Kurt A. Patton MS, RPh

Kurt served as Executive Director of Accreditation Services at the Joint Commission for almost eight years until December 2005. In this role, he worked with all types of accredited organizations seeking to be re surveyed, merging, evolving, acquiring new services, as well as new organizations seeking to become accredited. He managed the post survey process for all accreditation programs, which includes issuance of accreditation decisions and reports as well as monitoring the organizational database for intra-cycle monitoring events. He also supervised the staff involved in pre-survey support and analysis of organizational data to design survey duration and complement, as well as the logistics and routing of surveyors throughout the nation. Mr. Patton was responsible for business development in the Hospital Accreditation Program, and the development of the Critical Access Hospital program. He also was a frequent presenter at Joint Commission educational programs including Executive Briefings.

Before joining the Joint Commission, Mr. Patton was the deputy director for the Division of Strategic Initiatives and Managed Care in the New York State Office of Mental Health. In that position, he was responsible for analyzing national health care reform trends and planning managed Medicaid, Medicare and community support initiatives designed to serve individuals with serious mental illness. Previously, he served as the administrator for a state operated behavioral health managed care program and director of the Bureau of Health Services.

In January 2006 Mr. Patton founded an independent consulting practice to assist organizations in developing a systems approach to accreditation, regulatory compliance, and patient safety initiatives.

Mr. Patton earned his bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy and his master’s degree in Institutional Administration from St. John’s University, Jamaica, NY

Ph: (623) 572-8487 • Fax: (928) 415-4677
Kurt@PattonHC.com

Jennifer Cowel, RN, MHSA

Jennifer Cowel joined Patton Healthcare Consulting, LLC as Vice President and Principal in 2007.  Previously, she held a variety of leadership and management roles during more than 17 years with The Joint Commission.  Prior to her departure in early 2007, Jennifer was the hospital surveyor representative on the Standards Improvement Initiative (SII).  This project was tasked with rewriting the hospital standards based, in part, on an analysis of challenging standards including those that are frequently scored or frequently clarified by hospitals.  Also while at the Joint Commission Jennifer was the Director of Service Operations.  In this role she authored and managed the annual accreditation operation expense budget and participated in the implementation and testing of Shared Visions–New Pathways®.  Previously, she managed the introduction of core measures into Joint Commission–accredited hospitals and integrated core measures into the accreditation process.  In her last two years with the Joint Commission Jennifer was a nurse surveyor certified to survey the standards in the Hospital Accreditation Manual.

Jennifer is the author of two reference books for both domestic and international hospital managers on practical application and use of statistics. She is also a frequent lecturer on the use of data to measure performance and improve core measures.

Prior to the Joint Commission she was a Senior Consultant with Anderson Consulting in Chicago.  Jennifer received her Bachelor of Science Nursing degree from Indiana University and her master’s degree in Health Services Administration from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI.

Ph: (630) 664-8401 • Fax: (928) 415-4677
JenCowel@PattonHC.com

John R. Rosing, MHA, FACHE

John R. Rosing has joined Patton Healthcare Consulting, LLC, as Vice President and Principal in 2008. Previously, he was Practice Director of Accreditation and Regulatory Services and Senior Consultant for 11 years at The Greeley Company, a consulting firm and subsidiary of HCPro, Inc.

In his career John has consulted, presented, and authored on a wide range of healthcare management issues and topics including sustaining compliance with Joint Commission accreditation standards, meeting CMS Conditions of Participation, improving patient safety and quality, improving clinical documentation design and function (both electronic and paper,) medical staff structure and function redesign, medical staff credentialing and privileging, medical staff leadership development, bylaws development, medication management processes, staff competency assessment, and allied health practitioner credentialing and privileging.

Prior to his work with The Greeley Company, he served for over 17 years in hospital management including holding positions as vice president at St. Michael Hospital in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; vice president of medical affairs for Delnor Community Hospital in Geneva, Illinois; and associate administrator for St. Francis Medical Center in La Crosse, Wisconsin. John holds a masters degree in hospital and healthcare administration from Xavier University. He is a fellow at the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Ph: (262)242-3631 • Fax: (928) 415-4677
JohnRosing@PattonHC.com