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Kansas City, Missouri , Us

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West Burlington, Ia, Us

Worked in partnership with Board of Directors to establish new mission, strategic vision, and values for the organization. Built the senior leadership team, restructured the organization, and managed the acquisition and post-merger integration of Fort Madison Community Hospital (FMCH) and Henry County Health Center (HCHC).NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS:➤ Consolidated GRMC and FMCH to form Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center, enabling the organization to generate another $12M+ annually by acquiring a sole community hospital designation from CMS.➤ Designed an innovative agreement that formed a first-of-its-kind financial model with HCHC, a financially-troubled $35M Critical Access Hospital, that enabled GRHS to share expenses and resources, improve service to Southeast Iowa, and keep HCHC from closing. ➤ Drove estimated $21.5M in new annual revenue by opening new ambulatory diagnostic imaging center, a geriatric psychiatric program, implementing provider-based billing, and enrolling in federal 340B drug pricing program.➤ Initiated “Project Synergy” to improve the financial health of GRHS, including process improvements through functional work groups, a position review committee to ensure labor productivity targets were met, changing the group purchasing organization to reduce supply expenses, and development of Value Boards to help embed GRHS values and credo across the entire organization.➤ Addressed workforce challenges and improved economic development in the community by creating the Great River Health Foundation to invest $10M over 5 years that will triple the nursing program at the local community college, by assisting the college in building instructional infrastructure, and covering nurse tuition. Doubled daycare capacity at West Burlington campus and added 5-Star, 70-child daycare center at FMCH.

Kansas City, Mo, Us

Promoted to oversee day-to-day operations of both hospitals and direct the overall performance of SLNH. Served in a matrixed reporting structure to the Saint Luke's Health System executive and local Board of Directors. Hired top-performing, engaged staff, and aligned employees with mission and values of the organization. Oversaw 800+ employees. NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS:➤ Grew operating margin from $2.6M to $6.3M.➤ Achieved top decile performance in readmissions, sepsis mortality, and hospital-acquired infections (HAI) by creating and instilling “Just Culture” principles focused on process improvement and staff commitment to SLNH core values.➤ Increased nurse retention rate from under 80% to over 90%, exceeding SLNH nurse retention-rate goal.➤ Added new service line by providing executive oversight for development and implementation of an integrated breast program, including hiring SLNH’s first fellowship-trained breast surgeon. ➤ Improved patient satisfaction in emergency department from bottom quartile in 2015 to top decile performance in 2017, as well as achieving a 20% increase in overall inpatient satisfaction percentile. ➤ Strengthened board engagement and governance and increased board self-assessment scores from 2.5/5.0 to 4.5/5.0 in one year by developing a comprehensive board orientation/education program.➤ Expanded the mental health services average daily census by 25% and doubled inpatient rehab volumes by optimizing programs, resources, and services.

Kansas City, Mo, Us

Promoted to define and lead the execution of strategies, processes, hiring philosophy, and systems to drive the performance of HMC. Led business development and growth strategies, including physician recruitment and retention for all of Hedrick Medical Center. Served in a matrixed reporting structure to the Saint Luke's Health System (SLHS) executive and local Board of Directors. NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS:➤ Achieved highest scores in quality of care, patient safety, and employee engagement scores of all 10 Saint Luke’s hospitals by building a high-performing team and developing a strong organizational culture.➤ Led planning, design, and construction of a new $41M facility, the first in the community in 80 years bringing together key constituents and stakeholders, city officials, hospital system, physicians, board members, and the community at large to support the project.➤ Positioned Hedrick Medical Center as the regional healthcare hub by partnering with 4 area hospitals to recruit top physicians, expand and share specialty services, and optimize the delivery of patient care.➤ Introduced a telemedicine program that provided e-consults and e-hospitalists, enabling patients to receive medical expertise remotely. ➤ Spearheaded the creation of Hedrick Medical Center Foundation and raised funds to provide programs and services that included HMC’s first nurse navigator program in oncology and the development of a multi-acre, $1.5M healing garden. ➤ Implemented Breast Program and positioned HMC to be one of the first 5 rural hospitals in the U.S to offer 3D Mammography.

Kansas City, Mo, Us

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, responsible for $20M operating budget with oversight of all ancillary departments and provider practices. Led business development and growth strategies, including physician recruitment and retention for all of HMC.NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS:➤ Led the business development and implementation of a new 64-slice CT scanner, and SPECT-CT scanner that resulted in a 30% increase in revenue.➤ Led recruitment of OB/GYN, internal medicine, and general surgery physicians resulting in greater access to care.➤ Developed a quarterly physician scorecard that improved communication between administration and physicians, leading to higher physician satisfaction.➤ Chartered performance improvement teams that led to maintenance's work order completion time being reduced from 5 days to less than 48 hours, and nuclear medicine implementing same-day stress and rest myocardial perfusion testing.

Kansas City, Mo, Us

Reporting to the Director of Ancillary Services, responsible for staffing and budgeting the information systems department to meet the needs of our patients, physicians, and internal customers.NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS:➤ Led a multiphase conversion to SLHS’s clinical applications (electronic order entry, PACS, e-ICU, and e-pharmacy) that resulted in higher quality and safety for patients, while reducing expenses.➤ First in SLHS to discover and secure federal telehealth grant that resulted in $100K annually and was replicated at other qualifying system hospitals.

Kansas City, Missouri, Us

St. Joseph, Missouri, Us

Master Of Science - Ms, Healthcare Informatics

Master Of Health Administration (Mha), Healthcare Administration

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Biology - Pre Medicine