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Trauma Recognition Pilot Program, Chronic Disease Management & QI

Critical Access Hospital Trauma Recognition Pilot Program Update – an HPC Presentation by the Fulton County Medical Trauma Association
Fulton County Medical Center Presentation on Departmental Quality Improvement
Statewide Chronic Disease Management and Prevention Initiatives in Pennsylvania

Jennifer Edwards, M.B.A.

Rural Health Systems Manager and Deputy Director

Jennifer Edwards, M.B.A.

Rural Health Systems Manager and Deputy Director

jle312@psu.edu

814-863-8214

118 Keller Building, University Park, PA 16802

Jen Edwards recently joined the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health in August 2018. She is responsible for coordinating the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (Flex) and Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP) in Pennsylvania. Jen has 15 years of experience in healthcare organizations from clinics to medical centers in a wide variety of operational positions ranging from practice management, financial operations, aeromedical evacuation, emergency management, and medical logistics.

Prior to joining the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health, Jen spent thirteen years in the Air Force as a Medical Service Corps Officer in Healthcare Administration working in various parts of the United States and overseas. She is a graduate of the University of Alaska Fairbanks where she earned both undergraduate and graduate degrees in Business Administration.

Jen is originally from Pottstown and is very happy to be back home in Pennsylvania. She and her husband have 5 adult children and live here in State College.

Lannette Johnston, M.S., M.S.N., B.S.N., R.N.

Quality Improvement Coordinator

Lannette Johnston, M.S., M.S.N., B.S.N., R.N.

Quality Improvement Coordinator

lmj29@psu.edu

(814) 863-8214

118 Keller Building University Park, Pennsylvania 16802

Lannette Johnston is a leading health care professional in Central Pennsylvania with expertise in areas including acute care, home health, rural health care, emergency/pediatric/intensive care nursing, patient advocacy, healthy lifestyle coaching and community health outreach.

Johnston is a graduate of Mount Aloysius College where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Master of Science in Health and Human Services Administration. She is currently pursuing her Family Nurse Practitioner degree through Clarion University.

In 2009, Johnston was one of eighteen nurses selected nationally to attend and successfully complete the National Registered Nurse Patient Advocate program. Johnston was a contributing author for the Visiting Nurses Association of America 2011 Policy and Procedure Manual and authored the chapter on Pediatric Intensive Care for the Nursing textbook, “Clinical Case Studies in Home Health.”

She is an active volunteer for numerous organizations in Central Pennsylvania.

Lannette is joining the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health as the Quality Improvement Coordinator. Her initial responsibilities will include working with the state’s Critical Access Hospitals on quality initiatives within the Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Program (MBQIP). She also will assume responsibilities for the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP) Grant and be involved in rural population health initiatives in Pennsylvania.

Larry Baronner, M.A., M.Ed.

Consultant

Larry Baronner, M.A., M.Ed.

Consultant

ldb10@psu.edu

(814) 863-8214

118 Keller Building University Park, Pennsylvania 16802

Larry Baronner has coordinated the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (Flex) and Small Rural Hospital Improvement (SHIP) Program in Pennsylvania for the past 12 years. He has been instrumental in developing and implementing the core components of the Pennsylvania Flex program. Under Larry’s leadership the Pennsylvania Critical Access Hospital Consortium has adopted a Performance Management System using a Balanced Scorecard framework. Through projects with Penn State’s College of Engineering and Penn State Continuing Education, Critical Access Hospitals in Pennsylvania have been introduced to Lean concepts. Rural Emergency Medical Services (EMS) protocol development, rural trauma systems development, workforce assessments, and a rural health care manager’s academy also have been initiated under Larry’s guidance. Larry has served on a number of national committees and has made presentations at a numerous national conferences.

Prior to coming to the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health, Larry was Chief Operating Officer of a hospital-owned medical practice. He also served as director of physician services and assistant director of personnel within the hospital. Larry was named “State Rural Health Leader of the Year” at the 2006 Pennsylvania Rural Health Conference.

Larry has an undergraduate degree from Saint Francis University and graduate degrees from the Pennsylvania State University and Saint Francis University.