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CMIO + CQO = CQIO Where Hospital Quality & Safety Meets Digital Precision.

A paradigm shift in both the hospital quality & safety and informatics realm. Your On-Demand Fractional Chief Quality Informatics Officer with over 15 years of hospital quality & safety and clinical informatics leadership experience and expertise. Real Clinical Expertise. Real Operational Experience. Real Informatics. Real Data Knowledge. Real Results.
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The American Medical Informatics Association defines informatics as "the science of how to use data, information and knowledge to improve human health and the delivery of health care services".

From medical school clinical rotations, through residency and a Top 5 fellowship on to a rewarding physician career!

Empowering healthcare transformation—where clinical insight meets digital innovation.

Quality & Safety Informatics Consulting

TheGeekyDoctor specializes in Quality and Safety Informatics Consulting, helping healthcare organizations leverage data-driven solutions to improve patient outcomes, enhance clinical workflows, and ensure the highest standards of safety and care.

Clinical Data Analytics for Quality Improvement

Clinical Data Analytics for Quality Improvement transforms healthcare data into actionable insights that optimize clinical performance, strengthen decision-making, and support continuous advancements in patient safety and overall care quality.

High Reliability & Patient Safety Culture Programs

High Reliability and Patient Safety Culture Programs support healthcare organizations in developing resilient systems, fostering accountability, and applying proven methods that reduce errors, improve teamwork, and sustain the highest levels of safe, reliable care.

Technology-Enabled Patient Safety & Engagement Solutions

Technology-Enabled Patient Safety and Engagement Solutions help healthcare organizations adopt innovative tools, improve communication, and encourage active patient participation to strengthen safety practices, enhance partnerships, and deliver consistently better care.

Education & Coaching for Quality-Driven Leadership

Education and Coaching for Quality-Driven Leadership equip healthcare professionals with the knowledge, skills, and guidance to inspire teams, strengthen accountability, and lead transformative initiatives that advance patient safety, optimize performance, and sustain a culture of high-quality care.

Clinical Informatics Education & Leadership Development

Clinical Informatics Education and Leadership Development provide healthcare professionals with the expertise, tools, and mentorship to harness data, drive innovation, and lead transformative initiatives that enhance patient safety, improve performance, and sustain a culture of high-quality care.

EHR Implementation & Optimization Consulting

EHR Implementation and Optimization Consulting support healthcare organizations in deploying efficient systems, refining workflows, and applying best practices that enhance usability, improve clinical decision-making, and ensure safer, more reliable, and high-quality patient care.

Clinical Analytics & Data-Driven Quality Improvement

Clinical Analytics and Data-Driven Quality Improvement enable healthcare organizations to transform complex information into actionable strategies that guide performance, strengthen decision-making, and advance patient safety, improve outcomes, and sustain a culture of high-quality care.

Digital Patient Engagement & Health IT Solutions

Digital Patient Engagement and Health IT Solutions help healthcare organizations implement innovative technologies, strengthen communication, and promote active patient involvement to improve safety, enhance care experiences, and sustain reliable, high-quality health outcomes.

Quality & Safety Informatics Consulting

TheGeekyDoctor specializes in Quality and Safety Informatics Consulting, helping healthcare organizations leverage data-driven solutions to improve patient outcomes, enhance clinical workflows, and ensure the highest standards of safety and care.

What We Offer:

  • mplement quality improvement frameworks, safety protocols, and informatics systems tailored to hospital needs
  • Data-driven risk assessment, harm reduction strategies, and performance improvement plans
  • High reliability organization (HRO) culture transformation with cutting-edge technology and analytics

Key Benefits:

  • Enhances patient safety and reduces errors by up to 80% in leading implementations
  • Creates a robust, sustainable safety culture and boosts staff engagement
  • Drives measurable improvements in clinical outcomes, compliance, and operational efficiency Evidence & Reference:

Evidence & Reference:

  • Press Ganey outcomes on SSER (Serious Safety Event Rate) reduction and culture shift
  • WHO fact sheets show that investing in safety positively affects outcomes and reduces costs
  • Free resource: [WHO Patient Safety Fact Sheet]
Clinical Data Analytics for Quality Improvement

Clinical Data Analytics for Quality Improvement transforms healthcare data into actionable insights that optimize clinical performance, strengthen decision-making, and support continuous advancements in patient safety and overall care quality.

