CYNOSURE IMPROVEMENT ADVISORS


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ALEX STACK, MPH, CSSBB
Improvement Advisor
 
Alex brings more than a decade of quality improvement experience in primary care and hospital systems specializing in science-based learning environments for health organizations. Using practical adult learning principles, she helps organizations create everything from large-scale skill-building systems workshops to personalized one-on-one lessons.
 
BARBARA DEBAUN, MSN, RN, CIC
Improvement Advisor
 
With more than three and a half decades of experience in infection prevention and quality improvement, Barb provides expert vision and leadership for health organizations that require assistance in developing and implementing initiatives. 

 

 

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JACKIE CONRAD, MBA, BS, RN, RCCTM
Improvement Advisor
 
Jackie brings nearly three decades of hospital leadership experience in clinical, staff development, and executive roles to develop tool kits, virtual education events, and in-person workshops. Focused on harm reduction, quality improvement, teamwork, and leadership development, Jackie is the clinical lead for Falls and Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injury (HAPI).v
 
STEVE TREMAIN, MD
Physician Improvement Advisor
 
Dr. Tremain is an internationally-renowned retired Family Medicine doctor of 35 years. Dr. Tremain serves as Cynosure's physician improvement advisor working with health organizations throughout the US and Canada. With four decades of knowledge, Dr. Tremain teaches the culture of safety, process reliability, leadership, and physician engagement. He specialized in health care topics such as medication reconciliation, rapid response teams, and ventilator-associated pneumonia. 

 

 

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MARYANNE WHITNEY, RN, CNS
Improvement Advisor
 
Maryanne is an Improvement Advisor with Cynosure Health. She is the lead for the subject areas of “Sepsis”, “Delirium”, “VAE” and “Airway Safety” and a national expert in the reliable implementation of patient safety and process improvement strategies. Maryanne joined Cynosure Health with over 25 years of hospital operations and nursing leadership expertise. She has extensive experiences in critical care, patient safety, sepsis mortality reduction, delirium and rapid response team implementation. She has developed numerous patient safety and quality improvement toolkits, change packages and virtual educational series. She is a frequent speaker to hospitals and health systems as a subject matter expert.
 
KIM WERKMEISTER, MS, RN, CPHQ
Senior Vice President, Improvement & Implementation
 
Kim has more than two and a half decades as a national expert in reliable implementation of patient safety and process improvement strategies in health care. She has led numerous national collaborative health care improvement initiatives for Cynosure Health, the Hospital Quality Institute, AHA/HRET, the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative, and HSAG. Her areas of expertise include overall health care improvement and patient safety implementation strategies, patient and family engagement strategies, the reduction of hospital acquired harm such as VTE, ADE, Readmissions, HAI, Sepsis Mortality, Failure to Rescue, and Maternal Mortality and Morbidity. She has developed numerous patient safety and quality improvement toolkits, virtual educational series, quality and patient safety certification courses, and is a frequent speaker to hospitals and health systems as a subject matter expert. 



CYNOSURE HEALTH

20 YEARS OF IMPACT

Cynosure Health is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving health care at the local, regional and national level. We work collaboratively with hospitals, hospital associations, and others who seek our expertise and support as they work toward improving quality and reducing patient harm. We customize our services and solutions to match the needs of our clients.
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