Teresa Frey, RN,MSN

Chief Quality Officer Southern California region Providence St Joseph Health Jan 2019 to PresentThe Chief Quality Officer (CQO) - Southern California serves as a key senior executive, and provides leadership and coordinates region-wide efforts directed at delivering cost effective, efficient, high quality, and safe care in Southern California. The CQO will provide strategic clinical leadership and form a strong linkage between ministry clinical and operational leadership. In collaboration with the Chief Clinical Effectiveness Officer (CCEO), the CQO provides leadership and direction in the development and ongoing monitoring of the Providence St. Joseph Health Quality Strategic Plan (QSP). The Chief Quality Officer, will serve as the hands-on leader and clinical quality expert for the Southern California Region. This executive will also be expected to make meaningful contributions to quality and safety initiatives for the entire Region. In addition, the executive will be a resource for current and emerging regulatory and compliance issues for all local, and regional organizations. Vice President Clinical Excellence St Jude Medical Center July 2012 to 2019Executive oversight for quality, risk management, infection prevention, regulatory compliance, patient safety, Data Analytics, Clinical Informatics, IT, patient experience-patient representative, patient grievance, Medical staff peer review, Employee Wellbeing, and interpreter services, Cultural Transformation , Environmental Services, Dietary, Transportation, Engineering, PBX operator,and Security.