Hester Palewitz
Transformational Leader in Person-Centered Excellence and Value-Based Quality Programs.
- Role
- Chief Quality and Compliance Officer at BHcare
- Location
- New York, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Hester Palewitz
Highly motivated, creative and versatile leader with extensive experience in large, multi-faceted health systems. Repeated success building programs and processes from the ground up, driving organizational change, implementing quality initiatives, developing culture, and engaging physicians and staff in organizational transformation. Especially skilled at building effective, productive working relationships with all levels of the organization. Results oriented, inspirational, courageous leader and critical thinker with an impeccable work ethic.
Experience
Chief Quality and Compliance Officer
Jan 2021 — Present · CT, US
Lead the organization’s person-centered excellence transformation. Develop and implement evidence-based KPIs and transparent data reporting through dashboards and visualization. Sponsor person-centered initiatives to improve the client and employee experience. Model a solution-focused approach and encourage co-design of systems to enhance quality and safety. Built a Just Culture through transparent reporting, analysis, and issue resolution. Stood up a robust, integrated incident reporting and management system. Champion Enterprise Risk Management implementation to assess, mitigate and prevent risk throughout all aspects of the organization. Oversee the licensing and accreditation of all programs. Re-invigorated the organization’s compliance program to make compliance visible, accessible, and transparent. Re-wrote the Code of Conduct to integrate the tenets of a just and person-centered culture. Implemented comprehensive auditing, monitoring and reporting of key compliance measures.
Education
Western Governors University
Master of Science (M.S.)
2015 — 2016
North-West University / Noordwes-Universiteit
Communication and Theatre
1991 — 1994
Purdue University Global
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
2011 — 2013
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