Tamala (Tami) Shields, Rn, Ma, Lnc, Chsp, Cphrm, Cpps Email and Phone Number

Tamala A Shields, RN, MA, LNC, CHSP, CPHRM, is a nationally recognized expert in clinical risk management. She has over 30 years of combined clinical, administration, regulatory, accreditation and clinical risk management experience. As a registered nurse and bioethicist, Tamala has a clinical background in labor and delivery, critical care, pediatrics, neonatal, and home health. She has worked extensively as a national clinical risk consultant with numerous health care clients across the continuum of care, including from acute care, long-term care, surgical/specialty/ASCs, physician practices, and national staffing home health companies. Tamala has received a nursing degree, a Bachelor of Arts in Healthcare Management and Organizational Performance, and a Master’s Degree in Bioethics and Healthcare Policy from Loyola University, Chicago, IL. She also received her CPRHM (Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management), CHSP (Certified Healthcare Safety Professional), and Legal Nurse Consultant certification from the ABA. Tamala is a member of ASHRM, AORN, the Kansas State Board of Nursing, and the Missouri State Board of Nursing.For the last several years, Tamala has worked directly with the executive and physician leadership teams with some of the largest health care systems in the country. She has been instrumental in helping them to develop effective patient safety structures, improve outcomes and decrease clinical risk exposures, specifically in the high-risk areas of surgery, emergency services, perinatal, and diagnostic imaging.Tamala provides educational offerings and programs to develop physician patient safety leaders, managerial training to conduct FMEA. Tamala’s consultative mission is focused on improving the delivery of patient care by applying systematic patient safety and quality initiatives to eliminate avoidable medical errors through the application of Doing the right thing…every time!