2020 has been a challenging year for all, especially for those in the healthcare industry. The issues brought by the ongoing pandemic have shown us the strong points and the points for improvement in the healthcare industry, with nurses across the world facing the brunt of the pandemic. In this dialogue, we bring together various professionals in the nursing field to share valuable information gathered from the panelists’ careers relevant to both Chinese and American nurses. With special attention to the challenges brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic and the future of collaboration efforts between China and the US, we will explore global perspectives as well as regional perspectives when it comes to the various issues facing nurses today.
This event is sponsored by the Guardians of the Angeles Charitable Foundation and co-organized by Eastern Michigan University and the Greater Columbus Chinese Chamber of Commerce. We would like to thank our outreach partners Million Women Mentors- Tennessee and TN China Network for helping to promote this event.
This event is part of USHCA’s ongoing series, The Way Forward, where we discuss different ideas and initiatives used by the US and China and how they can be applied to the Heartland region.
Dr. Tsu-Yin Wu
Professor and PhD Program Director at Eastern Michigan University School of Nursing
Dr. Tsu-Yin Wu
Dr. Tsu-Yin Wu is Professor and PhD Program Director at Eastern Michigan University (EMU) School of Nursing and the Director of the Center for Health Disparities Innovation and Studies (CHDIS). At EMU-CHDIS, she leads a team of faculty and staff who are creating interdisciplinary interventions that have bridged the gaps in various cancers, chronic diseases, mental health, and lead poisoning prevention for Asian Americans and Asians.
She and her team use policy, systems, and environmental approaches to implement effective culturally-tailored interventions related to chronic diseases and cancer screening that promote health and well-being and knowledge among underserved Asian Americans with low health literacy. Since the beginning of the Affordable Care Act in 2014, her team of bilingual navigators has assisted several thousands of Asian Americans in obtaining quality healthcare and health services including cancer screening and preventive health programs.
Dr. Wu has not only transformed health care among Asian Americans in the United States but also throughout the world. She has successfully replicated and expanded her research in other global communities including China, Philippines, and Taiwan.
Dr. Wu is a nationally and internationally-renowned researcher in health disparities and recently was recognized as one of the 2020 Notable Women in Health Care by Crain's Detroit Business and received the prestigious 2020 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-National Civic League Health Equity Award.
Education
Postdoc Interdisciplinary women’s health. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
PhD Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
MSN Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
BSN National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan
Dr. Pamela Cipriano
Dean at the University of Virginia’s School of Nursing; 1st Vice President, International Council of Nurses
Dr. Pamela F. Cipriano
PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
Dr. Pamela Cipriano is the Dean and Sadie Heath Cabaniss Professor at the University of Virginia’s School of Nursing in Charlottesville, VA. Prior to this appointment, she served two terms as the president of the American Nurses Association (ANA), the largest nurses organization in the United States representing the interests of the nation’s 4 million registered nurses from 2014 through 2018. She is also serving as the 1st Vice President of the International Council of Nurses
Dr. Cipriano has extensive experience as an academic medical center executive and her career is marked by a focus on improving the quality and safety of services and the work environment for all staff. Cipriano’s advocacy for the nursing profession is well-recognized. Her recent work with the National Academy of Medicine’s Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being and Resilience is focusing on addressing the psychological safety and support for caregivers experiencing stress and burnout, particularly in the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. She has also led efforts to reduce the regulatory and workflow burdens of electronic documentation to relieve clinicians of unnecessary work.
She is known nationally and internationally as a strong advocate for quality, growing nursing’s influence on health care policy, and leading efforts to advance the role and visibility of nurses. Among her many honors and awards for exceptional leadership and contributions to the profession, she was the Distinguished Nurse Scholar-in-Residence at the Institute of Medicine in 2010-11 and is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, earning its Healthcare Leader Award in 2018. She was named among the “Top 100 Most Influential People in (U.S.) Healthcare” by Modern Healthcare magazine for four consecutive years (2015 to 2018), and also in 2015 as one of its “Top 25 Women in Healthcare.”
Education
PhD, Executive Nursing Administration, University of Utah College of Nursing
MN, Nursing, University of Washington
BSN, Nursing, American University
Diploma, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Siew Lee Grand-Clément
Vice President, Clinical Operation UPMC International; UPMC China Chief Nurse and Quality Officer
Siew Lee Grand-Clément
RN, MSN, CPHQ, CPPS, CLSSBB
Siew Lee Grand-Clément, RN, MSN, CPHQ, CPPS, CLSSBB
Vice President of China Clinical Operations, Chief Nurse and Quality Officer UPMC International
Ms. Grand-Clément is charged with leading UPMC China initiatives for clinical operation or service line development, patient care and staffing planning, clinical workflows and safe health design of new construction, executive and staff curriculum planning and development, regulatory process and accreditation/certification preparedness, and technology required for the various UPMC managed or affiliated health care facilities. Her role also includes overseeing the strategic planning and operation of the UPMC International Training Center, which provides various clinical observership and administrative trainings to clients from all over the world.
