Tennessee Center for Patient Safety 2012 Advisory Council and Professional Partners

David Archer, Co-Chair
President  
Saint Francis Hospital  
William Thompson, MD, Co-Chair
Chief Medical Officer
Baptist Hospital Inc.
Angie Beard
Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer
NorthCrest Medical Center
Charlotte Burns
Administrator, Chief Executive Officer   
Hardin Medical Center
Connie Bellamy
Director, Risk Management
Tennessee Society for Healthcare Risk Management
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.
Dawn Fitzgerald
Chief Executive Officer
Tennessee Quality Improvement Organization
Qsource  
Doug Ardoin, MD
Chief Medical Officer  
HCA / TriStar Health System
Elizabeth Lemons
Chief Operations Officer  
Middle Tennessee Medical Center
Harold Dickson
Director, Health Services Research
Tennessee Hospital Association Data/Policy Committee
Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation
Heidi Benson
Quality Director
Tennessee Association for Healthcare Quality
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.
Inga Himelright, MD
Vice President and Chief Medical Officer  
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee
Janice McKinley
Senior Vice President, Quality and Nursing Operations
Covenant Health
Jeanie Bellamy
Vice President, Quality and Risk Management
Stonecrest Medical Center
John Marshall
Chief Executive Officer
Horizon Medical Center
Joseph Cofer, MD
Chief of Surgery
Tennessee Chapter American College of Surgeons 
Erlanger Health System
Marion Kainer, MD
Infectious Diseases Physician
Tennessee Department of Health
Peter Grubb, MD
Medical Director
Tennessee Initiative for Perinatal Quality Care
Sharon Adkins
Executive Director
Tennessee Nurses Association
Tami Anderson
Director, Accreditation and Patient Safety
University of Tennessee Medical Center
Thomas Lundquist, MD
Vice President, Performance Measurement
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee
Tracey Moffatt
Senior Vice President, Operations  
Wellmont Health System
Vicki Brinsko
Director, Infection Control 
Association for Professionals in Infection Control
Vanderbilt University Hospital
Wanda Johnson
Executive Director
Tennessee Health Information Management Association
THIMA Headquarters
Wanda Perry
Service Line Administrator, Assistant Chief Nursing Officer
Tennessee Organization of Nurse Executives
SkyRidge Medical Center
Lesley Hays (Contact for Dawn Fitzgerald)
Patient Care Improvement Manager
Qsource

    
 

The advisory council serves to advise THA on the development and implementation of key patient safety initiatives and programs offered through the TennesseeCenter for Patient Safety. Council members recommend effective strategies to meet the Center’s goals including identifying and enhancing partnership opportunities between the Center, hospitals and professional organizations. 

 

 

 
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