Principal Consultant

Kat Kemper-Kelly, MSOL, MAODC, CHPA, is President and chief consultant at Healthcare Public Safety and  Security Consultants, LLC and has over 23 years in the healthcare security, safety, quality, risk management, and emergency management fields. She has worked and developed programs at single hospital, at multiple hospitals, and as a corporate leader overseeing 160+ hospitals, hundreds of free standing emergency departments, ambulatory surgery centers, warehouses, daycare centers, and office buildings across multiple states in the U.S. 

 

During her career, she worked as a regulatory state investigator with the State of Hawaii, a quality management project coordinator at Kapiolani Medical Centers, coordinator, manager, and director of risk, safety, security, and emergency preparedness at Rose Medical Center, and the Director of Security at HCA Healthcare overseeing the program across 180+ hospital, 80 free-standing emergency departments, hundreds of ambulatory surgery centers, warehouses, and administrative offices.  During her tenure, she has participated or led various regulatory surveys such as The Joint Commission, CMS, Department of Health, and the Food and Drug Administration.  Kat has conducted hundreds of healthcare security assessments and training workshops across the United States and United Kingdom.  In these roles she has published a wide variety of articles and provided presentations on the healthcare environment, best practices, and performance improvement activities.

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She holds a bachelors degree in Criminal Justice, and two masters degrees in organizational leadership and organizational development and change with concentrations in strategic innovation, change management, and coaching.   Kat holds a black belt in Six Sigma which has helped her analyze programs, processes, and identify efficiencies and business opportunities.  She is currently obtaining her Ph.D. in Organizational Development and Change and has focused her studies around hospital workplace violence prevention and mitigation.  In addition, she has received certification as a healthcare risk manager, healthcare quality management, and Healthcare Protection Administrator.  She has collaborated with a number of state and national task forces including various state health organizations and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Department of Health and Human Services Office. 

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Kat is current the Chair of the International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety (IAHSS) Council on Guidelines, the Data Warehouse committee, and a member in IAHSS Women in Security special interest group In 2005,  She reinvigorated the Tennessee IAHSS Chapter as the President to share and collaborate with local hospitals.

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She lives just outside of Nashville, Tennessee with her husband, three children, and two grandchildren.