Ochsner LSU Health ShreveportAssistant Vice President of Operations
Jan. 2021 - Jan. 2022Shreveport, Louisiana As part of the key administration team for operations for the academic medical center has oversight and management of patient throughout, process improvement, patient experience, growth, outreach, case management, social work, hospice, palliative care and readmissions. As well as management of multiple funnel projects for cost savings and increased revenue. Working with the Patient Flow Center and EMS services to provide appropriate levels of care for patients at referring hospitals through transfer agreements and contracts.
Building rapport with our physician dyads to streamline processes in order to decrease LOS, decrease avoidable days and increase turn around times for rooms, procedures and tests
Implemented a unit based case management model Implemented a geographical mapping model for providers and bed planning
Leader of Readmissions Steering Committee, Patient Experience Steering Committee, Patient Experience and Advocacy teams, Protect Program (Intervention for Gun Violence), Throughput Core Team, Patient Flow Strategy Team and various other committees and groups