New Director of Clinical Effectiveness

PALM COAST, FL, September 28, 2016 Florida Hospital Flagler has named Dana Culhane as director of clinical effectiveness.

In this position, Culhane will provide direction to ensure the quality of care and services provided and adherence to organizational, regulatory and accreditation requirements.

She graduated from the University of Texas Health Science Center School of Nursing with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She has been a registered nurse for 28 years with emphasis on performance improvement for more than 12 years. Additionally, she has specific experience in case and risk management, workers compensation, corporate compliance and home health care.

She most recently served as the quality manager at Florida Hospital DeLand, where she worked with hospital leadership to facilitate performance improvement activities.

About Florida Hospital Flagler

Florida Hospital Flagler is a member of Adventist Health System, a faith-based health care organization with 46 hospital campuses and nearly 8,200 licensed beds in 10 states. With 99-beds, Florida Hospital Flagler is one of the six Florida Hospitals in Volusia and Flagler counties that composes the Florida Hospital East Florida Region. As the largest hospital system in the area, the Florida Hospital East Florida Region has 923 beds and more than 6,000 employees. With a mission to extend the healing ministry of Christ, the Florida Hospital East Florida Region collectively contributed nearly $120 million in benefits in 2015 to the underprivileged, the community's overall health and wellness and spiritual needs, and capital improvements.