Lee Hamilton

"Today's spare change can spawn tomorrow's rare change."

 Lee is an international consultant in health management and policy, focusing on program development, administration of health research, and building multi-organizational partnerships in the non-profit sector.  As an attorney, RN and healthcare executive, Lee has expertise in healthcare quality, performance improvement and health industry regulation.  She has held positions as an attorney, clinical nurse, educator and healthcare executive in numerous public health and healthcare settings. 

            Lee served as the American Heart Associations first National Director for Healthcare Quality where she co-developed and led cardiovascular disease and stroke quality improvement initiatives.  She worked with the Get With The Guidelines program to improve data collection and reporting methods, and developed strategies to improve quality and outcomes across the continuum of care.  Prior to joining AHA, Lee served as an associate director for Tarrant County Public Health, an agency providing full-service preventive health services and monitors the health of 1.5 million people.  She was responsible for quality and risk management and HIPAA compliance.  In addition, Lee oversaw a variety of clinical and educational programs including epidemiology and population health research.  Lee started the DFW Champions in Health, a broad-based workforce wellness collaborative.  She spearheaded development of the Texas Public Health Policy Forums, an ongoing initiative to bring together public health associations and multiple stakeholders to advocate for improving the health of Texans.

            She has published numerous practice-based articles in the areas of health law, policy and quality; and she guest lectures for universities, professional associations and healthcare organizations.  She is an adjunct assistant professor of health management and policy in the School of Public Health, UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth.  Lee serves on the Board of the National Association for Healthcare Quality and formerly chaired its Healthcare Quality Foundation.  She is a past president of the Texas Association for Healthcare Quality and founder and past president of Quality Tarrant/North Texas.   In 2002 she was selected as a Fellow in the National Association for Healthcare Quality.

Lee received her BSN with Honors from the University of Virginia, and her law and master of public administration degrees from the University of Oklahoma.  As a law student Lee earned several honors, served as a teaching assistant, and was selected as an intern for the Supreme Court of Oklahoma.  She is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality and holds a certification in Health Care Quality Management from the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians.

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