Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
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Affiliations
Accreditations
Hobbies and Interests
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Christine Bozich, MD

Puyallup,WA

Summary

Hardworking physician leader with 19 years of experience in Pediatric Urgent care. Strong back ground in leadership and quality improvement. Dedicated to the care of children and following best practice guidelines. Experience in virtual care with positive patient experience feedback. Recently nominated and a finalist for the MultiCare Servant leader award. Currently working 60 hours in leadership/clinical position. Looking to transition to a full time virtual care position. Clean file and will obtain license in any state needed.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience

Work History

Pediatric Virtual Urgent Care

01.2020 - Current
  • Examined patients and recorded medical histories to use in health assessments and help determine conditions.
  • Attended continuing education courses to stay current on best practices in the field.
  • Kept patient information confidential and respected patients' rights to privacy according to HIPAA requirements.

Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital Urgent Care Medical Director

Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
Tacoma, WA
01.2018 - Current
  • Currently supervise 30 providers and manage 5 pediatric urgent cares
  • Supervise APP Mentorship Program within Mary Bridge ED
  • Partner with administration dyads in the operation and management of all Mary Bridge Urgent Cares
  • Quality oversight/policy and procedure review for all sites
  • Chart review of APPs working in all locations
  • Manage provider schedule and vacation requests for all 5 urgent care offerings
  • Schedule APPs into the Mary Bridge Emergency Department
  • Review all urgent care quality incident reports-provide follow up and trending as needed
  • Identified opportunities for improving operational efficiency.
  • Managed administrative functions like cost management, utilization reviews, quality assurance and medical protocol development.
  • Monitored performance of health care providers against established standards.
  • Developed protocols and policies to ensure quality patient care.
  • Evaluated new technologies for potential use in providing healthcare services.
  • Performed administrative duties such as budgeting, scheduling, and payroll management.
  • Maintained good communication between department heads, medical staff and governing boards by attending board meetings and synchronizing interdepartmental functioning.

Urgent Care Physician Woodcreek Pediatrics/Mary Bridge

01.2004 - Current

MHS Credentials Committee Member

01.2019 - Current
  • MHS ambulatory credentialling with monthly meetings.

WPMB Comp Committee Member

01.2018 - Current
  • Attend ad hoc meetings to review provider compensation and financial performance
  • Annually review and set WPMB quality metric compensation plan.

WPMB Strategic Planning Committee

01.2018 - Current
  • Attend ad hoc meetings to discuss expansion of clinics or services within WPMB
  • Attend weekly project meetings on new building plans.

WPMB Board Member

01.2018 - Current
  • MHS representative of 8-member board that manages WPMB division
  • Attend monthly meetings and complete task work as assigned.

Woodcreek Healthcare/WPS Safety Committee Representative

01.2014 - Current
  • Monthly safety meetings reviewing physical plant and operational safety
  • OSHA provider supervisor for committee.

Mary Bridge Referral 4 DX physician consultant

01.2021 - 01.2022
  • Serve as consulting provider for leadership group working on Mary Bridge referrals.

MHS COVID Lab Subcommittee

01.2020 - 01.2021
  • Created COVID and resp testing guidelines
  • Discuss and review COVID testing options and resources with lab leadership.

WPMB COVID Committee Member

01.2020 - 01.2021
  • Review WPMB plans and response to COVID adjusting operational approach to patient care as needed to meet demands of pandemic changes (schedule, facility management, PPE etc.)
  • Weekly meetings transitioned to biweekly meetings in 2021.

EMR Physician Lead-Informatics Centricity

Woodcreek Pediatrics
01.2010 - 01.2021
  • Supervised Woodcreek clinical EMR project work
  • Conducted monthly EMR Team meetings with Woodcreek EMR team and MHS IS&T representation
  • Communicated with Woodcreek end users necessary EMR policies, procedures, and tip sheets
  • Bring end user questions to committee and IS&T as needed
  • Completed EPIC Physician Builder Basic and Advanced training courses
  • Working on certification projects
  • Provided clinical oversight, informatics work and education for Meaningful use attestation
  • Provided analytic review for quality contracting (USFHP)
  • Centricity Clinical Project lead 2010-2020
  • Speaker at Centricity Live and member of GE Centricity work groups 2014-2017.

Woodcreek Healthcare/WPMB Assistant Lab Director

01.2011 - 01.2020
  • Review and approve all lab documents created by lab RN manager
  • Review additional documentation as needed for annual WADOH lab inspection
  • Review proficiency testing and other state documents as needed.

Woodcreek Pediatric’s Convenience Care Medical Director

01.2004 - 01.2018
  • Supervise Woodcreek Provider Service’s OSHA RN, reviewing, editing, and approving all WPS OSHA and safety documents
  • Review identified OSHA concerns and assist with implementing solutions
  • Attend monthly Safety Committee meetings
  • Serve as ordering provider for new hire employee health lab orders when needed.

Woodcreek Healthcare Provider Employee Health Manager

01.2012 - 01.2017
  • Review, draft and edit employee health vaccination policies
  • Review immunization documentation on providers
  • Maintain immunization records for providers.

