Foley Promoted to Partner at Applied Management Systems

Applied Management Systems, Inc., (AMS) a full-service health care management consulting firm based in Burlington, Mass., has promoted four senior vice presidents to partner. They are Donna Watson Dillon, RN; Jennifer Owen Schuster, RN; Paul Camara; and Michael Foley, RPh.

“These longtime members of our professional staff have impressive clinical and administrative backgrounds and accomplishments,” said Paul Brzozowski, chair and partner of AMS. In fact, he noted that this is the first time that new partners have been appointed since AMS became an independent entity (from its roots as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Massachusetts Hospital Association) in 1997.

“The timing is right for these well-deserved promotions,” added Alan Goldberg, president and partner of AMS, noting that his colleagues’ collective expertise and leadership contributed to the company’s 25 percent increase in revenue over the past year. “In their new roles, they will be even more equipped to define and resolve our clients’ needs in this challenging and constantly changing health care arena.”

Dillon, a resident of Arlington, Mass., has more than 30 years of health care experience with expertise in hospital productivity analysis, costing and information systems issues, identifying and applying benchmark standards, developing project implementation plans and monitoring results.

Dillon is a DNP candidate from the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions and holds an MBA with a concentration in Health Care Management from Boston University, a BA in Business from Emmanuel College, ANCC Certification in Nursing Administration (NE-BC) and an RN degree from Grace-New Haven School of Nursing. The recipient of the 2006 Elaine Sherwood Service Award from the Organization of Nurse Leaders (ONL), she is a member of the American Organization of Nurse Executives, Association of Operating Room Nurses, Emergency Nurses’ Association, ONL and Medical Group Management Association.

Schuster, a resident of Sharon, Mass., has more than 25 years of health care experience specializing in providing ongoing assistance with the management and coordination of multidisciplinary analyses and initiatives at the unit, hospital and system level. She is an inpatient nursing and emergency department expert. Prior to joining AMS, she was an in-house systems and productivity consultant at a 600-bed county teaching hospital, a nursing director, charge nurse, staff nurse and float nurse for various medical/surgical/step-down units, intensive care units and emergency rooms.

Schuster holds an MS in Nursing Administration from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a BS in Nursing from Alfred University. She is a fellow of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and a member of the American Organization of Nurse Executives, Alliance for Nursing Informatics (ANIA-CARING), Organization of Nurse Leaders and New England Nursing Informatics Consortium.

Camara, a resident of Providence, R.I., has more than 20 years of health care experience with expertise in multi-site laboratory consolidation, strategic planning for outreach development, growth and management, staffing and labor productivity benchmarking, professional practice issues for pathologists, facilities planning and design, optimization of anatomic pathology laboratories and large-scale esoteric test in-sourcing. Camara holds an MS in Clinical Chemistry from the University of Rhode Island and a BS in Clinical Chemistry from Providence College. He is a member of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry and the Clinical Laboratory Management Association.

Foley, a resident of Contoocook, N.H., has more than 30 years of health care experience specializing in supervising hospital-wide labor benchmark projects to improving utilization of labor resources, performing surgical suite operational reviews and developing labor productivity measures for clinical and support departments.

Foley is a licensed, registered pharmacist and home health services content expert. A member of the American Society of Health System Pharmacists, Foley holds an MBA in Health Systems Management from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a BS in Pharmacy from the University of Connecticut.

For more information about AMS and its client services, visit aboutams.com.

About Applied Management Systems, Inc.

Applied Management Systems, Inc. (AMS) is a full-service health care management consulting firm serving health care institutions nationwide. AMS partners closely with clients to assist them in attaining their primary goal – providing the highest quality patient care – within the challenging context of today’s complex health care environment. For more information, visit aboutams.com.