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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.

Sandee Kyler, M.S

Rural Health Systems Manager and Deputy Director

Sandee Kyler, M.S

Rural Health Systems Manager and Deputy Director

sjw135@psu.edu

Sandee Kyler, M.S. joined the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health in 2022 and provides leadership support, advocates for rural health issues, and coordinates the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (Flex) and Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP) in Pennsylvania.

Sandee has worked at Penn State since 1994, providing leadership and management for various units at the university by identifying and securing resources to enhance program initiatives, ensuring quality of deliverables, and assessing the impact and sustainability of activities. She served as the assistant director for the Child Maltreatment Solutions Network and the Center for Healthy Children at Penn State where she led decision-making, participated in strategic planning, and identified financial priorities. She was the lead dissemination and implementation scientist at the Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness where she provided proactive technical assistance to communities and military personnel implementing evidence-based programs. Sandee has extensive experience in improving the impact of evidence-based programs in real world settings to promote positive youth development, translating and disseminating research to communities, providing education and training, and conducting research on support and services to military families after the sudden loss of a loved one.

Sandee is originally from rural Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania and enjoys many outdoor activities including hiking, kayaking, and camping.

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

Quality Improvement Coordinator

Lannette Fetzer, 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 Fetzer 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.

Fetzer 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, Fetzer was one of eighteen nurses selected nationally to attend and successfully complete the National Registered Nurse Patient Advocate program. Fetzer 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.