Kimberly Ackerman Email & Phone Number

Kirkland, WA, US

Tacoma, Washington, United States

• Regional service line executive accountable for strategic and programmatic leadership of Cardiovascular and Digestive Health spanning 11 acute care hospitals, 10 ambulatory surgery centers, 4 major medical groups and.
• Inaugurated the Digestive Health program into the Regional Clinical Institutes; established a governance structure, business line inventories, and an accountability model
• Developed and initiated comprehensive 5-year strategic plans for Cardiovascular services and Digestive Health services inclusive of market-specific growth plans, capital planning, and resource allocation in.
• Developed and maintained balanced scorecards which measured and monitored key program goals and outcomes in: Quality, Affordability, Experience, Growth, and Physician Alignment
• Hardwired the Patient Safety / Process Improvement tactics for mortality and morbidity associated with percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) and structural heart catheter procedures
• Implemented Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) processes in Cardiac Surgery and Colorectal Surgery, resulting in one day improvement in hospital length of stay and over $1k in per case savings

• Senior administrator with oversight of perioperative and interventional departments, multiple service lines, construction, and capital / strategic projects
• Coordination of multiple large capital business plans and hospital construction projects, including: CVIR labs & hybrid suites, operating and recovery room, central sterile services, laboratory, pharmacy / compounding.
• Led facility community needs assessment and comprehensive strategic planning for an acute care centers of excellence project – 5 year proposal building tertiary level service lines
• Re-engineered pre-operative functions improving provider satisfaction, perioperative efficiencies, clinical effectiveness and an 11% increase in operating room utilization within the first month of implementation
• Enhanced relationships and aligned goals with joint venture ambulatory surgery centers resulting in an 18% increase in ASC volume and performance
• Strategically transitioned appropriate surgical and interventional cases to the ambulatory setting resulting in increased capacity for high complexity procedures and high acuity admissions

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Senior administrator, reporting to the CEO, with oversight of Surgery, PACU, SPD, CVIR labs, GI/Endoscopy, Cardiology, Neuro-diagnostics, Cardiac Rehab, and the Trauma Program
• Led strategic sourcing councils in specialty item contract negotiations that resulted in over $300M in savings across the system each year
• Led the Providence System in best practice efficiencies, such as First Case On-Time starts, OR room turnover, and OR utilization
• Structured peri-anesthesia care, resulting in improved safety of patients receiving monitored procedural sedation
• Continued successful Joint Commission Accreditation with no clinical findings in the perioperative areas
• Achieved Joint Commission Patient Blood Management certification

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Recognized as a highly valuable asset to the health system and community by the American College of Surgeons
• Developed strategic direction for, and coordination of, two high acuity service lines focused on optimal patient outcomes and system efficiencies
• Implemented Quality and Performance Improvement processes in both Trauma & Cardiovascular Services
• Increased organs transplanted per donor rates by 25%, through evidence-based clinical care pathways and inter-professional collaboration
• Brought nationally-recognized trauma and post-resuscitation care education in house
• Restructured the Trauma Program, improving data collection validity, real-time process improvement and loop closure, and engaged multidisciplinary teams

• Developed a medical corporation, prepared and managed practice budgets and contracts, supervised billing and receivables, and managed daily operations
• Responsible for assessment and interventions for trauma patients along the acute care continuum, assisted in surgery as a Registered Nurse First Assistant
• Pioneered hospital’s first Trauma Nurse Practitioner program
• Provided and facilitated Critical Care / Trauma education to nursing staff

Master Of Science Nursing / Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Nursing

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Health/Health Care Administration/Management

Bachelor Of Science Nursing, Nursing

Fellow, Integrative Medicine