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CORAL GABLES HOSPITAL FLORIDA MEDICAL CENTER
Marcela Sweeney, RN Tri Nguyen
Clinical Informatics Nurse Manager
Director of Continuous Quality Improvement
Marcela Sweeney is a clinical informatics nurse man- Tri Nguyen is the director of continuous quality
ager. She leads the implementation, integration and evo- improvement at Florida Medical Center, a campus of
lution of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) for the North Shore. In her role, she is responsible for the hos-
hospital. In her role, Marcela’s responsibilities include pital’s quality and risk management program. Tri earned
developing and executing change management strate- two bachelor’s degrees in biology and circulation tech-
gies that align with Tenet standards and ensure success- nology from Ohio State University. She continued her
ful adoption and sustainment of the EHR. She directly education at the University of Miami, where she earned
supports the hospital A-Team, the physicians and the cli- her Executive Master of Business Administration in
nicians who care for patients. Marcela collaborates regu- Health Sector Management and Policy. Tri is certified by
larly with hospital and clinical leaders to ensure success- the National Association for Healthcare Quality and is
ful EHR adoption. Marcela started her nursing informat- working on her American College of Healthcare Executives Association certification.
ics career at Palmetto General Hospital 6 years ago. And, two and a half years ago, she
transferred to Coral Gables Hospital to lead the informatics department. Marcela has
a degree in Business, is completing her Bachelors in Nursing and will start her
Master’s work in the Fall. GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER
Jessica Miller-Hijar Gloria P. Martin
Chief Nursing Officer Director of Revenue Analysis
Jessica Miller-Hijar is the chief nursing officer at Coral Gloria P. Martin is the director of revenue analysis for
Gables Hospital. She is responsible for supervising and Good Samaritan Medical Center. In her role, Martin
coordinating the daily operations of the hospital’s vari- manages the day to day functions for both the acute care
ous nursing units. Prior to this position, Jessica served facility and the patient accounting department. Martin
as the hospital’s assistant chief nursing officer. During has been working at Good Samaritan Medical Center for
her 10 years of dedicated service to Coral Gables the past 25 years in various roles. She first started as the
Hospital, she has led the quality, risk management, billing manager at the hospital. She has also worked as
infection control and wound care departments. Jessica the business office manager before getting promoted to
was responsible for overseeing numerous surveys from her current position. Prior to her time at Good Sam,
government and regulatory agencies, and has played a key role in the achievement of Martin worked at sister hospital St. Mary’s Medical
four Top Performer in Key Quality Metrics recognitions for the hospital from The Center as both a registration supervisor and cash posting
Joint Commission. Jessica received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Florida coordinator. Martin has a degree from Houston Community College and continued
International University. her studies at Palm Beach State College, earning a degree in 1993.
DELRAY MEDICAL CENTER HIALEAH HOSPITAL
Tywanna Royal Kelly Johnson
Director of Patient Access Assistant CFO
Tywanna Royal is the Director of Patient Access at Kelly Johnson serves as the assistant chief financial
Delray Medical Center. In her position, Royal is respon- officer at Hialeah Hospital. She has over 25 years of
sible for the patient access service unit which specializes accounting and finance experience. In her role, she is
in pre-registration, financial clearance and customer sat- responsible for participating in the annual business plan
isfaction. Royal has been in her current position since and budget preparations, quarterly financial forecasting,
2010 and has nearly 20 years of experience as a director as well as overseeing the monthly financial statement.
of patient access at Delray Medical Center and other Kelly also worked at sister facility, Coral Gables
hospitals around the country. Royal considers herself a Hospital, where she was the controller. She started her
resourceful problem solver with an ability to bring quick career at Tenet Healthcare nearly 20 years ago, working
resolutions to challenging situations. She also enjoys as a senior financial systems analyst at the headquarters
building relationships with clients and the patients who frequent the hospital. office in Dallas. Kelly earned her Bachelor of Science in
Accounting and Business Administration from Mount Mercy Collect in Cedar Rapids,
IA and her Master of Business Administration with a focus on Health Care
FLORIDA MEDICAL CENTER Administration from National American University in Sioux Falls, SD.
Patricia Rosenberg Jesusa Alfonso
Chief Nursing Officer
Administrative Director
Patricia Rosenberg is the chief nursing officer at of Clinical Quality Improvement
Florida Medical Center. She is responsible for leading
the nursing care within the organization and overseeing Jesusa Alfonso serves as the administrative director of
clinical quality. Patricia has over 35 years of healthcare clinical quality improvement at Hialeah Hospital. She
experience. Her previous leadership roles include has over 25 years of nursing experience. In her role, she
administrative nursing director and chief nursing officer is responsible for overall hospital quality/performance
of another hospital in Southeastern Michigan. Patricia improvement and monitoring of the organization. Jesusa
earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from also worked at Florida National University as the direc-
Michigan State University in East Lansing and her tor of nursing for the Practical Nursing Program. She
Master of Science in Nursing from Wayne State also served as a nurse surveyor for the State of Florida
University in Detroit. Patricia and her husband Marty when she was at the Agency for Health Care
recently relocated to South Florida from Michigan. Administration (AHCA). She started her career at Tenet
Healthcare nearly 20 years ago, working as a critical care nurse and performance
improvement analyst at North Shore Medical Center. Jesusa earned her Bachelor of
Science in Nursing from University of Santo Tomas, Manila Philippines and her
Master in Business Administration from Florida National University, Miami, FL.
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