As chief nursing executive at Morristown Medical Center, a leading 800-plus-bed academic hospital, Dr. O’Keefe plays a pivotal role in managing various specialties, including cardiology, oncology and pediatrics. Under her leadership, the medical center has focused on improving quality, access and patient service by implementing initiatives like the comprehensive care for joint replacement program. She has also developed a patient experience accountability model that propelled the hospital’s HCAHPS scores into the top decile nationally. Additionally, she has overseen major expansions throughout the medical center, including the heart hospital and a comprehensive five-phase emergency department expansion expected to be completed in 2025.
