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Rhonda Platt RN, BSN

Aiken,SC

Summary

Competent and driven Medical Peer Review Coordinator. Maintains a strong reputation for achieving high levels of leadership and collaboration between the members of Medical Peer Review Committee, the Medical Executive Committee, and the hospital Risk Manager. Continuous oversight and revision of Medical Peer Review polices and procedures in order to maintain timely, multidisciplinary, and confidential reviews that meet all state and regulatory guidelines. Recognized for exceptional communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills. Excels in maintaining positive partnerships with physicians, colleagues, and patients with the strategic goal of keeping patient safety and quality of care as the fundamental purpose. Thrives in challenging environments and is motivated to advance the organizations success in maintaining the highest level of safety and health to its employees.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Medical Peer Review Coordinator

Aiken Regional Medical Centers
Aiken , SC
09.2023 - Current
  • Coordinate and Facilitate all Medical Peer Review Activities
  • Lead Peer Review monthly meetings to include notification to all members of scheduled meeting
  • Prepare summary report of concurrent reviews and conclusions for presentation at the Medical Executive Committee
  • Coordinate with Medical Records for data/record retrieval for retrospective reviews.
  • Maintains and utilizes computer skills to track and trend indicator measurements for benchmarking performance data
  • Facilitates the referral of issues to the appropriate physicians, clinical, administrative, and ancillary areas for implementation of necessary improvements/recommendations of MPRC
  • Compiles all follow up documentation for reporting back to MPRC for further determination/conclusion
  • Trends occurrences of identified quality/risk issues for the purpose of identifying opportunities for process improvement.
  • Uses clinical databases and national benchmarking to continuously identify opportunities for improved outcomes through the utilization of best practice and current resources.
  • Collaborates with the Medical Staff office to facilitate OPPEs and FPPEs (ongoing and focused professional practice evaluations) yearly.

Heart Failure and Heart Attack Coordinator

Aiken Regional Medical Centers
Aiken , SC
01.2018 - 09.2023
  • Responsible for the coordination of care for heart attack and heart failure patients across the inpatient and outpatient setting.
  • Develop and implement patient specific care plans.
  • Co-lead heart attack and heart failure committees with their respective Medical Directors.
  • Abstract and report data related to performance and performance improvement plans to committee.
  • Successful Advance Heart Failure Certification survey.
  • Successful Primary Heart Attack Center recertification survey.
  • Achieved Get With the Guidelines Gold Plus status for Heart Failure in 2020-2022
  • Maintain compliance with regulatory bodies and clinical practice guidelines.
  • Collaborates with nursing and hospital leadership to achieve strategic goals.
  • Provided community outreach education and program support.
  • Provide relevant patient education.
  • Provide staff and provider education, in addition to updates on the most recent clinical practice guidelines.
  • Supervises the day -to- day work work of the Cardiac Nurse Navigator.
  • Provides feedback, coaches, and mentors the Cardiac Nurse Navigator to promote growth and success for the cardiac programs.

Interim Director

Aiken Regional Medical Centers
Aiken , SC
05.2017 - 01.2018
  • Oversee daily operations of the unit.
  • Respond to MIDAS reports.
  • Perform Connect Calls daily.
  • Answer all patient complaints.
  • Perform immediate service excellence recovery.
  • Daily Leadership rounding.
  • Perform employee evaluations.
  • Member of various committees
  • Run monthly staff meetings

Clinical Supervisor

Aiken Regional Medical Centers
Aiken , SC
06.2007 - 05.2017
  • Responsible for the planning and provision of direct and indirect nursing care provided to patients.
  • Prioritizes and delegates appropriately.
  • Uses effective organizational skills and time management.
  • Facilitates nursing staff in obtaining safe and optimal patient outcomes.
  • Supports activities that meet the hospital's mission and goals.
  • Serves as preceptor for new nurses and Clinical Supervisors.
  • Performs service excellence recovery.
  • Participates in Root/Cause/Analysis
  • . Completes chart audits.
  • . Leads daily shift huddle.
  • Completes hourly rounding schedule and monitors for compliance.
  • Completes daily core measure reviews.
  • Leads daily core measure meeting to ensure 100% compliance
  • . Participates in staff interviews
  • . Provides feedback for hiring decisions on unit.
  • Works closely with social work to provide safe patient discharges.
  • Completes monthly staff schedule.

Staff RN

Aiken Regional Medical Centers
Aiken , SC
12.2005 - 06.2007
  • Perform daily duties of RN to provide safe and adequate care to cardiac patients.
  • Perform relief charge duties as needed.
  • Provide patient and family education.

Dental Hygienist

Dr. Margaret Parrish DMD
06.2000 - 12.2005
  • Complete dental prophylaxis.
  • Provide oral cancer screenings.
  • Obtain radiographic studies.
  • Review of health history.
  • Chart conditions of decay and disease.
  • Maintain instrumentation for dental hygiene treatment.

Veterinary Technician

Aiken County Animal Shelter
08.1996 - 06.2000

Education

Bachelor of Science - Nursing Science

Western Governor's University
Salt Lake City, UT
05.2021

Associate of Science: Nursing -

University of South Carolina at Aiken
06.2007

Associate of Science: Dental Hygiene -

Midlands Technical College
06.2000

Skills

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Consistently exceeds service excellence
  • Employee of the year 2021
  • Knowledgeable in clinical practice guidelines and Joint Commission standards
  • Sound decision making and problem-solving skills
  • Computerized charting specialist
  • Interdisciplinary collaboration
  • Culturally sensitive
  • Self-motivated
  • Maintains positive physician relationships
  • Detail oriented
  • Lead committee meetings
  • Educate employees and new hires
  • Perform data abstraction and aggregation
  • Initiate performance improvement plans

Certification

Licensed by State of South Carolina RN

Member of Heart Failure Society of America

Personal Information

Title: RN, BSN

Timeline

Medical Peer Review Coordinator

Aiken Regional Medical Centers
09.2023 - Current

Heart Failure and Heart Attack Coordinator

Aiken Regional Medical Centers
01.2018 - 09.2023

Interim Director

Aiken Regional Medical Centers
05.2017 - 01.2018

Clinical Supervisor

Aiken Regional Medical Centers
06.2007 - 05.2017

Staff RN

Aiken Regional Medical Centers
12.2005 - 06.2007

Dental Hygienist

Dr. Margaret Parrish DMD
06.2000 - 12.2005

Veterinary Technician

Aiken County Animal Shelter
08.1996 - 06.2000

Bachelor of Science - Nursing Science

Western Governor's University

Associate of Science: Nursing -

University of South Carolina at Aiken

Associate of Science: Dental Hygiene -

Midlands Technical College

Licensed by State of South Carolina RN

Member of Heart Failure Society of America

Rhonda Platt RN, BSN