Dr. Griffin is recognized as one of the nation’s foremost authorities in post-acute care and senior services continuums. She pioneered the development of subacute units, rehabilitation facilities, and long-term acute care hospitals as components of integrated health systems and is considered to be one of the most prominent of our nation's thought leaders in post-acute care and senior services, as related to health systems and organizations. She is a nationally recognized author and lecturer on these topics.

Dr. Griffin has distinguished herself in many areas of health care. In a career that spans more than 30 years, she has assisted over 300 hospitals, health systems, and health organizations with strategic planning, feasibility studies, and development and operations of post-acute care, as well as senior services care continuums.

Prior to joining Health Dimensions Group, Dr. Griffin founded a health care consulting company to assist health systems and organizations in strategic planning, marketing, development, and operational improvements for post-acute care (skilled nursing, home health, rehabilitation, and long-term acute care hospitals), and geriatrics/senior services programs.

Dr. Griffin's expertise and accomplishments in the areas of senior health care include:

• Strategic and business planning for health care organizations, particularly as related to hospital throughput, post-acute care and geriatric/senior services care continuums
• Redesigning health care delivery systems for chronic care management and home- and community-based services for hospitals, long-term care providers and senior living communities
• Development of and operational improvements for post-acute care and senior services programs
• Joint ventures for long-term acute care hospitals (LTACH), rehabilitation hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and home health

Dr. Griffin received a bachelor of science degree from the University of Wisconsin Madison, a master of arts from Stanford University, and a PhD from the University of Oregon. Dr. Griffin was the founding chair of the National Subacute Care Association, is a Fellow in the American Society of Association Executives, and a Fellow in the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

CONTACT
Email: Kathleen Griffin, PhD