Dr. Dean arrived at St. Jude in 2022, aiming to enhance the hospital’s clinical applications and informatics team and increase clinician engagement. Since then, she has helped to oversee the launch of the health system’s new Epic EHR. The launch was a truly collaborative effort, with 1 in 5 employees at St. Jude actively engaged in the implementation. St. Jude earned Epic’s “Good Install” award and achieved a 9-star rating. The implementation team was internally awarded the St. Jude “Clinical Care Improvement” award thanks to the positive impact the transition has made on clinical care and patient experience. Dr. Dean brings expertise to her role with 17 years of health IT experience, board certification in clinical informatics and clinical experience as a pediatric hospitalist. She is a member of Epic’s Children’s Health Leadership Council and is a regular speaker at various conferences and webinars. Her efforts in governance, as well as clinical and operational engagement, have earned St. Jude high marks in the KLAS Arch Collaborative survey, with 97% of St. Jude respondents feeling they have a voice in shaping the EHR.
