Ms.Knitasha Washington, MHA, FACHE has more than 15 years cumulative healthcare experience working in the hospital and managed care sectors. As a consultant, she specializes in developing and implementing cost reduction strategies within large complex organizations and possesses an expertise in both labor and non-labor expense reduction initiatives.
Knitasha possess a strong aptitude and knowledge in strategic planning, systems thinking, performance improvement and policy development. In her current role with Aspen Healthcare Metrics (Denver, CO) she works with clients to employ “best practice” non-labor expense management strategic plans. Prior to Aspen, she was a Principal Consultant with University Healthsystem Consortium, serving a membership of academic medical centers and Senior Consultant with Navigant Consulting specializing in constructing and labor-expense management and performance improvement strategies.
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Knitasha is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and the current President of the National Association of Health Services Executives – NAHSE Chicago Midwest Chapter. Ms. Washington serves on the NAHSE National Policy and Advocacy Committee and is the originating sponsor and developer of the NAHSE Chicago Policy Committee. Her work has been paramount in NAHSE Chicago’s involvement in local policy issues such as the development of the Cook County Health and Hospital Systems Board and the formalized partnership with the AMA’s Commission to End Health Care Disparities.
She also serves on various other boards to include the St. James Health System Missions HR Committee, Cross Roads Coalition of Cook County Southland and Fertile Ground Foundation. In 2009, Ms. Washington in the memory of her late father expanded her intellectual capacity when she began representing and advocating the importance of diversity in the patient safety discussion and was nominated to serve an advisory council under the Coalition for Quality and Safety of Chicagoland. In 2011 her work in patient safety extend to her latest appointment to the Consumers Advancing Patient Safety (CAPS) Consumer Advisory Board, a project of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) titled “Seven Pillars Project: Crossing the Patient Safety-Medical Liability Chasm. To her credit have been extended many nominations and awards including, 2009 NAHSE National Young Healthcare Executive Award and the featured cover story Spring 2010 of Girlfriends HealthGuide Magazine.
Ms. Washington’s extensive background details work both domestic and international. She has studied health systems abroad to include her work in Geneva, Switzerland (World Health Organization), Belize and is slated to attend the World Congress of Public Health in Ethopia, 2012.
Ms. Washington is currently pursuing a Doctorate of Health Administration degree and Certificate in International Heath Studies at Central Michigan University. She has a Masters of Health Administration and Bachelor of Arts from Chicago State University. She is the mother of Knadya Washington (21 years old pre-dentistry major at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville), Antwon Newell Jr. (14 years old). They reside in Olympia Fields, Illinois. Knitasha’s vision is to continue serving through her outward extension of ministry byway of her work in health care and policy development. Clearly a life committed to transformational leadership with a servitude spirit.
Areas of Subject-Matter Expertise are: public health, performance improvement, patient safety, leadership and health policy.
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