Distinguished Speakers Visit Health Systems Class

On January 17, Douglas P. Cropper, executive vice president of Inova Health System, spoke to students in the class of Gary L. Filerman, Ph.D.

Filerman, who is chair of the Department of Health Systems Administration at the School of Nursing & Health Studies, regularly invites prominent guest speakers to his "Seminar and Internship in Quality of Care" course. At the class, Cropper discussed quality indicators, patient safety, case management, and medical staffing.

After class, Cropper chatted with students such as NHS senior Timothy Shannon (pictured here), a major in the health care management and policy program.

Shannon--who serves as co-chair of the NHS academic council, an accountant at Students of Georgetown, Inc. (The “Corp”), and as chapter leader for Global Platinum Securities, LLC Investment Club--will begin in July as a health care research analyst at J.P. Morgan.

Other guest speakers this semester include Don Detmer, president and CEO of the American Medical Informatics Association; Jerry Price, COO of Sibley Memorial Hospital; Jason Ormsby, associate director for federal relations at the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO); and Katherine Browne, managing director of the Consumer-Purchaser Disclosure Project.