Biographies
Misty Kevech
Misty Kevech, RN, BS Ed, MS, COS-C received her Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health Care Education and her Master’s of Science Degree in Professional Leadership with emphasis on training and development. She has over 25 years of homecare experience, primarily in quality improvement and education. Currently, Misty is the Director of Nursing Education and Program Development for Celtic Healthcare. Misty creates and provides clinical education - utilizing current evidence-based practices, tools, and resources to improve outcomes and actively provides OASIS education for clinicians. She utilizes technology to provide convenient, applicable e-learning for all disciplines, and community and patient videos. She was previously the Communication/Training Manager for Quality Insights of Pennsylvania, the Home Health Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) Support Center. She coordinated and produced tools and resources for QIOs and home health agencies nationally. Misty was the editor of the Best Practice Intervention Packages for the National Home Health Quality Improvement Campaign. She has provided national presentations on many topic areas, especially related to best practices and interventions to reduce avoidable acute care hospitalizations and quality improvement. Additionally, she has written articles for Remington Report and Home HealthCare Nurse.
Tonya Miller
Tonya Miller PT, DPT COS-C received her Masters in Physical Therapy from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science in 1992 and her Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Temple University in 2007. She is currently the Director of Rehab Education and Program Development and the Central PA Regional Director for Celtic Healthcare. In this role, Tonya oversees Hospice, Home Healthcare and Private Pay Services. Additionally, Tonya coordinates the educational pathways for rehab services internally and provides external educational series related to rehabilitation in home health care. She has been an active member of APTA since 1992 and has served as the Home Health Section's Newsletter Editor since 2006. Tonya has provided national presentations related to a wide variety of home health care topics. She has also had the opportunity to publish articles in industry magazines such as Caring, Success in Home Care and Home Healthcare Nurse.
|
