Jill Obremskey is a physician executive with experience developing, managing, and operating inpatient and outpatient healthcare systems. She most recently served as Chief Medical Officer of The Children's Hospital at Centennial Medical Center, where she oversaw clinical quality initiatives and implemented processes to ensure safe, quality pediatric care. Obremskey has extensive leadership experience in healthcare, including roles as medical director of emergency departments and outpatient clinics where she improved operations and quality of care.

1. JILL C OBREMSKEY, MD, MMHC
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Jill Obremskey is a physician executive with significant healthcare expertise that includes the development,
management and operations of inpatient and outpatient systems. Her successful leadership has resulted in
achieving the highest and safest levels of quality inpatient and outpatient care.
Most recently Dr.Obremskeyjoinedthe executive teamatCentennial Medical CenterasThe Children’sHospital
CMO. Dr. Obremskeywasresponsible foroverseeingclinical quality initiatives. She led many high performing
teams to develop foundational processes, policies and procedures based on evidence based medicine and
clinical practice guidelines to assure the safe and quality care of pediatric patients seen at The Children’s
Hospital. She was responsible for implementing a Pediatric Quality Council dedicated to transparency in
reporting all quality metrics specific to pediatrics and to promote collaboration amongst administration,
physiciansandstaff inbothprocess and quality improvement. She was involved in the development of a new
peerreviewprocessbasedupon identifyingsystemsaswell asphysicianspecificopportunitiesforimprovement.
She spearheaded a successful Health Information Management Department initiative to improve compliance
with medical record completion in a timely fashion.
Dr. Obremskey holdsaDoctorof Medicine from The Universityof North Carolina; a Master’s of Management in
Healthcare from the Vanderbilt Owen School of Management and is board certified in pediatrics after
completingherresidencyat Seattle Children’s Hospital,. She completed her coursework in a Masters of Public
Health Program in Maternal and Child Health at the University of Washington School of Public Health and
participated in The Institute for Healthcare Improvement Quality Programs.
Dr. Obremskey’s extensive healthcare experience began in 1994 as a pediatrician for a managed care
organization in a multispecialty group engaging in various health management committees and providing
inpatientandoutpatientcare.Fora total of 10 years,she wasa partner ina primarycare pediatric practice in an
urban setting before moving to Nashville. She then became an attending at Vanderbilt Children’s pediatric
emergency department in 2002 rising to the position of Assistant Professor.
As the medical director for the emergency department fast track, Dr. Obremskey recognized the need for
improvement in the delivery of care in the pediatric emergency department. She developed a system to
manage lower acuity patients. She was responsible for the operation of a system that grew over 7 years to
15,000 patientencountersperyearandresultedinoverall improvement in length of stay and patient and staff
satisfaction. Thisrequiredextensivecollaboration with nursing staff, administration and faculty to implement
lean techniques for process improvement. Dr. Obremskey grew a staff of physicians overseeing medical staff
qualityand implemented multiple initiativesincluding physician report cards. She also worked with the school
of nursing to develop credentialing, training and scope of practice guidelines for nurse practitioners.
Dr. Obremskeyalsobecame the medicaldirectorforanew service line atVanderbilt in 2011, the Pediatric After
Hours Clinics. She spearheaded the development of these clinics to assure clinical quality and operational
efficiency. Working with those in information technology, she developed a means to capture data and create
dashboardsinorderto followtrendsand implementchange. She participatedinthe financial decisionsin terms
of space and design,supplyandstaffingthe clinics. She builtuponherestablishedrelationshipswithcommunity
pediatricianstoassure trust in the mission to provide quality care, maintain communication with primary care
physicians and to support the medical home.

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