Walter Kerschl

About Walter Kerschl

I am a visionary, collaborative, and entrepreneurial Physician, and Chief Medical Officer with 24+ years of progressive leadership experience directing healthcare operations, information technology, quality, and efficiency. As a strategic relationship builder, influential leader, and change agent, I possess success managing and empower teams, advising clients, establishing high performance cultures, driving business development, and ensuring governance and regulatory compliance. I thrive as an articulate communicator with an innate ability to conduct crucial conversations with significant impact to clients and patients spanning diverse environments.Career Highlights:* Key player in selecting and implementing Ambulatory EHR within Outpatient practices for Augusta Health transitioning from paper to digital spanning 20 practices. Built trust and empowered IT and Clinical staff to achieve successful go-lives over 2 years.* Envisioned and implemented first EHR and patient portal within region for Patient Choice, Inc. including e-prescribing abilities. Recruited team, operationalized practice, and developed new patient flows to meet needs of patient population. Implemented new practice model including in-house lab and bone density services.* Developed program to enhance the Physician Executive’s engagement in Sales operations for Cerner Corporation improving ability to support sales events via collaborative meetings and retreats. Increased win rate 50% within 4 years. Specialties: Leadership & Team Building • Care Management & IT Innovation • Clinical Best Practices • Policies & Procedures • Healthcare Program Development • Stakeholder Relations • Strategic Partnerships • Quality & Cost Efficiency Improvement • Strategic Planning & Execution • Healthcare Operations Management • Clinical Quality Assurance • Patient Flow Optimization • Patient Outcomes & Profitability • Performance Measurement • Mentoring & Coaching

Experience

1. Market Chief Medical Officer

   Parkridge Health System

   Sep 2023 — Present · Chattanooga, TN, US

   At all HCA facilities, the mission is: above all else, we are committed to the care and improvement of human life. In pursuit of our mission, we believe the following value statements are essential and timeless: We recognize and affirm the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual. We treat those we serve with compassion and kindness. We act with absolute honesty, integrity and fairness in the way we conduct our business and the way we live our lives. We treat our colleagues as valuable members of our healthcare team and pledge to treat one another with loyalty, respect and dignity.Parkridge Health System has two hospitals, three behavior healthcare facilites and a growing number of free standing ERs.

Education

• Harvard Medical School

  Global Health Leadership Program

• American Association for Physician Leadership

  Health IT Leadership Certificate Candidate

  2021 — 2024

• Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

  MD, Medicine

  1989 — 1993

• Goethe Institute, Germany

  Certificate, German Language Studies, German Language Studies

  1984 — 1984

• Carnegie Mellon University

  MMM, Masters in Medical Management

  2010 — 2012

• University of Virginia School of Medicine

  Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine

  1993 — 1996

• University of Rochester

  BA, Biology

  1982 — 1987

Skills

• Medical Education
• Managed Care
• Software Project Management
• Nextgen
• Healthcare
• Templates
• Revenue Cycle
• Quality Improvement
• Physician Alignment
• Medical Information Systems
• Health Policy
• Disease Management
• Healthcare Consulting
• Patient Safety
• Practice Management
• Health Information Exchange
• Medical Office
• Informatics
• Template Building
• Internal Medicine
• Board Certified
• Clinical Research
• Ehr
• Home Health Agencies
• Medicare
• Team Building
• Healthcare Management
• Physicians
• Ambulatory
• Healthcare Information Technology
• Hospitals
• Healthcare Information Systems
• Mission Work
• Conversion Optimization
• Workflow Management
• Emr
• Primary Care Physicians
• Hipaa
• Cerner
• Project Management