Ms. Grand-Clément has 20 years of nursing experience, including receiving her Master in Nursing from Johns Hopkins University and advanced practice nursing license from Certified Adult Critical Care Nurse Specialist Certification with American Association of Critical Care Nursing (AACN). She has mentored numerous nursing students and clinicians as Nurse Educator and Executive Mentor to various health sciences school.
Ms. Grand-Clément has diverse leadership experience in leading change and transforming operation to deliver results in both US and international health care settings. For AXA insurance, she managed global programs like medical repatriation and evacuation case management, second medical opinion and global emergency providers contracting. As the Associate Director of Joint Commission International, she oversaw the accreditation/certification operation activities over the four continents, as well as it associated Office of Quality Monitoring and the sentinel event analysis unit. She was also promoted to the Joint Commission Director of the Center for Transforming Healthcare, where she led multiple national and international quality improvement collaborations to improve organization performance in preventing patient harms like health care associated infections and falls prevention. Prior to joining UPMC, Ms. Grand-Clément was a senior nursing leader managed close to 500 nursing staff for a 772-bed tertiary care teaching hospital. In that role, she successfully negotiated the health system first labor union nursing contract and also achieved their first Magnet recognition. At the same health system, she was also promoted to be the Associate Vice President and Patient Safety Officer for two acute care hospitals, network of inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation services, ambulatory surgical center and skilled nursing facility.
Ms. Grand-Clément has extensive expertise in health care quality measurement, improvement and patient safety. These included her working and consulting experience with American Heart/Stroke Association, Atlas Health and Children Hospital of Philadelphia. She achieved and maintains various certifications in these domains: Certified Change Agent by GE Healthcare, Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belts by The Joint Commission, Certified Professional Patient Safety by CBPPS and Certified Professional Healthcare Quality by NAHQ. Ms. Grand-Clément has also been adjunct faculty of this expertise for Georgetown University and Thomas Jefferson University.
Ms. Grand-Clément is fluent in English, Mandarin, several Chinese dialects, and is proficient in Malay and is learning French.
Siew Lee Grand-Cément,RN,MSN,CPHQ,CPPS,CLSSBB
中国临床运营副总裁,护士长,质量官 UPMC国际
钟秀莉女士负责领导UPMC在中国的临床运营或服务项目开发,患者护理和人员配置规划,临床工作流程和新建筑的安全健康设计,执行人员和员工课程规划与开发,监管程序和认证/认证准备工作和技术所需的各种UPMC管理或附属卫生保健设施。她的职责还包括监督UPMC国际培训中心的战略规划和运营,该中心为来自世界各地的客户提供各种临床观察和行政培训。
钟秀莉女士拥有20年的护理经验,包括获得约翰·霍普金斯大学护理学硕士学位,以及获得美国危重症护理协会(AACN)成人危重症护理专家认证的高级执业护理执照。她曾指导过许多护理学生和临床医生,作为护士教育家和执行导师到不同的健康科学学校任教。
钟秀莉女士在美国和国际医疗机构负责领导变革和改革运营方式以达成目标方面拥有丰富的领导经验。在安盛保险公司,她负责如医疗遣返和疏散病例管理,第二医疗意见和全球紧急救援供应商商合同签订等全球项目。作为国际联合委员会(JCI)的副主任,她监督了四大洲的评价/认证业务活动,以及与之相关的质量监测办公室和前哨事件分析小组。她还被提升为卫生保健转型中心的联合委员会主任,在那里她领导了多个国家的国际质量改进合作,以提高组织在预防患者伤害方面的表现,如卫生保健相关的感染和预防。在加入UPMC之前,钟秀莉女士是一位高级护理领导,在一家拥有772张床位的三级护理教学医院管理着近500名护理人员。在那个角色中,她成功地谈判了卫生系统的第一个工会护理合同,也获得了他们的首个磁性医院认证。在同一卫生系统,她还被提升为两家急症护理医院,住院和门诊康复服务网络,非卧床手术中心和熟练护理设施的协理副总裁和患者安全官。
钟秀莉女士在医疗保健质量评价,改进和患者安全方面拥有广泛的专业知识。这些包括她在美国心脏/中风协会,阿特拉斯健康和费城儿童医院的工作和咨询经验。她在这些领域获得并保持了各种认证:GE Healthcare认证的变革代理人,联合委员会认证的精益六西格玛黑带,CBPPS认证的专业患者安全和NAHQ认证的专业医疗质量。钟秀莉女士也是乔治敦大学和托马斯·杰斐逊大学的兼职教授。
钟秀莉女士精通英语,普通话,几种中国方言,并精通马来语,正在学习法语。