Tara Kline, Cphq, Ssbb, Cisa Email & Phone Number

United States

Washington And Idaho

Health IT Consultant with a unique combination of clinical, quality improvement, and health information technology expertise focused on strategic planning and systems development for population health management and payment model reform, utilizing electronic health records, data analytics, and evidence based guidelines. Systems support and implementation include program evaluation in accordance with the HIPAA Security Rule performing organizational risk analysis and mitigation in accordance with federal and state regulations.

Eastern Washington And North Idaho

The Washington & Idaho Regional Extension Center (WIREC), led by Qualis Health, provides vendor-neutral health IT consulting services related to the successful adoption, implementation and utilization of EHRs for the purposes of improving care. These services includes health IT outreach and education, EHR procurement guidance, workflow redesign, implementation support and assistance on optimizing the use of EHRs, such as data and systems management support. We guide eligible healthcare professionals to achieve meaningful use of EHRs and qualify for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) incentive payments.

Spokane, Washington Area

Responsible for the Quality Improvement Department, including Credentialing, Risk Management, Patient Safety, and Infection Control and incorporated Process Improvement utilizing Lean /Six Sigma techniques. Project Manager for developing the Primary Care Medical Home (PCMH) framework and implementation strategy.

Project Management for NCQA accreditation, patient surveys, and quality/utilization programming and metrics. Performed data analysis and statistics for senior level executives in process improvement measurements.

Lean Six Sigma Blackbelt, Health Plan Administration

Master'S Degree, Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research And Allied Professions