Physician Shelton Family Medicine, in Shelton, Washington

01.1996 - 01.2004
  • Practiced full scope of family medicine
  • Geriatrics- including nursing home admissions and follow up
  • Adult care -including admission and follow up for medical surgical and intensive care unit patients (no hospitalists)
  • Pediatric care- including admissions, daily rounding, with newborn nursery rounding and being present at deliveries
  • Obstetrics which included deliveries and serving as first assist in c-sections.

Chief of Staff, Mason General Hospital, Shelton, Washington

01.2003 - 01.2004

Assistant Chief of Staff, Mason General Hospital

01.2002 - 01.2003

Med Executive Committee

01.2001 - 01.2004

Chief of Peer Review, Mason General Hospital

01.2001 - 01.2002

Chief of Credentials Committee, Mason General Hospital, Shelton, Washington

01.2000 - 01.2001

Member Credentials Committee, Mason General Hospital, Shelton, Washington

01.1999 - 01.2000

Education

Undergraduate Education, Graduated with BS in Microbiology/Immunology - Microbiology And Immunology

University of Washington
Seattle, WA
06.1988

M.D. -

Loma Linda University
Loma Linda, California
07.1993

Residency, AAFP -

Florida Hospital
07.1996

Education Additions, Certified as HRO Trainer -

12.2021

Education Additions, Speed of Trust Training -

12.2021

Education Additions, Physician Builder EPIC Training Basic 150 -

12.2021

Education Additions, Physician Builder EPIC Training Advanced 160 -

12.2021

Education Additions, The Four Disciplines of Execution Training (4DX) -

12.2020

Education Additions, Highly Reliable Organization (HRO) Training Leadership and Basic -

12.2020

Education Additions, WSMA Leadership Training -

12.2018

Education Additions, WSMA Dyad Training -

12.2018

Skills

  • Patient Management
  • Virtual Care Experience
  • Clinic Administration
  • Strategic Planning
  • Improving Clinical Quality Outcomes
  • Patient Care
  • Staff Development
  • Clinical Quality Improvement
  • Patient Relationship Management
  • Clinical Education

Affiliations

  • AAFP
  • WSMA
  • UCAOA
  • APP UC SECTION AFFILIATE

Accreditations

Board Certified American Academy of Family Physicians since 1996

Hobbies and Interests

  • Piano
  • Singing
  • Lego
  • Travel

References

Available upon requests

Accomplishments

  • 2023 Finalist in the MultiCare Servant Leader Award
  • 2023 Olympia Best of South Sound Urgent Care Award for Mary Bridge Urgent Cares
  • Intern of the Year
  • Chief Resident

Timeline

Mary Bridge Referral 4 DX physician consultant

01.2021 - 01.2022

Pediatric Virtual Urgent Care

01.2020 - Current

MHS COVID Lab Subcommittee

01.2020 - 01.2021

WPMB COVID Committee Member

01.2020 - 01.2021

MHS Credentials Committee Member

01.2019 - Current

Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital Urgent Care Medical Director

Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
01.2018 - Current

WPMB Comp Committee Member

01.2018 - Current

WPMB Strategic Planning Committee

01.2018 - Current

WPMB Board Member

01.2018 - Current

Woodcreek Healthcare/WPS Safety Committee Representative

01.2014 - Current

Woodcreek Healthcare Provider Employee Health Manager

01.2012 - 01.2017

Woodcreek Healthcare/WPMB Assistant Lab Director

01.2011 - 01.2020

EMR Physician Lead-Informatics Centricity

Woodcreek Pediatrics
01.2010 - 01.2021

Urgent Care Physician Woodcreek Pediatrics/Mary Bridge

01.2004 - Current

Woodcreek Pediatric’s Convenience Care Medical Director

01.2004 - 01.2018

Chief of Staff, Mason General Hospital, Shelton, Washington

01.2003 - 01.2004

Assistant Chief of Staff, Mason General Hospital

01.2002 - 01.2003

Med Executive Committee

01.2001 - 01.2004

Chief of Peer Review, Mason General Hospital

01.2001 - 01.2002

Chief of Credentials Committee, Mason General Hospital, Shelton, Washington

01.2000 - 01.2001

Member Credentials Committee, Mason General Hospital, Shelton, Washington

01.1999 - 01.2000

Physician Shelton Family Medicine, in Shelton, Washington

01.1996 - 01.2004

Undergraduate Education, Graduated with BS in Microbiology/Immunology - Microbiology And Immunology

University of Washington

M.D. -

Loma Linda University

Residency, AAFP -

Florida Hospital

Education Additions, Certified as HRO Trainer -

Education Additions, Speed of Trust Training -

Education Additions, Physician Builder EPIC Training Basic 150 -

Education Additions, Physician Builder EPIC Training Advanced 160 -

Education Additions, The Four Disciplines of Execution Training (4DX) -

Education Additions, Highly Reliable Organization (HRO) Training Leadership and Basic -

Education Additions, WSMA Leadership Training -

Education Additions, WSMA Dyad Training -

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