Michele Stokes
Director
Michele has more than 30 years of healthcare experience. In her most recent consultative role, she served as the chief operations officer on an HMP project that successfully turned around a group of five significantly troubled long-term care facilities. She led a team that implemented and maintained strategies resulting in significant critical improvements, including the facilities receiving the highest survey scores to date. The improvements were integral to the successful sale of the facilities by the owners.
Beginning her career as a nurse, Michele used that knowledge as a foundation to eventually become a senior vice president for St. Edward Mercy Medical Center in Fort Smith, Ark. Under her leadership, teams were built and programs and models were put into place that made the hospital more efficient, improved service line products, achieved high Joint Commission scores and increased customer satisfaction. Michele also played an essential role in the planning and development of a multi-million dollar facility expansion and was instrumental in the facility-wide building and implementation of the information technology plan at St. Edward Mercy.
Michele’s achievements demonstrate that she works relentlessly to get the job done. She works with all stakeholders in a frequently unique and varying healthcare environment to accomplish positive outcomes.
Michele holds a Bachelor of Science in nursing from the University of Central Oklahoma and was selected by the faculty as the “Outstanding R.N. Graduate.” She also holds a Master of Science in nursing from the University of Oklahoma. She has been an active member on a variety of facility, community, academic and regional boards.
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