Quality & Performance Improvement

• Responsible for compliance with all regulatory agencies – JC, CMS and Texas Health and Human Services
• Oversee Performance Improvement and Patient Safety Initiatives
• Leads and directs quality improvement activities.
• Identifies performance improvement opportunities
• Advance development and implementation of short and long-term goals
• Stratification of data to effectively analyze opportunities to reduce errors, identify problem prone processes and make decisions for improving clinical outcomes
• Implements improvement strategies utilizing evidence-based practices
• Educates members of the healthcare team on performance improvement methodologies
• Assists with strategic planning and resource utilization
• Establishes and promotes collaborate and effective relationships with physicians, and interdisciplinary team members
• Assists the Chief Nursing Officer in daily operations
• Active member with National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ)
• Certified as Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt