Katherine Hudson

• Provide support to Professional Physician Review Committee (PPRC), Peer review, Emergency Medicine, and Trauma Departments.
• Populate and disseminate quarterly reports to Peer Review committees
• Evaluated and addressed insurance grievances to ensure compliance and customer satisfaction.
• Assisted teams in reviewing quality metrics and patient safety indicators (PSI) providing supporting documentation and accurate coding processes to maintain compliance.
• Executed data collection and preparation of annual quality reports to ensure compliance with required functions.
• Provide support to risk management with physician behavior referrals to medical staff and CDPH, MED Sun FDA Reporting.
• Support patient relations with patient inquiries and concerns to foster positive experiences.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve overall product performance and customer satisfaction rates.

Directed comprehensive reviews of occurrence reports to ensure compliance with regulatory standards. Oversaw reporting processes for California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and Med Sun/FDA.

Led thorough evaluations of insurance grievances, facilitating timely responses.

Comprehensive chart review for required functions involving mortality audits, critical results, pathology, tissue blood components. Championed compliance initiatives through meticulous chart reviews of policies and procedures.

Compile documentation and support efforts for peer review cases, enhancing review quality.

• Direct patient care, Administered medications and treatments per physician orders. Coordinated patient care plans with interdisciplinary teams. Monitored vital signs and recorded patient data accurately. Educated patients and families on health management strategies.
• Direct patient care to open heart surgical patients with specialized care in Impella, IABP, CRRT, ECMO patient population.
• Provide relief charge support to 35 bed unit. Staffing assignments, facilitate admission, transfer and discharging patients. Collaborate with other hospital units to balance unit census.

Achieved optimal patient outcomes through direct care in intensive care unit. Enhanced recovery for liver transplant patients by addressing medical and surgical needs. Improved patient support for neurovascular surgical cases, contributing to overall care excellence.

Float and provide direct patient care in urgent care and endoscopy.

• Directed patient care in intensive care unit, managing complex cases including medical/surgical, open heart surgical, liver transplant, and neurological patients.
• Led team as relief charge nurse for 18-bed unit and 10-bed direct observation unit, fostering a collaborative environment.
• Acted as rapid response nurse, coordinating immediate care during emergencies. Oversaw patient care in emergency department, ensuring high standards of service delivery.