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OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL QUALITY PROMOTES LISA WYNN HEALTHCARE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Oklahoma City, Ok. May, 2008 – Lisa Wynn, MA, BSN, was recently promoted to healthcare quality improvement program director for OFMQ. She is responsible for operational oversight of quality improvement programs offered to Oklahoma physicians, hospitals, nursing homes and home health agencies. Wynn is a healthcare professional with over 20 years of experience in residency program management, healthcare quality improvement and research, and clinical informatics. An OFMQ employee for five years, she led the Doctors Office Quality-Information Technology (DOQ-IT) project, which helps physicians implement electronic health records (EHR) to improve patient care. Wynn is a nationally recognized leader in EHR implementation, adoption and use, and speaks to local, regional and national groups on clinical informatics and quality improvement topics. She served on the American Nurses Association national workgroup that recently established the updated standards for nursing informatics practice. Wynn holds a Master of Arts in Quality and Data Management in Nursing from George Mason University, Fairfax, VA and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Georgia College, Milledgeville, GA.
About Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality
Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality (OFMQ) is a not-for-profit healthcare quality improvement organization (QIO) dedicated to improving health care for all Oklahomans, including the state’s more than half-a-million Medicare beneficiaries. For 35 years, OFMQ has led efforts to improve societal health and to encourage the cost-effective provision of quality medical services through healthcare review, quality improvement projects and public education. Working in partnership with Oklahoma’s physician offices, hospitals, home health agencies, and nursing homes, OFMQ provides expert consulting resources for clinical and organizational quality improvement. OFMQ holds contracts with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. OFMQ-625-OK-0408