Cynthia A. Eckert, RN

• Hospital Security Preparedness Hospital Emergency Incident Command

Cynthia Eckert has over 30 years of experience in many aspects of the health care delivery system.  With a broad range of responsibilities, her consulting focus for the past 5 years have been in the areas of internet vigilance training development and marketing, CBRNE content development for health care providers, emergency preparedness planning for hospitals, health care systems and communities.  Cynthia has expertise in the areas of practice management, nursing, compliance, auditing, and managed care. 

She has become a subject matter expert on the emergency preparedness standards and best practices set by the National Response Plan, the National Infrastructure Protection Plan, the Joint Commission of Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and the Hospital Incident Command Systems.   She completed training for health care executives at The Department of Homeland Security - Noble Training Center, Anniston, AL. 

SELECTED EXPERIENCE:

• Trauma nurse in the emergency room at University of Mississippi Medical Center, a level one trauma center, and later Metro General Hospital, which at that time was, also the designated trauma center for Davidson County. 
• Admitting Director for HCA’s 584-bed flagship hospital, previously known as Park View Medical Center.
• Health Services Director for a 330,000 member public sector HMO with responsibility for utilization review, quality improvement, risk management, credentialing, and case management functions. 
• Vice President of Campus Health Services, a company that operated and managed multiple college-based health centers.
• Clinical Coordinator for Tennessee Primary Care Association promoting preventive healthcare and disease management in Tennessee as a part of the Health Disparities Collaboratives – a national Disease Management Initiative sponsored by the federal DHHS Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC). This initiative expands access to high quality, culturally and linguistically competent primary and preventive care for underserved, uninsured, and underinsured Americans.  

·         Tennessee State University – Currently enrolled in Bachelors of Science in Nursing program, Graduation – May, 2008

·         Tennessee State University – AD in Nursing, May, 2006

• Holmes Community College – Licensed Practical Nurse, Dec,1976.  

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

• American Nurses Association
• Tennessee Nurses Association
• American Red Cross Volunteer