JULIE HAYGOOD MD, MBA, FABQAURP
Tyler,TX
Summary
Physician Leader with 25 years of clinical experience and greater than 5 years of progressive experience leading systemwide initiatives to improve quality, safety and efficiency through the implementation of informatics initiatives and adoption of new technologies. Skilled in driving performance improvement, optimizing workflows and fostering a culture of high reliability and patient centeredness. Relationship builder with proven track record of aligning stakeholders and teams around initiatives to improve the patient's journey through the continuum of care.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Medical Director of Clinical Informatics
CHRISTUS Health
04.2022 - Current
- Lead systemwide quality and safety initiatives aimed at harm reduction and improving patient outcomes
- Drive enterprise-wide efforts to improve patient safety and outcomes through various initiatives including medication safety, clinical workflow optimization and EHR (EPIC) implementation and optimization across 36 hospitals
- Lead multidisciplinary teams to align and standardize to best practice meeting frontline clinician needs, reducing provider burden and supporting effective and efficient care
- Bring physician end-user perspective and EHR expertise to informatics leadership facilitating collaboration between physicians, advanced practice providers, nursing, ancillary staff and informatics teams
- Align multidisciplinary teams with safe, consistent, highly reliable care while meeting and exceeding regulatory and accreditation standards
- Ensure that team solutions resolve conflict raised at local sites and physician/provider practices while upholding enterprise-level goals and standardized best practices
- Advance organizational strategy through data driven decision-making, performance improvement and thoughtful adoption of emerging technology
- Mentorship of physicians and clinical informaticists to equip them with the skillset and tools needed to achieve personal, professional and organizational goals
- Lead governance committee focused on high-risk order set optimization
Hospitalist
CHRISTUS Health
04.2022 - Current
- Manage complex medical patients using evidence-based, high value care principles focused on patient safety, quality and reducing readmission risk
- Coordinate care with specialist physicians and multidisciplinary teams to ensure unified a unified treatment plan and continuity post-discharge
- Serving as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) to provide firsthand insight into the functioning of our EHR and working with the informatics team to optimize the system
Physician Advisor
CHRISTUS Health
08.2019 - Current
- Conduct status determination for cases
- Perform peer-to-peer case reviews with Medical Directors of payor organizations to appeal and overturn denials as appropriate
- Clinical Documentation Integrity and Improvement; educate providers on clear and appropriate documentation to support medical necessity and level of care as appropriate
Hospitalist
Independent
01.2004 - 04.2022
Education
Executive MBA - Healthcare Management
University of Texas At Tyler
Tyler, TX07-2025
Residency - Family Medicine
Forbes Regional Hospital
Monroeville, PA06-2003
Doctor of Medicine (MD) -
University of Texas Health Science Center At San Antonio
San Antonio, TX08-2000
Bachelor of Arts -
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX05-1996
Skills
- Designing and implementing systems to enhance patient safety
- Enterprise EHR build and optimization
- Driving Enterprise-wide Quality Improvement
- Utilizing Data Analytics for Continuous Quality Improvement
- Patient Flow and Throughput Optimization
- Clinical standardization
- Designing systems to meet regulatory requirements
- AI Innovation and Performance Improvement
- Change Management
- Driving Physician Engagement
Certification
- Texas Medical Board, Physician License
- American Board of Family Medicine, Board Certified, 01/01/03 - Present
- American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians (ABQAURP), Fellowship, 05/01/25
- American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians (ABQAURP), Certified in Healthcare Quality and Management, 05/01/19
- Lean Six Sigma, Healthcare Professional Certification, 05/01/25
- Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), Business of Healthcare Certification, 05/01/25
- American College of Healthcare Executives, Member
- Beta Gamma Sigma, International Business Honor Society
Timeline
Medical Director of Clinical Informatics
CHRISTUS Health
04.2022 - Current
Hospitalist
CHRISTUS Health
04.2022 - Current
Physician Advisor
CHRISTUS Health
08.2019 - Current
Hospitalist
Independent
01.2004 - 04.2022
Executive MBA - Healthcare Management
University of Texas At Tyler
Residency - Family Medicine
Forbes Regional Hospital
Doctor of Medicine (MD) -
University of Texas Health Science Center At San Antonio
Bachelor of Arts -
Southern Methodist University