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Supports healthcare organizations as they strive to improve performance and overcome obstacles to providing safe, quality driven patient care.

Engages health care organization staff in interactive dialogues on standards-based issues in health care in order to assess compliance and to identify opportunities for improving compliance. Prepares management reports that clearly link individual standards deficiencies with potential systems vulnerabilities and related organization risk points..

Chief Quality Officer accountable for the Quality program that includes oversight of accreditation site visits to maintain compliance with TJC, DHEC, CMS, and other accrediting bodies. Oversight all data abstraction initiatives to meet core measure and meaningful use requirements. Implemented performance improvement monitoring throughout the organization.

responsible for the daily management and/or oversight of Risk Management activities including day-to-day coordination and implementation of Occurrence Screen processes, case management of Peer Reviews, processes relating to Tort Claims, processes relating to State Licensure and National Practitioner Data Bank reporting, formal Fact Findings, and Patient.

responsible for preparing the organization for accreditation by surveying bodies such as the Joint Commission and the Office of the Inspector General. Organizes weekly tracers to keep the organization in constant survey readiness. Collects and analyzes data on pertinent topics such as moderate sedation and restraint use to improve outcome at the program.

Duties include circulating, facilitating the flow of the catheterization lab, facilitating the flow of the holding room, monitoring, and scrubbing. Responsible for updating policy and procedure manual. Responsible for performance improvement processes. Orients new employees. Super user for MacLab. Responsible for knowledge of devices, coronary, and.

responsible for educational program development for the Baptist and Richland campuses. Working closely with the leaders and educators of Palmetto Health to develop the ongoing education material utilized during the fiscal year. Ensures that regulatory information required by Joint Commission is met. Participates in accreditation tracers. Leads conferences.

through the DEU program at Providence. Responsible for teaching 2 nursing students a semester while maintaining a fullpatient load of 5-6 patients, on a telemetry unit. This unit is primarily South Carolina Heart Center’s post procedure unit.

of the Family Care Unit and Intensive Care Unit. Duties include overseeing the daily operations ofa 48 bed unit with approximately 65 staffmembers, maintaining staffing needs, providing education and support for all staff, support and assist the nurse manager,ensuring quality of care and patient satisfaction. Charge Nurse in an interventional.

for the EKG course. Responsible for teaching BasicDysrhythmia and 12 Lead EKG interpretation to students in the Classroom setting and coordinating their clinical rotations.

Scheduled outpatient surgical procedures by determining the time the case can be posted, room assignment, and type of anesthesia. Noted special equipment, supply requests, instrumentation needs and communicated this to the OR supervisor. Coordinated with pathologist if necessary for frozen section. Scheduled pre-operative visits per physicians’ orders..

Proficient in outpatient ICD-9 and CPT coding. Obtained thirty or more education hours annually, consistently maintained high coding accuracy rating in annual audit of Medicare patients (98%). Followed up on operative reports, pathology, and culture reports. Queried physicians and documented discrepancies and outcomes in medical records. Trained new coders.

Managed medical record assistants and provided guidance by holding monthly staff meetings. Suspended physicians for failure to comply with policy and procedure for completion of medical records in a timely manner. Analyzed records for accuracy and completion. Handled requests for medical record release and insured that release was properly executed..

Doctorate Of Nursing Practice, Nursing Administration, 4.0

Thesis Topic: Performance Improvement Data and Staff Responsibility Historically, nurses are concerned with the quality of care that is.

Masters Of Science, Nursing Education, 4.0

Bachelor Of Science, Nursing

General Studies