Linda Sawyer

Current

• CEO at Lumetra

Past

• Assistant Clinical Professor at University of California, San Francisco
• QA and Inservice Education Coordinator at Kaiser Permanente

Education

• University of California, San Francisco
• University of California, San Francisco
• University of San Francisco

• Children's Hospital School of Nursing, Boston

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Industry

Hospital & Health Care

Websites

• My Company

Linda Sawyer’s Summary

Registered nurse with over 25 years of clinical experience in adult ambulatory care, home health, and pediatrics.
Clinical Specialist in home health nursing.
Clinical faculty in community health nursing - taught courses in socio-cultural aspects of health, transition theory, research utilization.
Experienced Board member of state and national professional organizations over a 15 year period.
Responsible for the development of quality assurance and performance improvement programs and project management in home health and managed care. Knowledge of quality measurement and system change strategies.
Developed national training programs in quality improvement project design and evaluation in managed care.

Linda Sawyer’s Specialties:

Registered nurse, board certified as a clinical specialist in home health nursing, PhD in nursing, cross-cultural and international nursing masters degree, program management, federal contract management, quality improvement, managed care, qualitative research, program evaluation, healthcare policy, training program development and presentations, curriculum development

Linda Sawyer’s Experience

• CEO

  Lumetra

  (Hospital & Health Care industry)

  January 2000 — Present (9 years 7 months)

  Leads a growing non-profit, independent healthcare consulting company. Responsible for strategic direction, business development and staff management. Formerly COO from 12/02 to 11/08.

• Assistant Clinical Professor

  University of California, San Francisco

  (Educational Institution; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  August 1997 — December 1999 (2 years 5 months)

  Clinical faculty position in graduate nursing program. Courses included community health nursing, socio-cultural aspects of health, research utilization, transition nursing.

• QA and Inservice Education Coordinator

  Kaiser Permanente

  (Hospital & Health Care industry)

  May 1981 — February 1999 (17 years 10 months)

  Responsible for staff development.
  Developed and implemented the quality management program in 3 home health offices.
  Provided clinical specialist nursing care to complex patient population and clinical mentoring to staff.

Linda Sawyer’s Education

• University of California, San Francisco

  PhD , Nursing , 1992 — 1996

• University of California, San Francisco

  MS , International and Cross-Cultural Nursing , 1986 — 1988

• University of San Francisco

  BSN , Nursing , June 1979 — May 1980

• Children's Hospital School of Nursing, Boston

  Diploma , Nursing , 1967 — 1970

Additional Information

Linda Sawyer’s Websites:

• My Company

Linda Sawyer’s Groups:

COO Business Forum, American Nurses Association, UCSF Scholl of Nursing Alumni Association, Sigma Theta Tau International, American College of Healthcare Executives

•    Lumetra
•    COO Forum

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