Tom Smith Email & Phone Number

College Station, Texas

Hospital acquired by CHI St. Joseph

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, Memphis Tn

Tertiary care medical center and teaching facility. Oversight and consultation for seven West Tennessee Hospitals as well as 48 Outpatient Settings located in the greater Memphis tri-state area. Led initiation of PSO for the Methodist Healthcare System.

All Colorado Hospitals

Oversight for three Long Term Acute Care hospitals which provide step down ICU levels of care including ventilator, monitored beds and critical drips. Direct responsibility for Quality Improvement, Safety, Risk Management, Patient Advocacy, Regulatory Readiness and direct supervision of the Infection Control Nurse. Hired specifically to bring these facilities from a non-ready state to full survey readiness for Joint Commission (JC) Survey, JC Lab Survey, State Survey and several Corporate Surveys. Full re-accreditation achieved for all locations.

Colorado Springs, Colorado Area

Full time Critical Care RN at one of the top 100 Cardiac Care centers in the United States, managing post open heart, post thoracic surgery and heart disease care. ACLS certified. Positive recognition from patients and or staff every month during employment for quality of care, customer service and/or leadership practices.

Colorado Springs, Colorado Area

One of nine Air Force command-level medical quality managers responsible for oversight of continuous improvement, quality assurance, and risk management activities for a 90-bed hospital, several outpatient clinics and satellites, a Dental Service and two pharmacies. QM resource for the 10th Air Base Wing (7 major service organizations encompassing 4,109 staff). Authored major portions of the Strategic Health Resource Plan and transition to the DOD TRICARE initiative (placing the military medical service directly into competition as a managed care provider, for the first time in AF history).

Hq Af, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington Dc

Graduate Fellow, HQ US Air Force, Office of the Surgeon General. One of two Medical Corps officers selected for this competitive Fellowship. Policy interpretation and development with Master's level training geared to develop self-sustaining Medical Clinical Quality Management programs in Medical Centers and Command level Health Care Facilities. Created and edited The Quality Review, an AF monthly publication. Managed $40,000,000 Civilian External Peer Review Program; a peer review process for military providers.

Quality Management Fellowship, Healthcare Administration

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Zoology

Activities and Societies: Year Book Co-Editor 1976 Year Book Treasurer 1974

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse