158: Best of The Healthcare QualityCast: Jennifer Hooks, Performance Improvement Expert

The Healthcare QualityCast

Jennifer is the Manager of the Performance Improvement Department at the Medical University of South Carolina and is a retired Air Force E9 Chief Master Sergeant with 32 years of clinical, administrative and performance improvement experience in hospital, ambulatory care and dental facilities in a variety of settings worldwide. At MUSC Jennifer and her team of Six Sigma Green and Black Belts supports executive leadership teams in the deployment of Lean Six Sigma throughout the organization by developing and delivering Lean Six Sigma training programs and leading system wide improvement projects. Jennifer has a MBA in Human Resources, a BS in Occupational Education and Health Administration, she is a certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt and LEAN Sensei, she is a member of the American Society for Quality (ASQ), the Institute of Industrial and System Engineers (IISE), Society of Health Systems (SHS), Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and Project Management Institute (PMI). Here in episode #32 Jennifer opens the show with a great leadership mindset, she shares her career journey from the Air Force and into her current leadership role, she highlights the value of Demings 14 points of management, and breaks down the cultural differences between military leadership culture and civilian hospital culture, she shares a great tactic for letting teams vent their emotions when launching new projects, she connects a major career aha moment with the tastiest training exercise ever, Jennifer highlights an often overlooked opportunity for healthcare systems to focus on aligning cultures following company mergers, and after reviewing this session I really wish that I had stayed on that topic just a little bit longer. Jennifer then calls on all quality people to become better storytellers and turns our mentor question around and highlights the power of professional sponsorships. Jennifer you are truly one of a kind! From all of the value that you’re delivering in today’s show to your leadership with the conference and the exceptional team you’ve built there at MUSC. I thank you sincerely for the contributions that you’re bringing to the industry and also for your past service to this country. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/healthcarequalitycast/message