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Hospitals choose Ovation Healthcare because:
Learn how we exceed our partners’ expectations by improving financial performance and quality of care, supporting board members and more.
Learn how we exceed our partners’ expectations by improving financial performance and quality of care, supporting board members and more.
We serve everyone from the smallest of community hospitals to large multi-hospital health systems. We see hospitals as the lifeline to the health and economic wellness of the towns and cities they serve. We recognize these hospitals and health systems have the desire to collaborate with like-minded professionals that band together for common goals while maintaining their independence.
Compared to peer hospitals, Ovation Healthcare hospitals have:
Ovation Healthcare’s executive leadership team averages 25+ years of healthcare experience and oversees a team of more than 500 employees dedicated to your success.
Learn how we can help solve the unique challenges of your hospital or health system.
Learn how we can help solve the unique challenges of your hospital or health system.
Sandy Garcia serves as Associate Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Behavioral Health for Cadence Clinical Services. She brings over 37 years of healthcare experience, previously serving as a Chief Nursing Officer and Chief Operating Officer for several acute care facilities. Her experience ranges from large tertiary care facilities to small rural hospitals. She has also worked with the Department of Justice and the Department of Defense with emphasis on quality and accreditation preparation and recovery for Behavioral Health, Ambulatory, Nursing Care Centers, and Hospitals.
Dr. Jill Larkin serves as Accredited Program Director for Cadence Clinical Services. She is an experienced nurse leader in rural, community and large academic health systems with a broad skill set in a variety of areas such as operations, education, quality, patient and employee engagement and strategic planning. She brings almost 40 years of experience driving change, supporting leaders, and prioritizing initiatives. Within the ever-changing healthcare environment, Jill is able to help connect quality/safety, patient experience, and information systems to patient, employee, and financial outcomes.
Dr. Kristine Keefer Wolff serves as Chief Clinical Officer for Ovation Healthcare. She has more than 25 years of system and business unit level health care experience with a history of creating and improving workplace culture, employee engagements, and patient outcomes. She is known as a transformational leader skilled at relationship building with internal and external partners. Kristine has worked in many complex environments, always striving for the best possible outcomes by keeping the patient as the guidepost.
Michele Back serves as the Senior Director of Quality and Safety for Cadence Clinical Services. She brings experience as a healthcare leader and consultant who works collaboratively with clients to manage ongoing healthcare challenges, developing evidence-based solutions that achieve benchmark clinical outcomes for safety, high quality, and cost-effective care. She supports leaders, physicians, and stakeholders to achieve cutting-edge results through frequent communication, practicality, accountability, integrity, and respect.
