Experience

Innovation Advantage

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder & CEO

  • Jan 2018 - 6 years

  Austin, Texas, United States We work with high-powered organizations to create the future of healthcare. We offer two things: 1. Strategic approach to successfully implementing the workflows to optimize a virtual nursing care delivery model. 2. Facilitated on-site, collaborative problem-solving events to provide novel solutions to your real problems. After one day you will have several innovative ideas to implement and solve your problem!



Wambi

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Clinical Advisor

  • Jul 2023 - 6 months

  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

• Chief Clinical Officer

  • May 2019 - Jul 2023



University of Calgary

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Professor, School of Nursing

  • Oct 2022 - 1 year 3 months



American Academy of Nursing

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Fellow

  • Oct 2021 - 2 years 3 months



Universidad Complutense de Madrid

• Spain
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Faculty

  • May 2021 - 2 years 8 months

  Facultad de Enfermería, Fisioterapia y Podología de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Master's program in Innovación en salud digital.



Baylor Univ. Louise Herrington School of Nursing

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lecturer

  • Aug 2020 - 3 years 5 months

  Dallas, Texas, United States



Shift

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Strategic Advisor

  • Mar 2020 - 3 years 10 months

  Immersive technology for training healthcare professionals.



MATTER

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Start-up Coach

  • Apr 2019 - 4 years 9 months

  Provide coaching to CEO's of health tech startups and entrepreneurs. Including design, network development, workflow, and strategic direction. Proud to help these companies advance their revenues and grow their users.



Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso

• United States
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Clinical Assistant Professor

  • Sep 2016 - 7 years 4 months

  El Paso, Texas Course instructor in the online Baccalaureate Nursing program.



Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

• United States
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Adjunct Faculty

  • May 2019 - Jun 2020



American Nurses Association

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Vice President, Innovation

  • Aug 2017 - May 2019

  As the first Vice President of Innovation, I developed the ANA's innovation framework, which is the roadmap to bring 4M registered nurses into the innovation space. As well as the live events, including the Innovation Labs, NursePitch, and NurseJam events and the ANA's Innovation Awards. I was the catalyst behind strategic relationship with the ANA, HIMSS and Johnson & Johnson and spurred the concept for the ANA and J&J podcast series. Raised $660M in funding for innovation work.



Cornerstone Healthcare Group

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Chief Clinical Officer, Cornerstone Hospital of Austin

  • Sep 2015 - Jul 2017

  Austin, Texas Responsible for 105-bed LTACH clinical turnaround. Building a culture of accountability and performance improvement attaining improved outcomes in first 100 days. • Responsible for all clinical areas including: nursing, respiratory therapy, rehabilitation services, wound care, as well as environmental services and food services. • Improved nursing skill mix from 40% RN to 55% RN in 100 days. Increased Employee Engagement from 61st to 72nd percentile in less than one year. • Decreased… Show more Responsible for 105-bed LTACH clinical turnaround. Building a culture of accountability and performance improvement attaining improved outcomes in first 100 days. • Responsible for all clinical areas including: nursing, respiratory therapy, rehabilitation services, wound care, as well as environmental services and food services. • Improved nursing skill mix from 40% RN to 55% RN in 100 days. Increased Employee Engagement from 61st to 72nd percentile in less than one year. • Decreased fall rate from 2.6 to 1.4 and decreased unplanned transfers from 6.92 to 3.85. • Increased HCAHPS, "willingness to recommend" from 88 to 95 and improved pain scores from 66 to over 71, by building a culture of accountability, hourly rounding, leader rounding and team development. Show less



Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

• United States
• Philanthropic Fundraising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Nurse Fellow