What We Offer:

  • Develop data architecture for quality metrics, reporting, real-time dashboards, and eCQMs
  • Integrate analytics platforms for continuous monitoring and benchmarking
  • Expert coaching on interpreting data and using analytics to guide QI interventions

Key Benefits:

  • Turns clinical and operational data into actionable, evidence-based quality change
  • Supports regulatory readiness (e.g., CMS, Joint Commission) and transparency with robust reporting
  • Improves patient outcomes and reduces adverse events by focusing on critical metrics Evidence & Reference:

Evidence & Reference:

  • Informatics-powered quality improvement cited for linking data to better clinical and organizational outcomes
  • Case studies show dashboard and reporting tools enhance culture and drive result tracking
  • Read: [Quality Informatics: The Convergence of Healthcare Data]
High Reliability & Patient Safety Culture Programs

High Reliability and Patient Safety Culture Programs support healthcare organizations in developing resilient systems, fostering accountability, and applying proven methods that reduce errors, improve teamwork, and sustain the highest levels of safe, reliable care.

What We Offer:

TheGeekyDoctor specializes in Quality and Safety Informatics Consulting, helping healthcare organizations leverage data-driven solutions to improve patient outcomes, enhance clinical workflows, and ensure the highest standards of safety and care.

What We Offer:

  • Leadership development and workforce safety training
  • Communication and Resolution Programs (CRPs), just culture adoption, and error reporting systems
  • Tailored mentoring and process redesign based on HRO best practices

Key Benefits:

  • Builds trust, staff resilience, and a blame-free environment fostering continual reporting and improvement
  • Empowers clinicians and teams, reducing burnout and supporting engagement
  • Meets current regulatory and accreditation standards

Evidence & Reference:

  • WHO, IHI, and prominent consulting models advocate a safety culture for better patient and staff outcomes
  • Structured education programs found to significantly improve indicator performance and safety reporting
  • Learn more: [WHO Patient Safety]
Technology-Enabled Patient Safety & Engagement Solutions

Technology-Enabled Patient Safety and Engagement Solutions help healthcare organizations adopt innovative tools, improve communication, and encourage active patient participation to strengthen safety practices, enhance partnerships, and deliver consistently better care.

What We Offer:

TheGeekyDoctor specializes in Quality and Safety Informatics Consulting, helping healthcare organizations leverage data-driven solutions to improve patient outcomes, enhance clinical workflows, and ensure the highest standards of safety and care.

What We Offer:

  • Deploy and optimize patient safety platforms, incident reporting, and decision support systems
  • Integrate digital patient engagement and education tools for safer, more informed care
  • Measure, report, and improve on patient safety indicators through integrated solutions

Key Benefits:

  • Reduces preventable harm and increases patient involvement in care processes
  • Leverages technology to streamline workflow, promote transparency, and enhance satisfaction
  • Aligns with patient-centered and value-based care models

Evidence & Reference:

  • Informatics applications shown to reduce adverse events and improve health literacy and prevention
  • Platforms like TPSC cited for enabling safer environments and ongoing risk reduction
Education & Coaching for Quality-Driven Leadership

Education and Coaching for Quality-Driven Leadership equip healthcare professionals with the knowledge, skills, and guidance to inspire teams, strengthen accountability, and lead transformative initiatives that advance patient safety, optimize performance, and sustain a culture of high-quality care.

What We Offer:

TheGeekyDoctor specializes in Quality and Safety Informatics Consulting, helping healthcare organizations leverage data-driven solutions to improve patient outcomes, enhance clinical workflows, and ensure the highest standards of safety and care.

What We Offer:

  • Physician and staff coaching in quality, safety, and informatics
  • CME-accredited education, simulation sessions, and leadership mentoring
  • Training on evidence-based practices, change management, and data interpretation

Key Benefits:

  • Strengthens internal capacity and ownership of ongoing QI and safety initiatives
  • Builds a pipeline of QI leaders and promotes sustainability
  • Aligns with industry requirements for staff competence and development

Evidence & Reference:

  • Studies confirm that education in evidence-based safety practices drives measurable improvements in care
  • See: [PubMed: Evidence-based practice improves outcomes]
Clinical Informatics Education & Leadership Development

Clinical Informatics Education and Leadership Development provide healthcare professionals with the expertise, tools, and mentorship to harness data, drive innovation, and lead transformative initiatives that enhance patient safety, improve performance, and sustain a culture of high-quality care.

