AHA Associates Bringing Value Podcast - Episode 29: Executing a Safe and Efficient Hospital Move to Increase Growth with Hackensack Meridian Health

In this episode of the AHA Associates Bringing Value Podcast, Kathleen Wessel is joined by guests from Hackensack Meridian Health and Surgical Directions: Dr. Lucy Pereira-Argenziano, M.D., and Chief Quality Officer of Northern Region at Hackensack Meridian Health; Jeff Peters, Founder and Chair-emeritus of Surgical Directions; Supriya Patel, Director of Consulting Services for Surgical Directions; and Dr. Jason Klopotowski, M.D., Lead Physician Managing Director for Surgical Directions. Together, this team facilitated Hackensack Meridian Health’s complex move to a new facility with upgraded facilities and additional rooms. Their discussion explores the strategies and collaboration necessary to ensure patient safety and operational efficiency during the move, including simulation education, communication strategies, and more. To learn more about the AHA Associates Bringing Value podcast series, visit sponsor.aha.org/associate-program/podcasts

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Supriya Patel

Supriya Patel is a Director at Surgical Directions, where she has served in various leadership and project management positions for over 5 years. She obtained her Master of Health Administration on the medical campus of Virginia Commonwealth University and is currently obtaining another certification in Organizational Leadership.
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Jason Klopotowski

Dr. Klopotowski is Surgical Direction’s lead physician managing director. He is a clinically active anesthesiologist with over a decade of experience in critical care medicine and anesthesia leadership. As an interim chair of anesthesia, he has shepherded multiple anesthesia groups through transitions to employment, working collaboratively with hospital leadership and the group to ensure efficient transitions with no disruptions to service or decrease in clinical quality.
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Kathleen Wessel

Accomplished healthcare executive with 20+ years of successfully designing, leading, and executing a broad range of growth and realignment initiatives. Oversees account teams and delivery strategies, and directs marketing, data, analytics, and financial departments. Creates and executes strategic marketing and sales support plans. Develops and launches new business ventures. Previous experience includes managing IT, data, and finance areas, including implementing program databases, web sites, digital marketing programs, and CRM. Tenacious, agile, and interpersonally successful at all levels.
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