Connie Braun

• Manage patient admissions, discharges, and consultations, ensuring comprehensive patient care.
• Perform critical care procedures and coordinate transfers for acute cases.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, including nurses, NPs, and PAs.
• Handled as many as 20 patients each day, transitioning care between departments and outside physicians.
• Coordinated patients' admissions and discharges, working closely with family members and case managers to line up any additional care needs.
• Managed ventilated patients carefully, balancing stats and interventions for optimal short- and long-term health.

• Oversee night admissions, discharges, and consultations for acute and critical patients.
• Prescribe medications, manage codes, and provide critical care support.
• Teach and mentor students, residents, and junior staff.
• Coordinated patients' admissions and discharges, working closely with family members and case managers to line up any additional care needs.

• Deliver comprehensive primary care and telemedicine services for patients to support long-term health and well-being.
• Assess patients’ bio-psychosocial needs, personalizing care plans that emphasize decision-making and self-management.
• Coordinate care for patients with chronic conditions, utilizing evidence-based practices/strategies to improve outcomes.
• Monitor patient progress using HCC MEAT guidelines, treatment effectiveness, and medication responses to optimize care.
• Leverage health information technology, including Epic, Cerner, E-Clinical, Harris Care Tracker, Meditech, and Athena PointClickCare, to maintain accurate records, facilitate communication, and enhance care efficiency.
• Advocate for integrated care per managed care and fee-for-service models, aligning with HEDIS quality assurance standards.
• Delivered emergency treatment on-site and responded appropriately in urgent or emergency situations.
• Completed basic in-office procedures with local or topical anesthetic.
• Instructed patients and families on medical diagnoses and treatment options.
• Supervised care given by other professional or non-professional personnel and instructed on proper techniques.
• Documented interactions using correct format, codes and facility standards for optimal medical care.
• Diagnosed and treated patients suffering from chronic conditions.
• Completed routine physical exams and diagnostic tests to provide accurate diagnosis.
• Coordinated and integrated health care resources for community-based programs.
• Delivered expert consultation and referrals for appropriate and effective treatment plans.
• Treated acute and chronic conditions to reduce symptoms and improve health.

• Deliver comprehensive primary care and telemedicine services for patients to support long-term health and well-being.
• Assess patients’ bio-psychosocial needs, personalizing care plans that emphasize decision-making and self-management.
• Coordinate care for patients with chronic conditions, utilizing evidence-based practices/strategies to improve outcomes.
• Monitor patient progress using HCC MEAT guidelines, treatment effectiveness, and medication responses to optimize care.
• Leverage health information technology, including Epic, Cerner, E-Clinical, Harris Care Tracker, Meditech, and Athena PointClickCare, to maintain accurate records, facilitate communication, and enhance care efficiency.
• Advocate for integrated care per managed care and fee-for-service models, aligning with HEDIS quality assurance standards.

• Provided continuous professional development opportunities and training to maintain and strengthen competencies.
• Improved patient outcomes and delivery of care through improved clinical quality processes.
• Verified effective, consistent communication between department heads, medical staff and governing boards through board meeting attendance and synchronization of interdepartmental functions.

• Delivered comprehensive outpatient care with privileges at two hospitals and one specialty hospital.
• Provided telemedicine services during the COVID-19 pandemic, addressing COPD, hypertension, and other chronic conditions.
• Specialized in dermatology procedures such as acne treatment, skincare, mole removal, lasers, and weight management.
• Managed cardiac care, arthritis treatments, and diabetes clinic services.

• Managed inpatient care, including admissions, discharges, and consultations.
• Delivered critical care services and supported COVID-19 patients.
• Mentored junior staff and residents in clinical procedures and best practices.
• Coordinated patients' admissions and discharges, working closely with family members and case managers to line up any additional care needs.
• Managed ventilated patients carefully, balancing stats and interventions for optimal short- and long-term health.
• Phoned in prescriptions to preferred pharmacies and assisted with processing medical assistance applications to handle patient pharmacy and payment needs.

Deliver primary care services to patients of all ages, addressing a wide range of acute and chronic medical conditions.

• Provide urgent care treatments, including same-day consultations, evaluations, and immediate interventions to stabilize patients.
• Lead telemedicine consultations, leveraging virtual platforms to manage complex cases remotely, ensuring continuity of care.
• Mentor nurse practitioners and support staff, promoting best practices and fostering a collaborative care environment.
• Coordinate care plans tailored to individual patient needs, emphasizing preventive care and long-term health management.
• Lead comprehensive Covid response strategies as a Covid Expert, enhancing patient outcomes and operational efficiency.
• Optimized case and clinical management and recommended plans to improve safety and health programs.
• Verified effective, consistent communication between department heads, medical staff and governing boards through board meeting attendance and synchronization of interdepartmental functions.