POWAY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With case management and care redesign becoming increasingly critical to a hospital’s ability to deliver high-quality, cost-effective patient care, Novia Strategies, Inc. (www.noviastrategies.com) is pleased to welcome Donna Hopkins to its growing consultancy team in the position of Vice President.
“With readmission rates continuing to be in the spotlight, hospitals’ ability to coordinate care across the continuum becomes critical,” comments Nancy Lakier, CEO and Managing Principal of Novia Strategies. “Donna’s deep experience working within hospitals to improve the way they deliver case management and care redesign, coupled with her outstanding consulting experience, brings significant benefit to our clients as we work shoulder-to-shoulder with them to uncover cost savings and efficiency gains.”
As a strong advocate of effective case management and care redesign, Donna brings with her an enviable track record and will play an integral role in the company’s Case Management and Care Redesign practice. Her results-driven approach, coupled with her inspirational leadership style, make her a strong partner for hospital clients as they seek to drive down costs and markedly improve their case management and care redesign capabilities.
“I’m thrilled to be able to use my experience to help our clients strengthen their case management and care redesign capabilities across the continuum,” says Donna Hopkins, Vice President of Novia Strategies. “By busting silos, invigorating care coordination and reducing costs of care, we’re able to deliver significant cost savings to hospitals and value to the patient experience. It’s all about enabling hospitals to deliver and patients to experience the right care, at the right time, and with the right resources.”
Donna built her career on a solid nursing foundation, working in a variety of clinical nurse specialist and leadership roles. Her subsequent appointments included System Director of Case Management for the Baptist Health System; various senior positions within CHRISTUS Health system; and most recently, Vice President, Care Coordination with University Health System in San Antonio, where her span encompassed acute, ED and Ambulatory Case Management. For the past 20 years, Donna has focused her career on Case Management and Care Redesign, interlacing her provider-based experience with consultancy appointments and independent contracts with providers across the country. Together, this has enabled her to develop a significant breadth and depth of experience in healthcare operations and in the case management field specifically, making her a valuable addition to the expanding Novia team of 150-plus professionals.
Donna holds an MS Nursing degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch Graduate School of Nursing. She is a member of the American Case Management Association, the Case Management Society of America, and the Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists. She has been certified as a Case Management Administrator through the New England Center for Case Management since 1999.
Donna can be reached at:
866-747-4200 (office) • dhopkins@novia-inc.com
About Novia Strategies, Inc.
Novia Strategies offers a unique blend of professional expertise that takes a 360˚ approach to uncovering cost savings and improving efficiency and quality for hospitals across the country. Novia Strategies helps community hospitals and IDNs operationalize their strategic plan through expense management, quality improvement, and revenue enhancement. Key focus areas include:
Surgery
Case
Management
Care
Redesign
Non
Labor
Productivity
Compensation
& Benefits
Pharmacy
Patient
Safety
With more than 150 professionals, Novia Strategies works shoulder-to-shoulder with clients every step of the way. The result: sustainable savings that reduce costs without compromising quality, and improve quality without increasing cost. For more information on Novia Strategies, please visit www.noviastrategies.com.
Novia Strategies’ sister company, Novia Solutions, provides interim healthcare management services for hospitals across the country. Together, the two companies enable clients to commence projects quickly and effectively. For more information on Novia Solutions, please visit www.noviasolutions.com.
