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BRE'ONNE DURR

Norwalk,CA

Summary

A top-performing Quality Improvement Manager with extensive experience working with Federal Qualified Health Centers, grant funding, and proposal management. Highly skilled in conducting comprehensive evaluations of existing healthcare operations, identifying inefficiencies, redundancies and risks, innovating strategic process improvements to optimize quality service delivery, outcomes, and patient success. Proven ability in partnering with interdisciplinary leadership to outline short- and long-term objectives, delivering innovative strategies and solutions to foster growth and organizational development. Recognized for maintaining working knowledge of National Healthcare Safety Network definitions, standards, as well as Joint Commission Standards, California Department of Health regulations, CMS regulations, and infection surveillance requirements.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Project Manager III

Kaiser Permanente
03.2023 - Current


  • Coordinate and delegate cross-project initiatives to ensure optimal return on investment for the all SCAL Medical Centers.
  • Successfully submitted ANCC PTAP Accreditation application across 15 medical centers, all awarded PTAP accreditation with distinction as of Jan 2024.
  • Collaborate closely with consultants, teams from different departments, and project managers to plan and implement new initiatives and programs. This involves defining the goals, tasks, resources, budget, and timeline.
  • Implemented productivity strategies, policy updates and performance improvement plans to accomplish quality outcome goals.

Clinic Program Manager

Behavioral Health Services Inc
05.2021 - Current

● Identified and implemented processes to drive improvement in healthcare administration and patient outcomes with SUD clients.

● Cultivated relationships with community providers, agencies, and organizations delivering MAT, ICS and chronic disease management for patients across BHS recovery sites.

● Managed project activities pertaining to organizational change management, including development and execution of user adoption, implementation, and training plans.

● Monitored and identified project risks, issues, and trigger events by executing mitigation plans and strategies; resolved and escalated risks or issues.

♦ Reduced safety risks by enforcing public health guidelines, including COVID-19, opioid overdose, and HIV.


Infection Preventionist

Antelope Valley Hospital
10.2020 - 08.2021
  • Minimized hospital incident rates for patients and staff by enforcing required standards while meeting JC, OSHA, CDC, CMS, and state and federal agencies regulations.
  • Reduced surgical site infections by utilizing the NHSN health reporting system to track clips .
  • Boosted patients’ experience and healthcare outcomes by initiating antimicrobial stewardship.
  • Controlled spread of HAI amongst patients through implementation of system-based approaches, hand hygiene, and barrier protection.

Public Health Analyst (Contract)

Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, CDC
05.2020 - 11.2020
  • Acted as a team leader in several cross-divisional/bureau work teams.
  • Presented logic models as a vehicle to increase internal efficiencies, improve performance, and improve productivity.
  • Conducted assessments, surveys, and reporting, including drafting/editing epidemiological reports.
  • Stream lined goals/objectives of CDC in delivering consultation to accomplish deliverables across Public Health sectors.
  • Introduced quality indicators and designed surveillance based on risk assessment, using governance channels for program approval.

Care Coordinator

Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital
12.2017 - 07.2020
  • Conducted intake assessment, needs assessment, treatment planning, and reassessment services. Reviewed patient cases with patient navigators and advised, direction, and support according to their needs.
  • Collaborated with external healthcare organizations and facilities for flawless delivery of patient care.
  • Determined need for special assessment activities for complex cases, effectively handling care plans.
  • Promoted behavioral modifications to support patients in self-management of disease.
  • Built rapport with physicians, department directors, and staff members to improve the patient experience.

Infection Control (Internship)

Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital
07.2019 - 01.2020
  • Daily surveillance of identifying communicable disease and reporting to local and state health departments
  • Initiation of proper isolation protocols for patients identified as having communicable disease
  • Conduct environmental rounds of both in-patient and out-patient areas with direct communications of identified patient safety or regulatory concerns to managers
  • Educational resource for infection control
  • Help identify hospital acquired infections with both internal and external CDC reporting as required
  • Monitoring and measuring of hand hygiene compliance in ambulatory practices with report/presentations at bi-monthly infection control meetings and committees
  • Assist in ongoing assessment of learning needs.

Education

PMP Certification Program - Project Management

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
06.2024

Master of Science - Public Health

Chamberlain University
Chicago, IL
09.2022

Bachelors of Science, Public Health

California State University - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
06.2015

Skills

  • Communicable disease exposure management
  • Population health management
  • Manage conflict resolution
  • Adept in change management principles, performance and process improvement
  • Cost Management
  • Project Management
  • Performance Tracking and Evaluations
  • Advanced user of variety of EMR systems, including eCW, Cerner and EPIC, as well as other computer applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook; Statistical software: SPSS, SAS
  • Healthcare Data systems, Vigilanz, SAMS, MIDAS, VAERS, & NHSN Data systems
  • Quality improvement
  • Metting Logistic
  • Risk management
  • Statistical Quality Control
  • Tableau
  • Power BI

Affiliations

APIC- Association for Professionals in Infection Control & Epidemiology.

Project Management Institute

Additional Trainings

  • Managing to Lead (M2L) Program, Healthforce Center and the Cedars-Sinai Community Clinic Initiative (2022).
  • Infection Control & HAI Fundamentals, ( LACDPH) Los Angeles County Public Health Department (2019),
  • HIV 101, (LACDPH) Los Angeles County Public Health Department, (2022).
  • Fundamental of QI 101, (IHQC) Institute for High Quality Care, Center for Healthy Communities (2023).
  • Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) Course, (NAHQ) National Association of Healthcare Quality, (Present)

Timeline

Project Manager III

Kaiser Permanente
03.2023 - Current

Clinic Program Manager

Behavioral Health Services Inc
05.2021 - Current

Infection Preventionist

Antelope Valley Hospital
10.2020 - 08.2021

Public Health Analyst (Contract)

Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, CDC
05.2020 - 11.2020

Infection Control (Internship)

Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital
07.2019 - 01.2020

Care Coordinator

Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital
12.2017 - 07.2020

PMP Certification Program - Project Management

Cornell University

Master of Science - Public Health

Chamberlain University

Bachelors of Science, Public Health

California State University - Los Angeles
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