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Michael O'Toole
Adjunct Associate Professor
Adjunct Instructor
Adjunct or Visiting, Health Policy and Management
Michael works at Piedmont Healthcare as Executive Director, Project Management Office (PMO) where he leads large system-wide performance improvement initiatives. Michael is currently leading the health system’s Lean Transformation program.
Prior to joining Piedmont, Michael worked as a Director at WellStar Health System implementing a non-labor expense reduction program that resulted in $24M in cost reductions over 3 years. Michael started his career at PriceWaterhouseCoopers Consulting and was a Principal Consultant at University HealthSystem Consortium prior to joining WellStar.
Michael is a certified Six Sigma black belt through the American Society for Quality (ASQ) and a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE). Michael has been a judge for the Illinois Hospital Associations’ annual Quality Excellence Achievement Award and served as a National Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award Examiner in 2011 and 2014.
Areas of Interest
- Statistical Modeling
Education
- BS Industiral & Systems Engineering 2000, Georgia Institute of Technology
- MS Management of Technology 2006, Georgia Institute of Technology
Courses Taught
- HPM 554: Qual Improvment Meth/Hlth Care
Publications
- No Publications listed