Author: Lynne S. Nemeth

Lynne S. Nemeth, PhD, RN has been involved in healthcare from many different perspectives throughout her career. I broadened my view of the healthcare system by working within clinical practice, management and administration of healthcare delivery and research. As a nurse in these various settings, I focused on quality improvement within the healthcare system, and had many questions and observations regarding why some groups are more successful than others in accomplishing improvement. I have been involved in qualitative research for the past seven years, during which time I completed my doctoral studies. Immersed within the study of the process of change, my dissertation findings explained how primary care practices evolved to improve quality using their electronic medical record systems. I continue to be engaged in primary care research within a practice-based research network of users of a common electronic medical record. Within this network, I am the qualitative evaluator for several completed and ongoing research studies relevant within this setting. I am currently an associate professor at the Medical University of South Carolina, in the College of Nursing. I travel extensively with my husband and family, and have a passion for art and fitness, and being near the ocean.