Anna Gard

Family Nurse Practitioner, Health IT and Quality Consultant

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Experienced board certified Family Nurse Practitioner and Health IT clinical leader available for consulting services to develop strategy, innovation, and leadership for organizational changes in technology, practice, and culture required for implementation of advancements in quality improvement initiatives. Guidance with evaluation, implementation, and management of health information systems to optimize care delivery and public health processes. Experience with AHRQ TeamSTEPPS, NCQA Patient Centered Medical Home model, open access methodologies, behavioral health integration, panel management, chronic care management, ICD-10 and CPT coding and billing. Proficiency with implementation, customization, reporting, and user training for eClinicalWorks, athenaPractice, athenaOne, AdvancedMD, BlueEHR, i2i.

Specialties: Family Medicine, Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, Geriatric Health, Community Health, Health Disparities, Patient Centered Medical Home, Health Information Technology, Quality Improvement. HIPAA Privacy and Security and risk management.

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Experience

  • Principal Health IT and Clinical Quality Consultant

    AMG Consulting LLC

    - Present 11 years 2 months

    Greater Philadelphia Area

    Principal health IT and quality consultant guiding clinical practice transformation through strategic Health IT evaluation, implementation and optimization, enrollment and attestation for CMS Quality Payment Programs, application for NCQA Patient Centered Medical Home recognition program, Revenue Cycle Management assessment with implementation of KPIs, organizational operations and leadership development. Clients include ambulatory care practices, community health centers, primary care…

    Principal health IT and quality consultant guiding clinical practice transformation through strategic Health IT evaluation, implementation and optimization, enrollment and attestation for CMS Quality Payment Programs, application for NCQA Patient Centered Medical Home recognition program, Revenue Cycle Management assessment with implementation of KPIs, organizational operations and leadership development. Clients include ambulatory care practices, community health centers, primary care associations and health center controlled networks.

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    Family Nurse Practitioner

    Foulkeways At Gwynedd

    - Present 4 years 7 months

    Gwynedd Valley, PA

    Gerontology Practice in continuing care residential community

  • HTAA co-founder and Advisor

    Health Technology Access Alliance

    - Present 6 years 7 months

    Rockville, Maryland, United States

    The Health Technology Access Alliance (HTAA) was created by health IT and cybersecurity experts to address an increasing void in the healthcare delivery landscape. The expanding digital divide experienced by small to medium-sized healthcare organizations and safety net service providers create limited access to the qualified resources necessary to support implementation and optimization of health information technology applications that support efficient and effective high-quality care…

    The Health Technology Access Alliance (HTAA) was created by health IT and cybersecurity experts to address an increasing void in the healthcare delivery landscape. The expanding digital divide experienced by small to medium-sized healthcare organizations and safety net service providers create limited access to the qualified resources necessary to support implementation and optimization of health information technology applications that support efficient and effective high-quality care delivery.
    The HTAA is committed to leveraging resources to build and strengthen our partner’s internal capacity and outreach to find opportunities to collaborate with both covered entities and business associates.

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    Health IT and Clinical Quality Consultant

    Migrant Clinicians Network

    - Present 8 years 7 months

    Austin, Texas Area

    ANCC Lead Nurse Planner for Technical Assistance and Training Programs.
    Health IT consultant for strategic planning and development.

  • Family Nurse Practitioner, Student Health Services

    LaSalle University

    - 9 years 8 months

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

  • Family Nurse Practitioner

    VNA Community Services, Abington PA

    - 9 years 10 months

    Abington, Pennsylvania

    Providing pediatric and adolescent primary care services in a safety net clinic for uninsured and underinsured high risk population.

  • Health IT and Clinical Quality Consultant

    National Health Care for the Homeless Council

    - 7 years

    Nashville, TN

    Subject Matter Expert providing technical assistance consultation on Adoption and Optimization of Health IT, Quality Improvement and Patient Centered Medical Home practice transformation to 330H Health Care for the Homeless funded health centers in the council network.

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    Healthcare IT Consultant

    QIP Solutions

    - 2 years 6 months

    Rockville, Maryland

    Provides Healthcare Industry, Regulatory Compliance and Clinical Advisory Role in development, planning and outreach initiatives.

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    Health Disparities Consultant

    Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU)

    - 5 years 8 months

    Tysons Corner, Virginia

    ACU consultant for special populations providing technical assistance on practice transformation, Patient Centered Medical Home and Health Information Technology. Provide technical assistance and training to special populations (Homeless, Public Housing, Migrant health). Key areas of focus include the intersection of practice transformation and systems change, quality improvement performance, patient centered medical home, care coordination and chronic care management, and integration of health…

    ACU consultant for special populations providing technical assistance on practice transformation, Patient Centered Medical Home and Health Information Technology. Provide technical assistance and training to special populations (Homeless, Public Housing, Migrant health). Key areas of focus include the intersection of practice transformation and systems change, quality improvement performance, patient centered medical home, care coordination and chronic care management, and integration of health information technology, privacy and security in safety net populations. ACU EPA grant project co-director for Building an Asthma Care Home: Engaging Clinicians, Patients and Caregivers in Comprehensive Asthma Management. Collaboration on development of an electronic clinical decision support tool for comprehensive asthma management integrating evidenced based clinical practice guidelines into the patient centered medical home model.

