Who We Are
Who We Are
Hildebrand,
RN, MSN, CCS-P, CPHQ

With over 30+ years in nursing and 11 years in quality
improvement and patient safety, Pati brings a richness
of expertise to her role as quality improvement
consultant.  She holds a Masters degree from West
Virginia University as well as CPHQ certification in
healthcare quality and a CCS-P certification in clinical
coding.

Pati holds several prominent positions within her
profession:

* Professional and Technical Advisory Committee for
the National Association for Healthcare Quality
* Editorial Review Panel for the Journal of Healthcare
Quality.  
* Texas Award for Performance Excellence (TAPE)
examiner - state level Baldrige examiner for Quality
Texas Foundation
* Steering Committee on Healthcare Associated
Infections for the National Quality Forum.  
* Previous Board member for the Texas Gulf Coast
Association for Healthcare Quality

Pati specializes in education and training as well as
providing on site or remote organizational assessment
and performance improvement for patient safety,
quality and accreditation issues for smaller hospitals,
healthcare facilities and practices.

With over 30+ years in medicine and 20+ years in
approaches quality of care and patient safety with
his eye toward excellence and his heart for the
patients and their families.  Having seen both the
triumphs and the failures of traditional healthcare,
he feels one of his greatest successes was to
chose to "break from the pack" and open a very
successful chronic pain practice that integrated
alternative healthcare modalities with the more
traditional invasive healthcare technologies.

Dr. Hildebrand has also held several medical
director positions in both private and not-for-profit
organizations and is currently on the Medical
Advisory Board for John Daniel Staffing Group.  In
addition to his medical degree from the University
of Tennessee, he was awarded a MBA degree
from West Virginia Wesleyan College and has
formal training and Microsoft certifications in
Information Technology.  In addition, he gives back
to his community with donating his time to adult
literacy activities.

Dr. Hildebrand specializes in activities involving
physician engagement in quality and patient safety
issues as well as Informational technology issues
in healthcare.