Responsibilities:

• Analyze and report quality measures and resource management utilization
  
• Evaluate processes and outcomes of care and identify opportunities for improvement
  
• Provide guidance for statistical reporting
  
• Provides benchmark data for hospital units and departments
  
• Assists with implementation and compliance reporting of recommended national healthcare quality standards
  
• Educates University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics staff in performance measurement, analysis, and improvement
  
• Facilitates performance improvement teams

Education:

• PhD, Nursing Major, Economics and Statistics Minor, University of Iowa, IA
  
• MSN, Wagner College, NY
  
• BS Biology, Richmond College, NY
  
• BSN, Wagner College, NY  

Special Interests & Activities:

• Certified Professional in Health Care Quality
  
• Member, Sigma Theta Tau, Gamma Chapter
  
• Medication Safety, Falls Prevention

Phone:  319-384-8204
Fax:  319-353-7043
Address:  C-523 GH
debra-picone@uiowa.edu