elizabeth ferguson

Leadership position on executive team of well funded start up to facilitate development of behavioral health business model and tele-psychiatric services & supervise tele-psychiatric services. Clinical position delivering tele-psychiatric services.

Clinical and Leadership position as Director of a program that involved mentoring, curriculum development, multidisciplinary collaborations, and meeting accreditation requirements to help ensure program sustainability; serve as Chair of University Senate which involves establishing policies and procedures across all campuses and collaborating with university administrators and faculty to help achieve organizational strategic goals and objectives.

* Clinical and Leadership positions involving the development of legislative initiatives, procedures and policies * risk assessment and mitigations * grant writing * supervision of staff * providing telepsychiatry services that enhanced services, increased revenue and reduced costs * engaged in multidisciplinary training and collaborations to improve organizational impact and culture. Consulted with CEO regarding development of correctional health care academy and legislation for affordable correctional health care systems.

Clinical and leadership positions at two facilities involving mental health care, serving on policy creating and strategic oversight boards, and delivery of patient care to help improve organizational effectiveness and efficiencies.

Leadership position involving creation and management of health care delivery systems, streamlining processes and practices to drive down costs of 6,100 patients with 12 FTE's , responsible for multi-million dollar budget, developed multidisciplinary protocols and assisted with resource allocation decisions, introduced innovative practices and procedures to enhance treatment delivery. Implemented progression of Tele-psychiatry across entire system. Developed psychotropic prescribing algorithm touted by NAMI and saved dept in excess of 1.2 million annually. Recruited, supervised and retained 19 psychiatric providers to comprise units first ever full staffing, successfully advocated to obtain additional funds from state legislature during time of economic downturn. Delivered psychiatric services.

Leadership position involving significant improvements to organizational activities with subsequent impact significantly reducing costs, improving public relations, sustaining accreditation, and supervision of departments and directors of medicine, psychiatry, psychology, social work, nursing, and correctional officers. Managed clinical and risk management decisions at this maximum security facility. Delivered patient release recommendations to Governor's Legal Services. Reduced restraint and seclusion by 50% without increase in staff injuries. Created forensic evaluation service that aligned facility wit national standards. Oversaw period of no lawsuits filed my Mental Hygiene Legal Services with facility previously having a number of major lawsuites, including Hirshfeld V Stone.

Geriatric psychiatry research including substance P, CATIE study. Left position when requested by Dept Chair and Director of Office of Mental Health to direct Mid Hudson and Site Direct Columbia Cornell Forensic Fellowship.

Provide telepsychiatric services and train new hires in telepsychiatry. Wexford Health obtained government contract previously held by MHM. I continued in my clinical role at this site and maintain a leadership role providing telepsychiatric training and orientation for new psychiatrists, training of psychiatric providers at statewide meetings. crises coverage, assistance with recruitment at the APA, chairing involuntary medication hearings, second opinions on difficult patient issues, and transgender evaluations.