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FACULTY DIRECTORY |
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MPS, 1986, Health Services Administration, New
School for Social Research
BSN, 1979, Nazareth College of Rochester
AAS, 1974, State University of New York at Alfred
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Deborah N. Tuttle, RN, MPS
Director, Office of Clinical Practice Evaluation
Associate Quality Officer
Instructor in Community & Preventive Medicine
Contact Information:
University of Rochester
Community & Preventive Medicine
601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 612
Rochester, NY 14642
Office: Town House (Suite 101)
Phone: (585) 275-4064
Email: deborah_tuttle@urmc.rochester.edu
Research:
Ms. Tuttle is interested in operations and research that
supports new knowledge aligned with the Office of Clinical
Practice Evaluation priorities of understanding clinical outcomes
related to quality of care; patient safety and customer satisfaction.
Clinical measurement and reporting in support of hospital
strategic priorities are a focus of Ms. Tuttle's quality improvement
work.
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OVERVIEW
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| Deborah Tuttle, R.N., M.P.S. is Director
of the Office of Clinical Practice Evaluation (OCPE) at Strong
Health. The office functions as the primary support for clinical
analysis, outcomes management, and customer satisfaction activities
for Strong Memorial Hospital. SMH and SH Performance Scorecards
and hospital departmental scorecards are produced by OCPE. The
OCPE is actively involved in the hospital's strategies to capture,
analyze, and report unsafe conditions, near miss, and adverse
events. The OCPE is responsible for hospital-wide reporting around
patient safety and error-free performance. Ms. Tuttle is currently
the principal investigator of an MCIC Vermont, Inc. small grant
studying the use of technology to optimize reporting of high loss
occurrences as identified through our hospital's risk management
experience.
She is also presently active in quality management and safety
initiatives at Strong Memorial Hospital in her role as Associate
Quality Officer, Quality Improvement and Instructor in Community
and Preventive Medicine at the University of Rochester School
of Medicine and Dentistry. She is active in the Strong Leadership
Program as an instructor of Module 10, "Patient Safety
and Error-Free Performance".
Ms. Tuttle actively collaborates with national quality management
organizations, including the Quality Management Network and
the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. |
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS
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- Panzer RJ, Tuttle DN, Kolker RM. 1995 Fast Track: cost reduction
and improvement. Quality Management in Health Care 1997; 6:75-83.
- Albright JA, Panzer RJ, Tuttle DN, Dent JN. Outcome Reporting
to Target Areas for Quality Improvement. SCAMC Proceedings,
1990, pp. 276-280.
- In: Panzer RJ, Black ER, Winchell M. Improving patient care
through enhanced clinical analysis. Funded by W.K. Kellogg
Foundation, 1991. Panzer RJ, Tuttle DN. Office of Clinical
Practice Evaluation.
Monographs:
- Panzer RJ, Tuttle DN, Kolker RM. Fast Track Cost Reduction
and Quality Improvement. 1996
- Weiss KD, Skelton WK, Black ER, Tuttle DN, Panzer RJ. Creating
a Community-based Ambulatory Care Network in Rochester, New
York. Funded by John A. Hartford Foundation, 1993.
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