  • 2014 - 2017



UCHealth

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer

  • Feb 2013 - Apr 2015

  Medical Center of the Rockies Strategic responsibility for advancing nursing practice and patient safety at a 174-bed hospital and several outpatient centers. • Led initiatives to reduce fall rate from 1.96 (top 10%) to 1.77 (best in Colorado for 2 quarters). • Reduced use of sitters by 48% through staff involvement and development of criteria & monitoring. • Increased inpatient rehab unit census by 46% in 9 months. • Implemented electronic patient tracker boards and deployed iPads for House Supervisors to… Show more Strategic responsibility for advancing nursing practice and patient safety at a 174-bed hospital and several outpatient centers. • Led initiatives to reduce fall rate from 1.96 (top 10%) to 1.77 (best in Colorado for 2 quarters). • Reduced use of sitters by 48% through staff involvement and development of criteria & monitoring. • Increased inpatient rehab unit census by 46% in 9 months. • Implemented electronic patient tracker boards and deployed iPads for House Supervisors to improve patient throughput and staffing. • Increased BSN rate by 3% and reduced RN turnover within 9 months. • Developed Peri-Operative/Anesthesia, Cardiovascular, Neurosciences and Medicine Service Lines across multiple campuses to increase volumes and revenue, reduce expenses and improve outcomes. • Improve HCAHPS scores to 78.5% Top Box by hardwiring hourly rounding, leader rounding, new admission rounding and bedside report. • Developed regional Clinical Education and Innovation Center concept and completed $1M capital build out, including 4 state of the art simulation labs. Show less



St. David's HealthCare

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• AVP Professional Nursing Practice and Development

  • Nov 2009 - Feb 2013

  Led policy, procedure, competency, orientation and standards of care integration across 7 hospital system. • Developed & implemented the concept for a successful Academy for Clinical Excellence. - Developed and secured funding for total of $8.4M of grants for specialty nurse training, new graduate nurses orientation, preceptor training and new graduate retention programs. • Implemented nurse preceptor training reducing the turnover of new graduate nurses by nearly 6% in one year.… Show more Led policy, procedure, competency, orientation and standards of care integration across 7 hospital system. • Developed & implemented the concept for a successful Academy for Clinical Excellence. - Developed and secured funding for total of $8.4M of grants for specialty nurse training, new graduate nurses orientation, preceptor training and new graduate retention programs. • Implemented nurse preceptor training reducing the turnover of new graduate nurses by nearly 6% in one year. Cost avoidance savings of nearly $500K/yr.

• Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer

  • Nov 1999 - Nov 2009

  Operational responsibility for multiple inpatient and outpatient nursing areas across three facilities on two campuses including 350-bed acute care hospital, 64-bed rehabilitation hospital and 98-bed St. David’s Georgetown Hospital. • Revised model of care delivery to include use of patient care technicians, providing substantial cost savings. • Led development of Neonatal Transport Team and High Risk OB Transport program, capturing Austin market within three years. • Executive… Show more Operational responsibility for multiple inpatient and outpatient nursing areas across three facilities on two campuses including 350-bed acute care hospital, 64-bed rehabilitation hospital and 98-bed St. David’s Georgetown Hospital. • Revised model of care delivery to include use of patient care technicians, providing substantial cost savings. • Led development of Neonatal Transport Team and High Risk OB Transport program, capturing Austin market within three years. • Executive responsible for NICU Level 3B growth leading to building of new 75-bed NICU. • Executive responsible for growth in surgical volume and build-out of surgical suites from 10 to 18.



RUSH Oak Park Hospital

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Vice President, Patient Care Services & Chief Nursing Officer

  • 1997 - 1999

  Rush Health Successfully led operations and patient care in nursing and most clinical areas in a 125-bed hospital. • Rebuilt nursing leadership team, implemented nursing peer review, quality team, improved medical staff relationships and overall level of patient care. • Developed pulmonary rehabilitation program, cardiac infusion clinic, pain clinic and outpatient therapy clinic. • Turn-around scenario, achieved hospital break-even performance after two years.



RUSH University Medical Center

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director, Clinical Resources

  • Dec 1996 - Dec 1997

  Responsible for Clinical projects within $360M performance improvement project over three years. • Developed multiple clinical initiatives and improvement teams based with PDCA and LEAN strategies. • Over a one-year period, facilitated nearly $167M in savings through a variety of performance improvement initiatives, including increasing operation efficiencies, eliminating waste and improving revenue streams.

• Director, MICU & NRICU

  • Sep 1995 - Dec 1996

  Clinical and operational leader for two critical care units. • Stabilized staffing in a high turnover unit. • Established protocols with medical directors to improve outcomes.

• Clinical Nurse Coordinator

  • Aug 1993 - Sep 1995



Mayo Clinic/University of Minnesota/Loyoal University

• Staff nurse/charge nurse

  • Aug 1987 - Aug 1993