Meet the Experts: Katie Willerick
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In this episode, host Melanie Lawson interviews Katie Willerick about improving patient care through data trust and Lean Six Sigma methodologies.
In this “Meet the Experts” HeartTalk, host Melanie Lawson, MS, sits down with Katie Willerick, vice president of Care Transformation Services at MedAxiom, to explore what it really takes to move from dashboards to better patient care. Katie shares why “trust in the data” is essential to driving change and how building that trust across teams makes analytics fully actionable. She pulls back the curtain on how Lean Six Sigma thinking and clear definitions help teams work smarter and stay aligned. Guest Bio: Katie Willerick Vice President, Care Transformation Services, MedAxiom As Vice President of Care Transformation Services, Katie Willerick provides strategic leadership for MedAxiom’s care transformation analytics and consulting initiatives, helping cardiovascular organizations translate data into sustained operational and clinical improvement. She partners closely with MedAxiom members, partners and internal teams to advance system-wide performance across the continuum of cardiovascular care. Katie leads efforts to align data, process improvement and operational strategy, directing awareness and adoption of MedAxiom resources such as MedAxcess, Medicare claims data, population…
People in this episode
Host: Melanie Lawson
Guest: Katie Willerick
Topics covered
- patient care
- data analytics
- Lean Six Sigma
- healthcare transformation
- operational improvement
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: MedAxiom
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