Founding Collaborator
Douglas Monroe MD MBA
Doug has over twenty years of healthcare experience including strategy and strategic planning, physician engagement, clinical integration, accountable care, high reliability, clinical operations and large integrated consulting engagements. He has helped large systems, academic medical centers and community hospitals align governance, stra
Doug has over twenty years of healthcare experience including strategy and strategic planning, physician engagement, clinical integration, accountable care, high reliability, clinical operations and large integrated consulting engagements. He has helped large systems, academic medical centers and community hospitals align governance, strategy, operations and outcomes with evidence-based clinical excellence, emerging healthcare reimbursement models, market demand and increased risk.
Before founding HAC, Doug served as the System Director for Quality and Patient Safety at a large, award-winning healthcare system in the south. His worked focused on engaging physicians in performance improvement activity through an Accountable Care Organization.
Doug has over 10 years of consulting experience, much of it spent at traditional expense-reduction and revenue-enhancement consulting firms. His consulting work focused on engaging physicians and executives in meaningful dialogue and change connected to measurable and evidence-based improvement.
At HAC Doug serves in roles including Board and Executive Services, Physician Engagement & Facilitation and Project Direction. He works with hospitals, healthcare systems and other consulting firms to optimize clinical enterprise through High Reliability, Physician Engagement, and Clinical Excellence.
- High Reliability
- Physician Engagement
- Clinical Excellence & Integration
- Strategy and Strategic Planning
- Accountable Care Organizations
- Performance Improvement
- Quality, Patient Safety, Infection Control
Collaborators
Linda Speer RN BSN MBA CPHQ
Virginia Kennedy RN MS CIC FAPIC
Virginia Kennedy RN MS CIC FAPIC
Linda has over 30 years of experience in healthcare. She has designed and implemented quality and patient safety initiatives, maximized operational efficiency, evaluated and improved regulatory compliance and redesigned processes across multiple facilities. Her contributions were recognized through numerous national level quality awards f
Linda has over 30 years of experience in healthcare. She has designed and implemented quality and patient safety initiatives, maximized operational efficiency, evaluated and improved regulatory compliance and redesigned processes across multiple facilities. Her contributions were recognized through numerous national level quality awards for the healthcare system she served.
Linda served as Associate Vice President for Patient Safety and Regulatory Compliance and Division Vice President of Quality at large, high performing healthcare systems. She has also held various leadership roles in Critical Care, Quality Management, Risk Management, Medical Staff Services and Performance Improvement.
Linda currently serves as President of Speer Consulting, a healthcare consulting firm specializing in quality, patient safety and regulatory compliance.
- Quality Improvement & Management
- Process and Workflow Analysis and Redesign
- Patient Safety
- Change Management
- Accreditation Readiness
- Quality Leadership Development, Education and Mentoring
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Virginia Kennedy RN MS CIC FAPIC
Virginia Kennedy RN MS CIC FAPIC
Virginia Kennedy RN MS CIC FAPIC
Ginny has more than 30 years of experience in infection prevention and control. She has delivered multiple successful consulting engagements for large systems, academic medical centers and community hospitals focused on improving high-risk, problem-prone processes, resource analysis and aligning evidence based clinical practices with nati
Ginny has more than 30 years of experience in infection prevention and control. She has delivered multiple successful consulting engagements for large systems, academic medical centers and community hospitals focused on improving high-risk, problem-prone processes, resource analysis and aligning evidence based clinical practices with nationally recognized outcomes.
Ginny founded Infection Prevention & Management Associates (IP&MA) 20 years ago, which currently has over 46 current staff members providing ongoing infection prevention program management and consulting services to a range of healthcare providers across the country.
Ginny developed, implemented and managed a centralized and integrated Infection Control program for 12 hospitals, multiple outpatient facilities, physician practices, and home health and associated service lines. Multiple hospital units reported no healthcare associated infections for a year or more; and the system was recognized as a national leader in quality, patient safety and infection control.
- Long-Term and Interim Program management
- Education and Training
- Infection Prevention Consulting
- Crisis Intervention
- Architectural Services
- JC/CARF/DNV Accreditation
- Legal Services
- Program Planning
- Technical and Product Consultation
- Remote Surveillance Support for NHSN Data Submission
Cheryl Barratt RN BS MHA
Virginia Kennedy RN MS CIC FAPIC
Cheryl Barratt RN BS MHA
Cheryl has more than 30 years of experience in perioperative performance improvement. She has worked with clients to optimize operations, facilities planning and information systems in clinical procedural areas including Surgical Services, Endoscopy, Cardiac Catheterization Lab, Interventional Radiology and Sterile Processing as well as
Cheryl has more than 30 years of experience in perioperative performance improvement. She has worked with clients to optimize operations, facilities planning and information systems in clinical procedural areas including Surgical Services, Endoscopy, Cardiac Catheterization Lab, Interventional Radiology and Sterile Processing as well as and Supply Chain departments including Purchasing, Receiving, Warehouse and Storeroom.
Cheryl is Founder and CEO of Perioptimal Performance Partners, and has published and lectured on topics related to operating room efficiency, surgical services staffing, materials management, operating room information system integration and surgical services reengineering.
Cheryl holds membership in the Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses, the American Society of Perianesthesia Nurses, the American Organization of Nurse Leaders, the American College of Healthcare Executives, the Chicago Health Executive Forum (CHEF) the American College of Perioperative Medicine (ACPM). Cheryl also served as a board member of the AORN eChapter and currently holds a position on the American College of Perioperative Medicine Conference Planning Committee.
- Strategic planning
- Human Resources
- Productivity Improvement
- Orientation & Continuing Education Programs
- Facility Design
- Patient Logistics
- Sterile Processing
- Supply Chain Management
- Physical Inventory Calculations
- Revenue Enhancement
- Long Term and Interim Program Management
- Comprehensive Surgical Services Assessment & Implementation