  • Family Nurse Practitioner

    Family Practice and Counseling Network

    - 5 years 10 months

  • Family Nurse Practitioner

    Wyncote Family Practice

    - 8 years

Education

  • University of Pennsylvania Graphic

    University of Pennsylvania

    BSN, MSN Family Practice

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    Activities and Societies: Sigma Theta Tau AANP ANCC Board Certified Family Practice

  • The George Washington University School of Public Health

    Graduate Certificate Health Information Technology

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    Office of the National Coordinator Fellowship for masters certificate in Health IT for the Clinician Leader

  • Santa Clara University Graphic

    Santa Clara University

    B.S. Biology, English minor

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Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

  • Philadelphia Medical Reserve Corps Graphic

    medical volunteer

    Philadelphia Medical Reserve Corps

    - Present 12 years 7 months

    Health

    Medical service support for large scale public health demands. Currently supporting Pandemic Support for Covid-19 testing and vaccine administration for Philadelphia MRC and Montgomery County MRC.

  • medical volunteer for Covid19

    Black Doctors Covid 19 Consortium

    - Present 3 years 7 months

    Health

Publications

  • Addressing Asthma Disparities Using Clinical Decision Support in the Electronic Health Record

    Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

    The electronic health record (EHR) supports PCMH population management through the ability to capture data to identify patients with asthma, including status of asthma severity and control, number of asthma ED and hospitalization visits, medication use, and flu vaccine status. These reports are used to drive asthma case management initiatives such as group visits, home visits, and additional asthma education resources. Clinical decision support embedded in EHR can improve adherence to…

    The electronic health record (EHR) supports PCMH population management through the ability to capture data to identify patients with asthma, including status of asthma severity and control, number of asthma ED and hospitalization visits, medication use, and flu vaccine status. These reports are used to drive asthma case management initiatives such as group visits, home visits, and additional asthma education resources. Clinical decision support embedded in EHR can improve adherence to guidelines through the provision of automatic prompts during the clinical visit for recommended services due (vaccines, spirometry, and follow up visits) as well as severity-based medication management.

    Other authors
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  • Bridging the Gap in Health Disparities: The Transdiscliplinary Model of Health Care Delivery.

    National Black Nurses Association News

    Other authors
  • Health Information Technology: Addressing Health Disparity by Improving Quality, Increasing Access, and Developing Workforce

    Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

    Health IT is a vital tool to increase health care access, improve care delivery systems, engage in culturally competent outreach and education, and enhance workforce development and training.

    Other authors
    • Ricardo Custodio,  MD, MPH
    • Garth Graham MD, MPH
    See publication

Courses

  • AHRQ TeamSTEPPS

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  • NCQA PCMH: Foundational Concepts of the Medical Home

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Projects

  • Bring On the Meaning of Meaningful Use

    This Summer was a flurry of changes for CMS regulations on attesting to Meaningful Use in 2014 and 2015. This webinar will clarify the new rules and provide simple tools and strategies to help health centers to manage multiple health care initiatives and requirements while keeping track of their attestation process.

  • ICD-10 Transition: 6 Months to Go!

    Presented Webinar to PA CHCs outlining strategic steps to prepare health care organizations for ICD-10 transition.

  • ACU HIT Blog

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    commentary about current Health Information Technology policy, practice, and developments.

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  • Building an Asthma Care Home: Engaging Clinicians, Patients and Caregivers in Comprehensive Asthma Management

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    Curriculum developed for EPA Indoor Air Quality Grant providing CME/CE clinician training on comprehensive asthma management emphasizing environmental trigger control and patient education within the patient centered medical home model of care. Development of an integrated electronic asthma clinical decision support form for the electronic health record in collaboration with Alliance of Chicago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-6ZPT16txk

    Other creators
    • Lois Wessel
    See project
  • Transformation to a patient Centered Health Home: Engaging Leadership, Community, and Consumers

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    National Health Care for the Homeless Council Workshop Training on developing a PCMH with meaningful use of health information technology in the health care for the homeless and other safety net populations.

    See project

Organizations

  • NACHC

    2023-2026 NACHC Quality Vendor-faculty and Advisor

    - Present
  • AllianceChicago

    Health IT and Quality Consultant

    - Present
  • Health Technology Access Alliance

    Director of Clinical Innovation

    - Present

    The Health Technology Foundation mission aims to improve patient care by advancing access to innovations in health IT. We fulfill this mission through technology education, security and privacy certifications, access to the latest innovations in health IT, implementation support, and ongoing coaching. www.htafoundation.org

  • Migrant Clinicians Network

    External Advisory Board Member, ANCC Lead Nurse Planner

    - Present
  • Medical Response Corp

    Clinician volunteer

    - Present
  • National Health Care for the Homeless Council

    Subject Matter Expert Panel

    - Present

    Health IT and Clinical Quality content

  • Health Federation of Philadelphia

    Clinical Consultant for Health Center Controlled Network

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    http://www.healthfederation.org/portfolio/health-center-controlled-network-3/

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