Aging Institute of UPMC Senior Services and the University of Pittsburgh
Tamra E. Minnier, RN, MSN, FACHE
Chief Quality Officer
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) |
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Tami Minnier is the Chief Quality Officer for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), an integrated health care delivery system in Pittsburgh, PA with over $8 billion in annual revenues. Quality is driven by the Donald D. Wolff, Jr. Center for Quality, Safety, and Innovation at UPMC whose primary mission is to partner with health system leadership to change care delivery systems in support of the UPMC vision of creating the health system of the future – whereby the right patient gets the right care, at the right time…every time.
In her role as the Chief Quality Officer, Ms. Minnier coordinates the activities of over 20 hospitals, 2800 physicians, 1.5 million health plan enrollees, and three international hospital sites. |
| Ms. Minnier has worked for UPMC for 20 years. Her prior position was the Vice President of Patient Care Services/Chief Nursing Officer at UPMC Shadyside, a 510-bed tertiary care hospital. The IHI and RWJ Foundation selected UPMC Shadyside as one of three pilot sites nationally to participate in the Transforming Care at the Bedside Initiative (TCAB). TCAB, as a model for rapid redesign, has played a vital role in investing vitality and satisfaction into the patient care at UPMC.
Many of the care delivery improvements Ms. Minnier has developed have gained national and international recognition to UPMC. Ms. Minnier is also the UPMC Liaison to the Peter M. Winter Institute for Simulation Education and Research (WISER).
She has her BSN and MSN from University of Pittsburgh; she is a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. Ms. Minnier has studied the Toyota Production System, Lean Manufacturing and other business improvement applications to healthcare. A nationally known speaker, Ms. Minnier has been published in Newsweek, The Journal of Nursing Administration, Modern Health Care, Healthcare Leaders, Reflections by Sigma Theta Tau and many other journals.
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