Karin Larson-Pollock

Chief Quality Officer of the Puget Sound Region at Swedish Health Services

Karin is passionate about optimizing analytics and process improvement to foster value-driven care across the care continuum. Prior to this role, Karin served almost a decade at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett, most recently as the Executive Director, Chief Quality & Analytics Officer. In her role, Karin led value-driven change strategy and architecture - including care process transformation, reporting and benchmarking analytics, quality systems and structures, operational excellence (Lean/Six Sigma) and Care Management/Utilization Management.

Dr. Larson-Pollock graduated from The University of Montana with a degree in Business Administration/Marketing and a minor in German. After serving as a Small Business Advisor with the U.S. Peace Corps in Kenya, she returned to the U.S. for graduate studies, receiving a Doctor of Medicine degree from Northwestern University Medical School, a Masters in Business Administration from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and more recently a Certificate in Business Analytics from Harvard University’s Business Analytics Program. Prior to her role with Providence, Karin served as Vice President of Operations at Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston, TX.

Timeline

  • Chief Quality Officer of the Puget Sound Region

    Current role

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