Elyce Perry is a consultant with HealthVantage Advisors. This results-oriented executive has extensive experience in management and management consulting, including teaching and mentoring clients. Her process improvement expertise increasing productivity, decreasing costs while, at the same time, maintaining or improving quality and service. Elyce is a Master Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma, and has an extensive knowledge base of general departmental management, with a particular specialty in the laboratory, in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
The following is a summary of Ms. Perry's professional work experience prior to joining HealthVantage Advisors.
InSight Advantage L.P., Houston, TX 2006 – 2008
A healthcare consulting company, who works with the client to enhance customer service, improve profitability and productivity while providing a significant return on investment by addressing clinical, financial and operational challenges.
Senior Consultant, Independent Contractor
• Worked in hospitals and free standing clinics, Radiology, OR, Cardiology and ED.
• Identified areas of opportunity for process improvement.
• Worked with management and staff to enhance customer service through reassigning and rescheduling staff to meet the flow of the department or clinic.
• Improved profitability and productivity by increasing patient pass-through and cross-training of staff.
SuPer INDUSTRIES INC, Tinley Park, IL 2000 – 2006
A flavor company which develops flavorings ingredients for foods and food applications. Produces food materials for individual products and third-party distribution.
CEO
• Oversee day-to-day operations including manufacturing, purchasing, human resources and front office.
• Implementation of just-in-time purchasing to reduce cost of production by not keeping excess materials on the shelf.
• Assure quality products through the use of good manufacturing practices including maintaining a Kosher certification.
• Maintains high quality staffing through an intensive training program for new employees.
CHILDREN’S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Chicago, IL 1999 – 2000
World renowned hospital specializing in the care of children.
Laboratory Director (1999 – 2000)
• Reduced overtime within the first six months, saving approximately $70,000 by adjusting schedules to meet the workload.
• Provided leadership for three of the main areas of the laboratory: Chemistry, Microbiology and Specimen processing.
• Developed new Paid-Time-Off policies, which facilitated fairness and equity while helping to maintain minimum staffing during high volume time off periods.
• Collaborated with Physician/PhD to secure appropriate staffing for specialty laboratories.
• Developed an Out Patient Survey for the Phlebotomy Area, which pinpointed problems for resolution.
• Merged one specialty laboratory with the Chemistry department which resulted in cross-training and the reduction of personnel expenses.
• Responsible for developing and maintaining fiscal budgets.
• Assured quality results.
• Mentored team leaders, taught management skills.
WEST HUDSON, INC., Dallas, TX 1996 – 1998
A healthcare consulting company that works with the client to teach and mentor them in process improvement while increasing productivity, decreasing costs through decreasing staff while maintaining quality and service.
Consultant
• Assisted the managers and staff to identify and develop tools to measure, plan, assign and follow-up on the work on a daily basis.
• Improved workflow, operating efficiency, service and quality through changes in the way work was performed or completed.
• Identified areas for improved work management, adjusted management systems and initiated process improvements which resulted in department savings.
• Aided clients in achieving saving initiatives resulting in quality outcomes and $2 million in savings.
• Performed work-study analysis which allowed the managers to recognize when there was a need for increasing or decreased staff.
• Mentored managers and physicians to improve management techniques and to accept the change process.
ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL & HEALTH CENTER, Blue Island, IL 1968 – 1995
A community hospital located in the south suburbs well-known for their heart program.
Director, Laboratory (1988 – 1995)
• Provided overall direction for six laboratory departments and 115 employees.
• Managed a $38,000,000 annual salary and operating budget ensuring that all departments remained within budget.
• Collaborated with staff to improve turn-around-time for routine laboratory tests by rescheduling laboratory rounds.
• Worked in partnership with Supervisors to put together a Central Processing Department.
• Guided a laboratory quality improvement team, and a laboratory safety committee.
• Designed an Evidential Breath Alcohol Testing program according to the Department of Transportation guidelines, which increased revenue.
• Assisted in development of Clinical Pathways for open-heart surgery that decreased length of stay.
• Developed new nursing guidelines for point of care testing, improving patient care.
• Liaison to the Information System Department.
• Planned annual capital budgets for the purchase of new laboratory technology.
• Served on multiple product line initiatives including surgery, occupational health and nursing redesign project
