Stratis Health News
Patient safety support for rural hospitals and nursing homes
Stratis Health has received funding to add rural hospitals and nursing homes to our core patient safety Medicare Quality Improvement Organization efforts in Minnesota to improve prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers, or bedsores, and to reduce the use of physical restraints in nursing homes.
New Stratis Health board members
Stratis Health elected new board of director members. Huda Farah, MSc, is a researcher in public health, educator, cultural competency trainer, mentor, coach, and a leader in public health and early childhood education. Lucinda Jesson, JD, is an associate professor of law at Hamline University School of Law and director of its new Health Law Institute. Michael Spilane, MD, is co-head of the Division of Geriatrics in the HealthPartners Medical Group, and is head of the Division of Geriatrics in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School.
Stratis Health staff
Jennifer P. Lundblad, Stratis Health president and CEO, has been invited to serve as one of six members of the national Rural Policy Research Institute’s Health Panel.
Deb McKinley, MPH, Stratis Health communications and outreach manager, received the Community Partner Star Award from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.
Stratis Health welcomes new staff members
Joining our case review staff, Terri Janssen, RN, BSN, case review manager, provides technical expertise in the areas of medical record review and data abstraction and serves as a key contact for beneficiaries, physicians, and providers throughout the medical record review process. She also assists in the administration of the Medicare Helpline and Immediate Appeal Lines.
Denise White, MA, RN, CPHQ, program manager, brings her 33 years of experience in health care to managing the planning and implementation of work in the areas of patient safety focusing on hospitals and nursing homes, and to working with health plans on quality improvement projects.
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