Stratis Health News

University of Minnesota School of Public Health awarded Stratis Health a "Community Partner" award recognizing our contributions to—and in partnership with—the School. Stratis Health's service, time, energy, and ideas have been important in helping to advance its programs.

The Minnesota Alliance for Patient Safety, a Minnesota collaborative that works to ensure the safety of patients in health care organizations, has hired its first executive director. Nancy Kielhofner, RN, will office at Stratis Health, a key MAPS leader.

Stratis Health recently honored Michael Daly, MD, a long-time Stratis Health board member and current Community Outreach Committee member, for nearly 15 years of service as medical director of the Stratis Health Continuing Medical Education Program.

Staff changes at Stratis Health

Stratis Health welcomes new staff members. Joining our quality improvement staff, Kathie Nichols, BSN, RN, CRRN, nursing home liaison, supports quality improvement in nursing homes, including work in Quality Assurance Performance Improvement.

Deepika Sharma, BHMS, MHI, research analyst, provides analytic support across a variety of projects including health information technology, care transitions, hospital reporting, and prevention.

Other news

Paul Kleeberg, MD, REACH clinical director, gave federal testimony in October before the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Policy Committee, Meaningful Use Workgroup, on the providers perspective in working towards Meaningful Use Stage 3.

Betsy Jeppesen, Stratis Health vice president of Program Integrity, was elected network chair of the Beneficiary and Family Centered Care Network for the American Healthcare Quality Association. She convenes and facilitates discussions of Medicare QIO case review staff nationwide.

Jennifer Lundblad, Stratis Health president and CEO, authored the article "Rethinking Patient Safety Regulation: A Framework for Evaluating Regulatory Tools," published in the Hamline Journal of Public Law & Policy, spring 2011.