Deanna Berry

• Direct oversight of hospital-wide patient safety and quality program.
• Acts as resource regarding compliance with Joint Commission performance standards.
• Analyzes risk management and incident reporting strategies and data.
• Conducts investigations and taking appropriate actions to resolve concerns.
• Conducts risk analysis to manage organizational risk profiles, form reliable control systems, and monitor legal issues.
• Ensures compliance with HIPPA, TJC, CMS, OSHA and other required regulatory, accrediting, and federal programs.
• Increase patient safety awareness and practice among clinicians and staff.
• Develops, reviews, and updates policies, procedures, process improvement, training, and evaluations that support quality improvement, risk management, and patient services.
• Maintains risk identification programs to reduce potential losses from workers' compensation and general liability insurance issues.
• Performs statistical analyses to identify trends, variations, patterns, and insights.
• Provides education and train employees as to their impact on the quality and risk management program.
• Quarterly developed a peer-review of providers, as well as quality assurance activities.
• Report findings on risk exposures, quality data to executives and board of directors.
• Reviews risk management database reports for compliance.
• Promoting quality improvement initiatives hospital-wide.
• Development of Root Cause Analysis to develop action plans.
• Regulatory readiness training for the hospital staff in preparation for Joint Commission, SRA, and CMS surveys.
• Facilitate and document tracer survey activities for all hospital units.
• Initiate and develop performance improvement to work on high risk, high priority and/or high volume initiatives that link directly to the hospital strategic plans.
• Active membership on numerous committees including, Quality and Patient Safety, Environment of Care, Sepsis, Ethics, Compliance, Surgical Services, Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Medical Executive Committee, Board of Trustees, Chest Pain Accreditation, Emergency Department Committee, Emergency Management, Acute Stroke Ready, Case Management/Utilization Review, Blood Committee, Process Improvement, Interdisciplinary Team, Drug Diversion Prevention, Falls, and Workplace Violence.
• Compile, interpret and report various quality data metrics for monitoring and organizational improvement.
• Oversight of core measure abstraction
• Review and oversight of OPPE and FPPE

Preschool/Head Start nurse and district health coordinator to three elementary schools, a middle school and high school.

• Monitored and implemented the terms of multiple federal, state and local grants.
• Acted as liaison between the school district and school based health services, the Department of Public Health, and local agencies for site-based services.
• Provided multiple staff trainings such as First Aid/CPR, medication training for unlicensed personnel, Stop the Bleed and Trauma Informed Care.
• Chair of Coordinated School Health and Wellness Committee
• Supervision of all school nurses in the district
• Provided and delegated direct nursing services, first aid, illness, and emergency care to students and staff including nursing assessment, identifying health problems, recommending educational modifications, and maintaining appropriate documentation.
• Emergency Preparedness Coordinator of the Head Start center.
• Development and facilitation Individualized Health Plans for students with a variety of illnesses, disabilities and diseases.

• Cared for patients each day, quickly identifying concerns, controlling symptoms and providing expert emergency care.
• Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Participated in quality improvement initiatives within the emergency department, contributing ideas for process enhancements based on clinical experiences and patient feedback.
• Leveraged feedback and process improvement opportunities to create safer and healthier environment and increase patient satisfaction.
• Assisted physicians during invasive procedures such as central line insertions or intubations, ensuring safe and accurate completion of tasks.
• Streamlined emergency room operations by efficiently triaging patients according to the severity of their condition.
• Delivered culturally competent care to diverse populations, adapting communication styles as needed for optimal understanding between parties involved.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams for optimal patient outcomes during high-stress situations.
• Mentored new nursing staff in emergency room procedures and techniques, promoting team cohesion and a supportive learning atmosphere.
• Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.