Joseph Kunisch, Ph.D., Rn-Bc, Cphq Email & Phone Number

■ Visionary, results-focused administrator with extensive quality management, operational leadership, and critical care nursing experience.■ Equipped with a keen ability to shift healthcare organizations from reactive recipients to proactive influencers of regulatory requirements.■ Proven track record fostering strong collaboration with internal stakeholders to increase satisfaction with new processes and expedite change management.■ Subject matter expert for quality reporting regulatory requirement and respected company resource willing to look beyond own department to share information that helps the entire organization.KEY CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS--------------------------------------✪ Influenced vast changes in eCQM development process that CMS and The Joint Commission have implemented nationwide.✪ Led current employer to recognition as one of the first High Reliability Organizations in the country.✪ Centralized Abstraction Services via continual process improvement that exponentially increased efficiency.✪ Maintained a high level of reliability and validity with quality reporting while significantly decreasing FTEs 66%.KEY STRENGTHS------------------■ Collaboratively lead staff with a style that maintains a high level of employee engagement and satisfaction.■ Dismantling department silos to remove duplication, inefficiency, and teamwork barriers that improve outcomes.■ Liaising with external federal, state and local agencies to strengthen implementations of new quality measure regulations.KEY AREAS OF EXPERTISE-----------------------------Electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQMs) | Quality Measure Development | Electronic Health Record Implementation | Health care Policy and Regulations | Quality Measure Development | Clinical Quality Measure Abstraction | Clinical informatics | Staff Development | Performance Improvement | Business Collaborations

Listed skills include Clinical Informatics, Clinical Decision Support, Ehr, Emr, and 47 others.