Stratis Health News
 Board of Directors
Stratis Health has elected four new officers to its board of directors. Connie Delaney, PhD, RN, is dean of the School of Nursing atthe University of Minnesota. Beth Monsrud, CPA, is senior vice president and chief financial officer of the health plan UCare Minnesota. Stephen Swensen, MD, is a radiologist and director of quality at the Mayo Clinic. He also teaches at the Mayo College of Medicine. Gary Wingrove is responsible for government affairs and strategic alliances for Gold Cross/Mayo Clinic Medical Transport.
Stratis Health thanks our outgoing board members Nancy Feldman, UCare, and Stephen Kopecky, MD, Mayo Clinic, who also served as board president. Each served on the board for nine years.
Stratis Health staff
Jennifer P. Lundblad, president and CEO, was elected to serve as president elect of the American Health Quality Association. She will serve as president, then immediate past president in subsequent years.
Deb McKinley, MPH, communications and outreach manager, was elected to serve as president elect of the Minnesota Health Strategy and Communications Network.
Vicki Olson, MS, RN, joins Stratis Health as program manager. She brings over 20 years of experience in health care quality, with certifications in Lean and Six Sigma, to her work at Stratis Health. She manages planning and implementation in the areas of patient safety and quality data reporting with a focus on hospital quality improvement projects.
Peer reviewed presentations
Michelle Hopkins, MS, research analyst, presented "Improving Drug Safety for Minnesota Elderly" at the Minnesota Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting and "SAS with CLAS: Assessing Adherence to Federal Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services" at the Midwest SAS User Group Conference.
Paul Kleeberg, MD, REACH clinical director, will present on how REACH is taking primary care providers across Minnesota and North Dakota from 0 to meaningful use—and beyond, at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society national conference in Orlando, Florida, in February.
Culture Care Connection
Culture Care Connection won a 2010 Beacon Award for excellence in health care marketing,
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