What We Offer:

TheGeekyDoctor specializes in Quality and Safety Informatics Consulting, helping healthcare organizations leverage data-driven solutions to improve patient outcomes, enhance clinical workflows, and ensure the highest standards of safety and care.

What We Offer:

  • Develop and deliver curricula for medical students, residents, and practicing clinicians on informatics essentials, clinical decision support, and data literacy
  • Host CME-accredited workshops, simulation sessions, and mentoring for physician leaders
  • Support academic program design and digital resource creation for health informatics

Key Benefits:

  • Equips future clinicians and leaders to leverage informatics for better patient outcomes
  • Improves provider adoption of digital health tools and quality improvement initiatives
  • Drives a culture of continuous learning and better technology use across clinical teams

Evidence & Reference:

  • Studies show that formal informatics education leads to improved EHR use and increased staff satisfaction
  • See: [PubMed: Evidence-based practice improves outcomes]
EHR Implementation & Optimization Consulting

EHR Implementation and Optimization Consulting support healthcare organizations in deploying efficient systems, refining workflows, and applying best practices that enhance usability, improve clinical decision-making, and ensure safer, more reliable, and high-quality patient care.

What We Offer:

TheGeekyDoctor specializes in Quality and Safety Informatics Consulting, helping healthcare organizations leverage data-driven solutions to improve patient outcomes, enhance clinical workflows, and ensure the highest standards of safety and care.

What We Offer:

  • System selection, project management, and workflow redesign for EHR deployment
  • Change management and communication planning tailored to clinical workflows
  • Post-go-live optimization, training, and enhancement to maximize usability

Key Benefits:

  • Streamlines the adoption process, minimizing disruption and promoting early provider buy-in
  • Identifies and resolves workflow, documentation, and reporting challenges proactively
  • Ensures regulatory compliance and delivers long-term efficiency gains

Evidence & Reference:

  • EHR implementations guided by informatics consultants improve user satisfaction, safety, and efficiency
  • Case study: [Nursing Information System and Quality Indicators]
Clinical Analytics & Data-Driven Quality Improvement

Clinical Analytics and Data-Driven Quality Improvement enable healthcare organizations to transform complex information into actionable strategies that guide performance, strengthen decision-making, and advance patient safety, improve outcomes, and sustain a culture of high-quality care.

What We Offer:

TheGeekyDoctor specializes in Quality and Safety Informatics Consulting, helping healthcare organizations leverage data-driven solutions to improve patient outcomes, enhance clinical workflows, and ensure the highest standards of safety and care.

What We Offer:

  • Design and deployment of analytics platforms and dashboards for monitoring key clinical, operational, and compliance metrics
  • Advanced EHR data extraction, visualization, and predictive modeling services
  • Analytics training and interpretation support for medical leadership and care teams

Key Benefits:

  • Enables real-time tracking of harm events, outcomes, and quality metrics
  • Informs targeted interventions and supports evidence-based management decisions
  • Demonstrates return on investment from clinical informatics through improved outcomes and cost savings

Evidence & Reference:

  • Strong evidence links analytics-enabled quality projects to faster improvement in patient outcomes and operational performance
  • Reference: [Quality Informatics: The Convergence of Healthcare Data]
Digital Patient Engagement & Health IT Solutions

Digital Patient Engagement and Health IT Solutions help healthcare organizations implement innovative technologies, strengthen communication, and promote active patient involvement to improve safety, enhance care experiences, and sustain reliable, high-quality health outcomes.

What We Offer:

TheGeekyDoctor specializes in Quality and Safety Informatics Consulting, helping healthcare organizations leverage data-driven solutions to improve patient outcomes, enhance clinical workflows, and ensure the highest standards of safety and care.

What We Offer:

  • Deployment and integration of patient portals, telemedicine technologies, and mobile health applications
  • Assess and select digital engagement tools based on clinical goals and patient needs
  • Support secure data exchange, privacy, and compliance during solution implementation

Key Benefits:

  • Boosts patient satisfaction and activation through easy, transparent digital access
  • Enhances care coordination, remote monitoring, and compliance with care plans
  • Supports organizational strategies for value-based care and population health

Evidence & Reference:

  • Research demonstrates that digital health interventions improve chronic disease management and patient outcomes
  • Case studies: [Informatics Case Studies – NEHA]