Responsibilities:

• Provides leadership, direction and expertise on institutional quality performance improvement and patient safety.
• Serves as advisor to the Medical Director on internal and external performance improvement activities in clinical areas related to safety, quality and resource management.
• Assists with implementation and compliance reporting of recommended national health care quality and patient safety standards.

Education:

• Master of Science in Nursing Informatics, University of Iowa
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing, University of Iowa

Special Interests & Activities:

• Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ), August 2007
• Six Sigma Black Belt, May 2005, Iowa Quality Center Certified
• University of Iowa Institutional Leadership Development Program (ILDP) Graduate, November 2004
• Iowa Association for Healthcare Quality Board Member Editor of IAHQ Communiqué and Website 2006-2009
• University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) Clinical Benchmarking Coordinator.

Phone:  319-384-8206
Fax:  319-353-7043
Address:  C-515 GH
mary-brooks@uiowa.edu