Quality Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Assist in the submission of publicly reported Core Measures
- Provide benchmark data for hospital units and departments pertaining to Core Measures
- Provide facilitation, training, and coordination of hospital-wide performance improvement projects, regarding Core Measures
- Assist with implementation and compliance reporting of recommended national healthcare quality standards
- Analyze and report quality measures and resource management utilization
- Evaluate processes and outcomes of care and identify opportunities for improvement
- Provide guidance for statistical reporting
Education:
- PhD – Epidemiology, University of Iowa, 2013
- MS – Epidemiology, University of Iowa, 2008
- BS – Microbiology, University
Special Interests & Activities:
- Member, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
- Member, American Society of Microbiology
- Implementing performance improvement projects based on evidence-based practices
- Epidemiology of antibiotic-resistant infections
Contact:
Phone: 319-467-5202
Fax: 319-353-7043
Address: C-52-J GH
jennifer-mcdanel@uiowa.edu