Suzanne Furuya Email & Phone Number

Oakland

Executive Consultant at Kaiser Permanente's Northern CA Division of Research.

-Developed operational and funding strategies to successfully move Innovation Fund for Technology's funded projects from proof of concept into operations for all regions.-Oversaw portfolio of up to 10 innovation projects from proposal due diligence to proof of concept testing to production.-Coached innovators on increasing stakeholder engagement to fund and support testing of innovative technology to improve workflow and patient care.

Co-developed curriculum for inaugural Performance Improvement Institute founded on principles of Lean, Six Sigma and Institute for Healthcare Improvements' Model of Improvement. Oversaw Kaiser Permanente - Institute for Health Care Improvement Scholarship program for KP leaders.

Responsible for strategic implementation and successful best practice spread for national initiatives on Inpatient Palliative Care, Hypertension Management, and national online learning platform. Led development of evidence-based guidelines as part of EMR decision support tool for clinicians.

Developed Adult Primary Care's Expanded Scope of Clinical Practice Toolkit by working with Specialty Chiefs of Service and front line physicians. utilizing consensus building skills and evidence based medicine approach. Provided expert consultation on development of business curriculum for Chiefs of Services in collaboration with USC Marshall School of Business.

Managed operations of Health Education, Patient Relations, HIV Benefits and Employer Liaison departments. Developed programs to successfully outreach to new members, provide streamlined service to at-risk members and created new process to quickly respond to regulatory agency inquiries.

Mph, Behavioral Sciences And Health Education

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)