Ben Quirk

CEO, Hospital & Health Care

Ben Quirk

Ben Quirk's Bio:

Ben Quirk's Experience:

• Chief Operations Officer - Interim at TempDev Inc

  January 2013 - May 2013

  TempDev's focuses on utilizing technical resources to maximize usability and return on investment for Electronic Health Record systems. In my short term position as COO, I lead efforts to employ a previously outsourced development staff in order to improve reliability and quality. At the same time, the CEO and I doubled Y/Y revenue while maintaining a 30% cost of labor.

• Senior Integration & Technical Consultant at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

  September 2008 - January 2010

  After being cited by a grand jury for lack of clinical integration and quality, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and the Health and Hospital System were mandated to implement technology and practices to correct the cited deficiencies. Quirk Healthcare in conjunction with CTG Healthcare implemented NextGen EHR to provide medical point of care data across the seven community health centers, a 100 physician specialty network, the county corrections facilities, and into the hospital. I personally served as the EHR Application Project Manager, leading a roll out the technology and corresponding workflows 300 physicians and 1200 users in a ten month period. During this time, I had to course correct a failed IT initiative, leading a previously disjointed team to become effective and collaborative.

• Electronic Health Record - Clinical Integration Initiative at Hill Physicians Medical Group

  June 2003 - September 2008

  Faced with increasing competition between vertically integrated Kaiser and expanding Sutter Health, Hill Physicians clinically integrated their 2500 independent physicians (in 1000 different locations). By using the increased quality and lower cost created through such clinical integration, Hill Physicians was able to win a narrow network deal with CalPERS (the largest purchaser of health care benefits and the nation's largest pension fund) in 2005, well before the concept of ACO had even been devised. As a result, Hill Physicians has been able to remain independent and expanded each year while competitors have been taken over by local hospitals and insurers.

• Executive Director at Quirk Healthcare Foundation

  March 2014

  Quirk Healthcare Foundation leads the healthcare community forward through: - Free and heavily subsidized conferences focused on healthcare transformation - University internships in partnership with the California State University system - Weekly free webinars to educate healthcare leaders on overcoming industry challenges - Philanthropic fundraising and donations to help propel healthcare transformation

• CEO at Quirk Healthcare Solutions

  July 2007

  Quirk Healthcare Solutions partners with organizations intent on thriving in the face of the sweeping industry, regulatory and societal changes facing healthcare. By utilizing a combination of strategic vision, operational optimization, and cutting edge information technology, we provide transformational solutions which lead to direct financial and clinical gains. As the CEO of Quirk Healthcare Solutions, I provide the direction and support which has grown our firm from a sole proprietorship to a 70 person consultancy. We have consistently seen a 10% month over month growth rate, attesting to our continued results.

Ben Quirk's Education:

• University of California, Berkeley

  2012 – 2012
  PMP

• University of California, Los Angeles

  2002 – 2004
  Concentration: Business/Managerial Economics

• Golden Gate University

  Concentration: Business Administration and Management, General