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Colorado

State Office Director

Lou Ann Wilroy
(303) 832-7493
lw@coruralhealth.org

Specialty Areas / Background

Healthcare management consulting, hospital administration and clinic management. Lou Ann has previous experience as a rural outreach coordinator for Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, and Wyoming.

State Office Director since 2007

 

Flex Coordinator

Jennifer Dunn
(303) 832-7492
jd@coruralhealth.org

Specialty Areas / Background

Before coming to CRHC, Jennifer worked for several years with health insurance programs for underserved children and families.

Flex Coordinator since 2008

 

Program Director

Cari Fouts
(303) 565-5847
cf@coruralhealth.org

Specialty Areas / Background

Cari has over 15 years of healthcare experience in direct patient care, outreach and marketing, and quality and patient safety and has worked extensively with both rural and urban hospitals.

Program Director since 2008

 

Program Assistant

Sheri Glischinski
(303) 565-5847
sg@coruralhealth.org

Specialty Areas / Background

Sheri's specialties are research, event planning, health information technology, database and record management.

Program Assistant since 2008

 

Top Three Flex Activities in 2009

  1. Supporting CAH's through Capacity Building Grant opportunities
  2. Quality and Performance Improvement Activities
  3. Overall system improvement and efficiencies

Flex Program Success Story

In response to interest from Colorado's CAHs, CRHC partnered with the Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence to offer a Nurse Leader Development Course. The training targeted frontline nurse leaders interested in effectively leading and managing care delivery within healthcare facilities. The course focused on improving leadership through skill-building in change management, effective communication and dealing with personnel problems. Nurse Leaders who attended the course learned ways to create a culture which encourages the development of each staff nurse while assuring patient safety, satisfaction, quality of care and increasing staff nurse retention.

Most Significant Achievement

Development of our Peer Review Network, and the Quality Improvement Peer Network.

Flex Program Details

Location: Non-profit
Number of CAHs: 29
Web site: http://www.coruralhealth.org

State Rural Health Plan
Rural Assistance Center State Resources