NPIC/QAS Announces New Board Member

Jan. 21, 2014 - PRLog -- Providence, RI, - Marilyn B. Escobedo, MD, Reba McEntire Endowed Chair in Neonatology, Director of Section of Neonatal Perinatal Medicine of the Children's Hospital, University of Oklahoma, and Chair of the Board of Directors for the National Perinatal Information Center/Quality Analytic Services (NPIC/QAS) is pleased to announce the following incoming NPIC/QAS Board member for the 2014 term:  Ann Gaffey, RN, MSN, CPHRM, DFASHRM, Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc.

Ann Gaffey, RN, MSN, CPHRM, DFASHRM is the Senior Vice President of Healthcare Risk Management and Patient Safety for the Professional Liability Division at Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. with over twenty-five years of experience in healthcare.  As Senior Vice President, she has responsibility for overseeing and providing innovative consultative services to improve and enhance risk management programs and patient safety programs with emphasis on risk identification, assessment, analysis and prevention as well as risk management and patient safety education.

Ms. Gaffey is a frequent speaker on topics related to risk reduction and management strategies in healthcare.  Ann has authored articles such as “Electronic Health Records: Communication and Documentation Considerations” in the Journal of Healthcare Risk Management and co-authored a chapter in the Risk Management Handbook for Healthcare Organizations, 6th edition.

Ms. Gaffey has acute care risk management experience, with responsibilities including managing self-insurance and captive insurance programs, insurance purchasing, claims management, and traditional risk assessment and mitigation activities.  Ann also has extensive consultative experience, working with hospitals, physician offices and long term care facilities in identifying areas of risk and developing risk reduction, patient safety and mitigation strategies.  Significant accomplishments include design and implementation of risk and claims management programs in group captive programs.

Ms. Gaffey received her degree from the University of Virginia with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing.  She also received her Master of Science in Nursing Leadership and Management from The George Washington University.  Ann has achieved the CPHRM and DFASHRM designations.  She also serves as Adjunct Faculty at The George Washington University in Washington, DC.

NPIC/QAS is a non-profit organization, located in Providence, RI, dedicated to the improvement of perinatal health through comparative data analysis, program evaluation, health services research, and professional continuing education.

National Perinatal Information Center/Quality Analytic Services
225 Chapman Street, Suite 200
Providence, RI 02905
401-274-0650
http://www.npic.org