Cross Country Healthcare Establishes Clinical Quality Council
November 09, 2021 at 06:21 pm
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Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. announced the establishment of its Clinical Quality Council. The Clinical Quality Council is represented by the organization?s clinical leaders and serves as an advisory committee to the entire organization and its clients. Members of the Council include Dr. Hank Drummond, Liz Cantwell and Michael Skovira. The council will consist of the following members. Hank Drummond, PhD, MDiv, BA, RN, will serve as the chairperson and the chief clinical officer. He is responsible for overseeing the organization's clinical, quality, education and regulatory compliance. Liz Cantwell, BSN, RN, will serve as the co-chair and the chief nursing officer. Liz also serves as senior
vice president of workforce solutions. She is responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of strategic initiatives that provide healthcare facilities customized solutions to meet their specific workforce needs. Michael Skovira, MBA, MPAS, PA-C will also serve as the co-chair and as the chief medical officer. He is responsible for directing, coordinating, and administering all aspects of clinical quality improvement initiatives. The council members will work closely with Cross Country Healthcare?s executive leadership team to drive excellence in patient care and outcomes by bringing a clinical voice to all discussion areas. Clinical leaders and healthcare professionals from individual Cross Country divisions will also contribute their expertise to the council?s initiatives.
Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. is a technology-enabled workforce solution and advisory company. It operates through two segments: Nurse and Allied Staffing and Physician Staffing. The Nurse and Allied Staffing segment provides traditional staffing, recruiting, and value-added total talent solutions, including temporary and permanent placement of travel and local nurse and allied professionals, and healthcare leaders within nursing, allied, physician, and human resources; vendor neutral programs and managed service programs (MSP); education healthcare services; in-home care services; and outsourcing services. The Physician Staffing segment provides physicians in many specialties, as well as certified registered nurse anesthetists, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants as independent contractors on temporary assignments throughout the United States at various healthcare facilities, such as acute and non-acute care facilities, government facilities and managed care organizations.