Center for Clinical Effectiveness

 

Dr. Collinsworth received her undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University and a Master of Public Health degree from the University of North Carolina. She recently completed her Doctor of Science in Health Systems Research and Policy at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.

She has participated in several federally funded projects and multi-site collaborations pertaining to health care quality improvement, patient safety, diabetes management, and use of health information technology. She is currently assisting with the evaluation of an AHRQ-funded grant examining the implementation of a care bundle for the prevention of ICU delirium and a qualitative evaluation of the High Value Healthcare Collaborative’s implementation of the 6-hour sepsis bundle.

She is also involved in the evaluation of a Merck Company Foundation grant focused on the use of community health workers to reduce disparities in diabetes care and outcomes and is a co-investigator on a GlaxoSmithKlein grant focused on the implementation of a patient education and shared decision making intervention for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. She has also assisted with the implementation of a Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation grant designed to improve quality of care while reducing unnecessary utilization and costs through the use of shared decision making.

Her current research interests include implementation science, chronic disease management, cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis, and utilization of community health workers in primary care delivery models.

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From late 2005 until 2011, Gina served as the Workflow and Training Manager for the Ambulatory Electronic Health Record implementation to over 400 providers, and was the Business Services Consultant for HealthTexas Provider Network/Baylor Health Care System. In addition to her operational role, Ms. Garinger serves as the Project Manager for several Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services projects as well as other system and external system collaborative studies. She is also highly engaged in other studies in the field of clinical decision support and electronic medical record implementation. Ms. Garinger provides operational leadership and oversight for the Baylor Scott & White Health involvement in the High Value Healthcare Collaborative and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services-supported Hospital Engagement Network.

After graduating from Marymount University with an undergraduate degree in psychology and business, Ms. Garinger pursued graduate degrees in counseling and business administration. She has over fifteen years of experience in health care administration, workflow, education, and consulting and project management. She has knowledge of and has designed curricula on various medical software programs and device integration for both inpatient and outpatient settings. Ms. Garinger has an extensive background in workflow analysis and re-engineering for inpatient facilities and multi-specialty ambulatory practices. She received her Lean Six Sigma Black Belt from the Department of Engineering at Purdue University in February 2014.

Dr. Priest’s current research interests include informatics, data quality and standardization, and epidemiology. She received funding from GSK to implement a shared decision making protocol for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder. Her operational work focuses on design and implementation of research and QI protocols; informatics process design focusing on QA\QC and risk assessment throughout the data lifecycle. She also serves as a consultant to service lines to guide development and implementation of quality metrics.

Dr. Priest received her Bachelor of Science degree from Texas A & M University and her Master of Public Health from UT Houston and Doctor of Public Health degree in epidemiology from the University of North Texas School of Public Health.

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