QUALITY ASSESSMENT/PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT SECTION LEADER
Sue Zimmerman
Deyta LLC
7400 New LaGrange Road, Suite 200 Louisville, KY  40222
(302) 383-3780
szimmerman@Deyta.com

Projects this Section is involved with:

• 2011 Mentoring Project – Initiative to match novice and seasoned QAPI professional for support and mentoring.
• Preparing for Public Reporting: Approaches of Top Quality Leaders, presentation at the 2011 Clinical Team Conference in San Diego, CA
• A Nurse and Chaplain Connect March 2011 Newsline article by Ellen Martin
• Cost Efficient Ways to Capture Data March 2009 Newsline article by Lori Anne Williams and Susan Zimmerman
• The Service Failures: Feedback from the Performance Improvement / Quality Assurance Section June 2008 Newsline article by the QAPI Section Steering Committee
• The Journey Begins: Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement Section December 2008 Newsline article by the QAPI Steering Committee

QAPI Section Activities:

• QAPI Section Chat sessions are held the second Thursday of every month from 3-4pm Eastern Time. The 2012 schedule will be posted soon in the QAPI Section e-library.
• Click here to see this Section’s My.NHPCO eGroup activities

List of Steering Committee names & info (updated quarterly)

Ellen E. Martin, MSN, RN, CPHQ
Director of Performance Improvement
Hospice Austin - Austin, TX
emartin@hospiceaustin.org

Terri L. Maxwell, PhD, APRN
Vice President
MedRxperts Hospice Pharmacia, a Division of ExcelleRx - Philadelphia, PA
TMaxwell@excelleRx.com

Karen Mikula, RN,BSN,CPHQ
VITAS Healthcare Corporation - Miami, FL
karen.mikula@vitas.com

Patricia Vigilante, RN, BSN, MPA, CHPCA
Director Quality Management Services
VNSNY Hospice Care - New York City - New York, NY
patv@vnsny.org

Katherine E. Weyandt, RN
Corporate Compliance Officer
Infinity Hospice Care - Las Vegas, NV
kweyandt@infinityhospicecare.com

Lynn Wilson
QI Specialist
The Community Hospice, Inc. Administration - Rensselaer, NY
lywilson@sphcs.org

For more information, contact the Section Leader.