Doreen Salek

Experienced Registered Nurse Clinical Leader with extensive knowledge of health care operations and over 23 years of progressive management experience with measurable outcomes. Clinical Product management professional with strong background in developing and launching innovative products. Skilled in market analysis, project management, and cross-functional team leadership. Known for adaptability, effective communication, and driving results in fast-paced environments. Proven ability to align team efforts with organizational goals, ensuring successful product lifecycle management and customer satisfaction.

• Golden Key International Honor Society
• Salutatorian, Geisinger School of Nursing, Class of 1998
• President, Geisinger School of Nursing Class of 1998

Publications:

Tomcavage, J., Littlewood, D., Salek, D., Sciandra, J. (2011). The Power of the Care Transition in the Nursing Home. Case in Point, 20-21.

Graham, J., Tomcavage, J., Salek, D., Sciandra, J., Davis, D., Stewart, W. (2012). Post-Discharge Monitoring Using IVR Reduces 30-Day Readmissions in Case-Managed Medicare Population. Medical Care, 50(1):50-57

Tomcavage, J., Littlewood, D., Salek, D., Sciandra, J. (2012). Advancing the Role of Nursing in the Medical Home Model.  Nursing Administration Quarterly July-Sept. (3) 194-202.

Carayon, P., Hoonakker, P.L.T., Tomcavage, J., Salek, D., Hassol, A., Cartmill, R., Hundt, A.S., Ladd, I., Yule, C., Younkin, J., Chaundy, K., & Walker J.M. (2012) Case managers’ acceptance of health IT applications. Presented at American Medical Informatics Association meeting November 3-7th.

Kianfar, S., Carayon, P., Hundt, A. S., Hoonakker, P., Alyousef, B., Tomcavage, J., Salek, D., Petrucci, J., Hassol, A., Walker, James (2013). Care providers’ perception of care coordination team members. HFES (Human Factors and Ergonomic Society) Health Care Symposium, Baltimore, March 11 – 13th.

Hoonakker, P., Carayon, P., Cartmill, R.S., Kern, L., Hundt, A.S., Salek, D., Petrucci, J., Tomcavage, J., Topper, J., Hassol, A., and Walker, J. (2013) “Inside the Black Box: What do inpatient care managers do? The first results.” Presented at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Symposium on Health Care, Baltimore, MD March 11-13th.

Carayon, P., Kianfar, S., Hundt, A.S., Tomcavage, J., Salek, D., Petrucci, J., Hoonakker, P.L.T., Alyousef, B., Walker, J.W. (2013). Health IT-related obstacles and facilitators in coordinating care for patients with chronic illness: A longitudinal study. Accepted for presentation at the 11th International Conference on Naturalistic Decision Making (NDM 2013), Marseille, France, May 22-24.

J. Tomcavage, J. Sciandra, D. Salek, D. Griffith, D. Maeng, A. Starr. (2014). Can Tele-Monitoring Reduce Hospitalization and Cost of Care? A Health Plan’s Experience in Managing Patients with Heart Failure.  Population Health Management, 17(6), 340-344

Carayon, P., Hundt, A.S., P. Hoonaker, P.L., Kianfar, S., Alyousef, B., Salek, D., Cartmill, R., Walker, J.M., Tomcavage, J. (2015) Perceived Impact of Care Managers’ Work on Patient and Clinician Outcomes.  European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare, Vol 3 Issue 2 pp 158-167

Carayon, P., Cartmill, R., Hoonakker, P., Hundt, A.S., Salek, D., Walker, J. and Tomcavage, J. (2016). Collaborative processes of care managers in the detection and recovery of medication errors, Proceedings of the Healthcare Systems Ergonomics and Patient Safety Conference. Toulouse, France.

Publications Submitted and Pending Approval:

McCammon, J.M., Bandhakavi, S., Salek, D., Liu, Z., Ni, X., Benner, N., Rogers, R., Yoder, H., Riser, S., Rahmanian, F. Use of machine learning to predict hypertension-related complication outcomes of varying severity.