Kara Hansen
DaVita, Inc.
Peoria,AZ
18
years of professional experience
Senior Manager, Clinical Programs leads enterprise clinical program delivery across 2600+ clinic sites, nutrition workflows, digital product rollouts, and cross-functional process improvement. Drives clinical operations optimization by translating field research into scalable documentation, templates, and advisory loops that reduce clinician friction and support safer care. Partners with engineering, UX, and clinical stakeholders to deliver CMS, State, and HIPAA-compliant solutions, maintaining 100% compliance across review checks and securing 10–24 super-user approvals per UAT cycle with smooth multi-site adoption.
Work History
Senior Manager, Clinical Programs
8 Years 7 Months- Led high-impact operational and clinical initiatives, designing and managing complex health and nutrition programs that aligned with strategic business goals and improved patient outcomes. Directed cross-functional teams, optimized clinical workflows, and executed organizational improvements to enhance operational efficiency and achieve measurable results.
- Collaborated across technical and clinical boundaries to shape strategic roadmap and deliver secure, cloud-based enterprise EHR module. Partnered with engineering, UX design, and healthcare advisory groups to translate intricate clinical workflows into scalable technical architectures. Conducted field research and shadowing in multiple dialysis clinics, converting user discovery insights into documentation templates, wireframes, and dietetic advisory loops that reduced clinician click-fatigue. Ensured 100% compliance with CMS, State, and HIPAA regulations, achieving first-pass UAT approvals from 50+ super-users and facilitating smooth, multi-site rollouts with zero unplanned system downtime.
- Collaborated across technical and clinical boundaries to shape the strategic roadmap and execute the delivery of a secure, cloud-based enterprise EHR module. Partnered closely with engineering, UX design, and healthcare advisory groups to convert intricate clinical workflows into highly scalable technical architectures. By leading extensive field research and shadowing within multiple dialysis clinics, translated deep user discovery insights into targeted documentation templates, wireframes, and dietetic advisory loops that significantly mitigated clinician click-fatigue. Maintained an uncompromised focus on quality and safety by ensuring 100% compliance with CMS, State, and HIPAA regulations, achieving high-velocity first-pass UAT approvals from 50+ super-users, and orchestrating smooth, multi-site rollouts with zero unplanned system downtime.
Group and Divisional Lead Dietitian
9 Years- Directed clinical nutrition operations and led registered dietitian team across multiple clinics. Championed quality improvement initiatives and standardized clinical workflows to elevate patient care. Partnered with regional leadership to facilitate training, mentoring, and resource allocation for clinical excellence and operational compliance.
- Steered division-wide clinical nutrition strategy and operations across an expansive geographic footprint, overseeing network of clinical dietitians and field leaders. Collaborated with executive and divisional leadership to develop and implement quality improvement programs aligned with corporate healthcare objectives.
- Group and Divisional Lead Dietitian, DaVita, Inc.
Education
MS - Human Nutrition/Dietetics
BS - Human Nutrition/Dietetics
Skills
Strategic program management
Cross-functional team leadership
Change management & scaling
Stakeholder management
Population health program coordination
Clinical operations optimization
Workflow & process engineering
Quality improvement initiatives
Performance metrics reporting
Regulatory compliance
Risk stratification
Utilization management
Timeline
Senior Manager, Clinical Programs
DaVita, Inc.
01.2018 - CurrentRead More
Group and Divisional Lead Dietitian
DaVita, Inc.
01.2009 - 01.2018Read More
Arizona State University
BS from Human Nutrition/Dietetics
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Arizona State University
MS from Human Nutrition/Dietetics
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