CHAP Names Former Chief Operating Officer to CEO Post.Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers NEW YORK--(BW HealthWire)--March 1, 2002 Theresa S. Ayer has been named president and chief executive officer of Community Health Accreditation Program, Inc., (CHAP), the organization's Board Chair Sally Smith announced today. CHAP exists to develop and promulgate To officially announce, to publish, to make known to the public; to formally announce a statute or a decision by a court. standards applicable to home, community, and public health care providers and to evaluate providers in a way that promotes quality care and assists the patient public in selecting appropriate care. The organization accredits more than 430 sites and maintains a staff of more than 50 "site visitors" who conduct regular provider evaluations. Ayer, president of Ayer Associates, Inc., a home health consulting firm with emphasis on enhancing clinical operations, quality improvement programs and survey outcomes, has more than 20 years experience in the home and community health sector. Previously, she was President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of CHAP from March 1996 until April 1998. Before joining CHAP in 1996, Ms. Ayer was Director of Clinical Operations and Vice President of Programs for VNA VNA abbr. Visiting Nurse Association of North Virginia, Inc., a provider of home health services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract in the Washington D.C. area. Her experience base is broad, spanning not-for-profit, for-profit, and government-owned home health organizations. Ms. Ayer earned her master's degree in health care administration from Central Michigan University Central Michigan University, at Mount Pleasant, Mich.; coeducational; est. 1892 as a normal school, became Central State Teachers College in 1927, achieved university status in 1959. The university maintains a forest that is used for botanical and biological research. and her bachelor of science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies degree in nursing from Wright State University. She is a certified advanced nursing administrator. "Terri Ayer is the overwhelming choice of the CHAP board to lead this organization through this period of transition," said Smith. "No issue facing the entire health care industry today is more important, more challenging, or more urgent than clinical quality and no person is more qualified than Terri Ayer to lead an organization like CHAP that is so singularly focused on helping providers deliver the highest quality care." Headquartered in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , the Community Health Accreditation Program was founded by the National League of Nursing in 1965. CHAP became a fully independent not-for-profit organization in February, 2001. |
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