Denise Remus

Denise Remus has extensive experience in healthcare quality and safety, research, evidence-based practice, value-based payment models, performance improvement, and clinical informatics. Denise has held various roles throughout their career, including Chief Analytical Officer at ayeQ starting in 2022. Denise also worked as the President of DR Consulting, LLC since 2012, offering healthcare consulting services to organizations and providers on a contract basis. Denise has served as a Clinical Advisor and Healthcare Strategist at Gen5: Revenue Engineering since 2017. Denise was a Senior Research Scientist at Health Services Advisory Group, Inc. (HSAG) from 2018 to 2019. Before that, they worked as the Senior Director of Quality and Patient Safety at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital from 2014 to 2017. Denise was also an Improvement Advisor at Cynosure Health from 2012 to 2013, where they contributed to reducing harm and readmissions in hospitals. Earlier in their career, they held the role of Chief Quality Officer at BayCare Health System from 2007 to 2011, overseeing quality programs and clinical efficiency. Denise was also the VP of Clinical Informatics at Premier, Inc. from 2005 to 2007, focusing on performance measures and pay-for-performance initiatives for hospitals. Prior to that, they worked as a Sr. Research Scientist at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality from 2003 to 2005 and as the VP of Data Initiative at the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council from 1997 to 2002.

Denise Remus has a comprehensive education history. Denise started their academic journey at The College of St. Scholastica from 1977 to 1981, where they obtained a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Nursing. Following that, from 1979 to 1981, Denise pursued an Air Force ROTC program at the University of Minnesota Duluth, leading to an AF Commission. Denise then continued their education at the University of Minnesota from 1987 to 1990, graduating with a Master of Science (MS) degree in Nursing, focusing on Geriatric Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS). Finally, Denise went on to earn a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Nursing, specializing in Gerontology & Ethics, from the University of Minnesota between 1990 and 1994.