Crowe transitions into clinical operations
Dreams really do come true and Shari Crowe can tell you her story. Born in New England, Crowe has always wanted to be a nurse since she was a little girl, but she then began to consider other career possibilities when it was time to go to college.
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“In the end, I arrived at the destination in a round about way,” said Crowe.
Crowe, currently the patient safety manager at Huntsville Hospital, has worked at Huntsville Hospital for a total of nearly 10 years. She started out as a labor and delivery nurse.
Later, she became the nurse educator for labor and delivery and antepartum at Women’s and Children’s. As Crowe transitions into her new role as clinical operations manager at the new Madison Hospital, her areas of responsibility are obstetrics as well as patient safety/risk management for the Madison Hospital.
“My job involves planning and directing the care on the unit, developing policies and assuring quality of care in those areas,” said Crowe. Crowe, who received a degree in biology, earned her master’s in public health from Emory University and worked at the Centers for Disease
Control. When it comes to the areas of patient safety and risk, Crowe will be responsible for working with the Madison team to create and maintain the systems and processes necessary to assure that their patients receive safe care throughout the Madison Hospital.
“My job focus is on setting up the unit and hiring employees to provide patient and family centered care to the families in our community,” she said.
Crowe said her new position in Madison gives her the ability to merge all of the roles she is passionate about: caring for new moms and families, supporting the clinicians that care for these patients and building processes that ensure that the right patient receives the right care that will optimize their health.
“Opening a new hospital is an incredible opportunity to set up processes that will ensure that our care meets the needs of each individual patient and their family,” she said.
Crowe said it is exciting to be able to start from the ground up and build these processes to ensure their patients have a great experience and receive safe and effective care.
