NSHC Lead Clinical Coaches
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Melinda Huffman, BSN, MSN, CCNS, CHC (Contact Melinda) |
She's an author, writer, speaker, a former Director of Disease Management for Amedisys and Director of Nursing Education, Motlow College in Lynchburg,TN. She received her BSN from the University of Alabama, Birmingham and a MSN in Cardiovascular Clinical Specialization from the Catholic University of America, Washington, DC.
Melinda is the author of the homecare best seller: Implementing Outcome-Based Homecare: A Workbook of OBQI, Care Pathways and Disease Management and Home Health Outcomes, Pay for Performance, Disease Management: Gold Nuggets to Success! She's a member of the QIO National Technical Expert Panel and contributor for Quality Insights' Care Transitions Best Practice Interventions Package.
She writes regularly for nationally known peer-reviewed journals and newsletters on health coaching, evidence-based practice for chronic condition management and healthcare outcomes.
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Colleen Miller, RN, BS, CSBC (Contact Colleen) |
Colleen's focus for the last 13 years has been quality outcomes, evidence-based practice, chronic condition disease management, health coaching strategies/techniques and health outcome systems design and integration, including telehealth and web-based applications. Colleen is the Co-developer of WOCN-Connect, a web-based Telewound Care Service (www.wocn-connect.com) owned and operated by Miller & Huffman Outcome Architects, LLC, and Co-founder of the National Society Health Coaches (www.nwhcoa.com).
Colleen has authored many publications and articles including: ICD-9-CM Coding Quick Reference for Home Health Clinicians and Managers 1st and 2nd Editions, 2005 & 2006 Published by Hopkins Education Resources, co-author of Evidence-based Interventions & Decision Support for the Management of Chronic Conditions in OASIS C, 2010 and BluePrints for Chronic Condition Management, 2009 – both Published by Miller & Huffman Outcome Architects. She is also the Researcher/Developer of the Teletriage Symptom Reference contained in the Centers for Medicare/Medicaid Services Quality Insights Home Health Telehealth Reference 2006/2007 and is a contributing author of Implementing Outcome-Based Home Care; a Workbook of OBQI, Care Pathways and Disease Management.
Colleen is a graduate of the University of Toledo and Covenant College with degrees in Nursing and Business.
NSHC Professional Advisory Board
Dr. Ayodele Adebayo, MD, MPH
Medical Leader
North American Household Care BU
The Proctor & Gamble Company
Cincinnati, OH
Candace Burns, Ph.D., ARNP
Professor, University of South Florida
Director, Dual Degree Program ANP, Occupational Health Nursing
Deputy Director, USF Sunshine Education & Research Center
College of Nursing
Tampa, FL
Julie Chiu, RN, MS,CHC, IC
Founding Director, Mindful Eating Lifestyles, Limited
Co-Founder, Law of Attraction Coaching & Training
Hong Kong
Denise Ernst, Ph.D.
Founding Member, Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers
Denise Ernst Training & Consulting
Portland, OR
William Haffey, Ph.D.
SVP & CCO
Vericare, Inc.
Coronado, CA
Sheryl Mullin, MA, MFT, LPC
Owner
Infocus Counseling
Salem, OR
Katie Slack, MSW, MINT Member
National MI Trainer & Consultant
MI Training Today
San Diego, CA
Denise White-Perkins, MD, Ph.D.
Director, Institute on Multicultural Health
Senior Staff Physician, Department of Family Medicine
Henry Ford Health System
Detroit, MI
Gary R. Uremovich, DMin, MPAS, CHC, PA-C, DFAAPA
Former Program Director
Department of Physician Assistant Studies
Wingate University
Wingate, NC