Debbie Fernandez, MS, MHSA, LMLP, CPHQ

Debbie Fernandez, MS, MHSA, LMLP, CPHQ

Director of Quality, Oncology Service Line - University of Kansas Health System

Debbie Fernandez, MS, MHSA, LMLP, CPHQ is a healthcare quality improvement professional serving the role of Director of Quality for the Oncology Service Line at the University of Kansas Health System. Her responsibilities include overseeing a team of 36 FTE that focus on sustaining performance, process, and safety improvements by leveraging Lean methodologies, apply health data analytics to demonstrate improvements, facilitate regulatory and accreditation compliance, improving the patient experience, and cancer registry activities within the oncology service line. Debbie is also an education instructor for the department of population health at the University of Kansas Medical Center. She co-teaches a Spring semester Quality and Operation course for Master of Health Service Administration program. Debbie holds dual master's degrees in health service administration from the University of Kansas Medical Center and clinical psychology from the Pittsburg State University. She holds certifications as a Lean Certified Workshop Leader, Six Sigma Black Belt Professional, and Certified Professional in Health Care Quality (CPHQ).

Speaker Details

Speaker Type: 60 Minute Session On-Demand | HQ Best Practice Tools On-Demand

Sessions of the Speaker

Event Type:
  • HQ Best Practice Tools On-Demand
Medical errors are the 3rd leading cause of death in the United States.(1) Patient safety reporting systems tend to underreport...
Virtual
Event Type:
  • 60 Minute Session On-Demand
Dyad leadership models used frequently in healthcare. This session will explore how formal and informal dyad structures can be used...
Virtual