Monday, January 16, 2006

Leading Project Management Firm Adds Healthcare Specialist to Executive Team

Leading Project Management Firm Adds Healthcare Specialist to Executive Team

Integrated Project Management Company, Inc. an onsite project management provider, is expanding its healthcare industry presence by hiring Linda Ohringer to its executive team as Healthcare Solutions Specialist.

Burr Ridge, IL (PRWEB) August 20, 2007

Integrated Project Management Company, Inc. (IPM) announces the addition of Linda Ohringer to its executive team as Healthcare Solutions Specialist. Ohringer's extensive experience in the healthcare industry - leading numerous strategic initiatives including practice management and growth; process improvements; new venture start-ups; and managed care utilization and reimbursement -- will bring an added dimension and perspective to IPM's Strategic Business Consulting, Process Improvement, and Capital Project Management service lines.

The Burr Ridge-based IPM (www. ipmcinc. com) has experienced significant growth since its inception in 1988 by providing consulting and professional project management services to major corporations in the life sciences, healthcare, food and beverage, consumer and industrial products industries. Its healthcare objective is to help organizations improve the quality, efficiency, and safety of hospital processes, procedures, equipment, and facilities.

"Doing more of the right things, faster, better, and for less is a significant challenge facing hospitals and other healthcare providers. We are intent on providing them sustainable improvement solutions, applying approaches that have had dramatic, positive impacts for so many of our other clients," noted IPM founder and CEOC. Richard Panico. "Linda will help to assimilate our vast pharmaceutical, biotech, and other highly-regulated industry experiences with her insight and 25 years of healthcare experience to create innovative, high-impact service offerings."

Prior to joining IPM, Ohringer spent 15 years with Insight Health Services Corporation, where she was director of professional services/managed care for the company's magnetic resonance center in Berwyn, IL. While there, she oversaw practice management; prepared and implemented comprehensive marketing plans; performed market assessments to measure market share, growth trends and opportunities; and, managed numerous relationships and mission-critical tasks at the facility. She has also worked at Christ Hospital and Medical Center in Oak Lawn, IL and Chicago Osteopathic Medical Centers in Chicago and Olympia Fields, IL., and is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives and the Healthcare Financial Management Association's Managed Care Committee.

Ohringer holds Master's Degrees in Public Health, Management and Organizational Behavior and Business Administration from Benedictine University, Lisle, IL. She also earned a Bachelor's Degree in Health Administration and Education from the University of Illinois.

IIn addition to its headquarters in Burr Ridge, IPM has offices in St. Louis, San Francisco, and Boston.

Integrated Project Management Co., Inc. (www. ipmcinc. com) is the onsite project management leader for a broad range of industries. IPM has pioneered the field's best practices for nearly 20 years and has served nearly 200 clients, from Fortune 100 companies to start-ups.

Editor's Note: For more information, please contact:
C. Richard Panico, President and CEO, Integrated Project Management Company, Inc., 200 S. Frontage Road, Suite 220, Burr Ridge, Ill. 60527. Telephone: (630) 789-8600.

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