Rhode Island Department of Health
Diabetes Prevention and Control, and chronic diseases
3 Capitol Hill
Providence,
RI
USA
02908
Email:
pattykf@cox.net
Biographical Sketch:
November 2003 to Present
Consultant to the RI DOH, Diabetes Prevention and Control Program, Coordinator of Quality Systems
Quality systems coordinator for the RICCC (instate chronic diseases
collaboratives)
Technical resource to all the RICCC teams/sites (31 to date)
IT support to all the health centers using PECS or CDEMS in the state
IT support to all private and hospital practices in the RICCC using
CDEMS
Educator of the Collaborative models to teams, (Improvement model, Care model and the Change Model) Mentor for team in the Comprehensive Sustainability Initiative (CSI)-Patient Centered Medical Home project
June, 1985 to June 2003
Thundermist Health Center, Woonsocket, RI
Patient Care Director of a multi-site Community Health Center
Responsibilities include, but not limited to:
Supervise nursing and medical assistant staff
Perform quality improvement activities
Clinical, OSHA, JCAHO officer
Clinical over site to all clinical areas
April, 1982 June, 1985
Childrens Hospital, Boston, MA
Staff Nurse II in a 12 Bed Primary Nursing Unit
Responsibilities included, but were not limited to:
Caring for school age medical problems for children of
various age groups experiencing a variety of diseases, treatments, and procedures
Caring for surgical patients
Caring for step-down patients from medical ICU
Accountability for unit during extended periods of time
Assisting with scheduling and coverage for sick calls
Making patient assignments
Evaluating staff members
Managing patient care and a variety of other divisional
Responsibilities
July, 1981 April, 1982
The Faulkner Hospital, Jamaica Plain, MA
Staff Nurse in a 225 Bed Teaching Hospital on a Medical Unit
Responsibilities included, but were not limited to:
Practicing comprehensive patient care in a decentralized nursing
situation
Caring for a variety of patients, diagnosis, and situations
Appropriate for providing a sound base for future nursing
PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS
Past interests included presentation at the National Pediatric Nursing Conference, Boston, MA 1984: Juvenile Onset Diabetes Mellitus; Sickle Cell Anemia. Presentation for the RI Department of Health (1991) on the practical use of recall systems to maximize immunization rates, Multiple presentations at the Health Disparities conferences, from 2000-2004 (Diabetes, Asthma and Diabetes Prevention)DDT Conf March 31 to April 3,
2003 Collaboration between DPCP and Health Center in diabetes management; DDT Conf May 2-5, 2005-co-authored presentation on the Rhode Island Chronic Care Collaborative; DDT 2008 Sustaining Collaborative Activities