Responsibilities:

• Provides facilitation, training and coordination of hospital-wide performance improvement projects
• Analyzes and report quality measures and resource management utilization
• Provides benchmark data for hospital units and departments
• Coordinates publicly reported quality measure information
• Assists with implementation and compliance reporting of recommended national healthcare quality standards
• Serves as liaison for UHC Clinical Database and Core Measure submissions

Education:

• MSN in Nursing Administration with a Certificate in Informatics, University of Iowa
• BSN, Coe College
• Diploma in Nursing, Finley School of Nursing

Special Interests & Activities:

• Certified Professional in Health Care Quality
• Six Sigma Black Belt, May 2005, Iowa Quality Center Certified
• HIMSS-Health Information and Management Systems Society, member
• IFMC Liaison
• University Healthsystem Consortium, (UHC) Quality Management Council and Clinical Database representative

Phone:  319-384-9593
Fax:  319-353-7043
Address:  C-52-G GH
lynn-vining@uiowa.edu