR, OR to PACU, OR to ICU (e.g. Nursing, Intensivists, Anesthesiologists, Surgeons Resp. Therapists, Pharmacy). Developed system for “Briefs” at the beginning of each day with stakeholders of each OR. Managed/coordinated teams for room huddle prior to the start of the day, communicating needs and challenges of individual patients, surgeon’s, nursing, and anesthesia. Resulted in superior teamwork, improved morale, better communication, better workflow, and better patient care. RISK MANAGEMENT | RISK MITIGATION: 15+ years of patient-centered and employee-centered risk management (and risk mitigation) experience within world-class healthcare environments.MENTORING | COACHING: Personally mentored and/or coached approx. 400 healthcare practitioners throughout career (e.g. nurses, doctors, anesthesiologists, anesthesia technicians, nurse practitioners, respiratory therapists, and students).

Listed skills include Healthcare, Patient Safety, Critical Care, Nursing, and 39 others.