Vickie Atkins

Vickie Atkins is Vice President of Risk Management for Children’s of Alabama. In this role, she is responsible for risk management including Holy Innocents Indemnity, Patient Safety, Performance Improvement and Accreditation, Infection Control, and Medical Staff Services.

Atkins joined Children’s of Alabama in 1982. Prior to coming to Children’s, she was director of Medical Records at the Vaughan Regional Medical Center in Selma, Ala.

She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in health information management from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a Juris Doctor from the Birmingham School of Law. She has attained the Associate of Risk Management designation as well as being certified as a Health Care Risk Management Professional.

Atkins is a member of the Homewood Rotary Club, the American Society for Health Care Risk Management; American Health Lawyers Association, American Bar Association and the Alabama Bar Association.