Anthony M. DiGioia III, MD

Renaissance Orthopaedics, P.C. Pittsburgh, PA
Founder and Medical Director Innovation Center and The Orthopaedic Program Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC
Founder, AMD3 Foundation

Anthony M. DiGioia III, MD, is a practicing orthopaedic surgeon at Renaissance Orthopaedics, PC located at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC and an engineer by training. He developed the Patient- and Family-Centered Care Methodology and Practice which combines the art and science of performance for health care and is an innovation in the process of care delivery that dramatically improves patient outcomes, quality, safety and efficiencies and reduces costs while delivering exceptional care experiences.

Dr. DiGioia is Founder and Medical Director of The Orthopaedic Program and the Innovation Center at Magee-Womens Hospital of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and collaborates with care givers and health care leaders to export the PFCC Methodologies and Practice for any care experience, anywhere.

He is board certified in orthopaedic surgery and a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American College of Surgeons. He has received numerous professional awards including the Pittsburgh History Makers Award in the area of medicine and health.

Tami Minnier, RN, MSN, FACHE

Tami Minnier is Chief Quality Officer for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), an integrated health care delivery system in Pittsburgh, PA with over 19 hospitals and $7.0 billion in revenue. UPMC Health System also operates the UPMC Health Plan with over 1,000,000 covered lives. The primary mission of the Center for Quality Improvement and Innovation is to partner with hospital leadership to change care delivery systems in support of the UPMC

Tami Minnier is Chief Quality Officer for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), an integrated health care delivery system in Pittsburgh, PA with over 19 hospitals and $7.0 billion in revenue. UPMC Health System also operates the UPMC Health Plan with over 1,000,000 covered lives. The primary mission of the Center for Quality Improvement and Innovation is to partner with hospital leadership to change care delivery systems in support of the UPMC vision of creating the health system of the future – whereby the right patient gets the right care, at the right time…every time.

Ms. Minnier has worked for UPMC and UPMC Shadyside Hospital for 15 years. Her most recent position was the Vice President of Patient Care Services/Chief Nursing Officer at UPMC Shadyside, a 510-bed tertiary care hospital, including the NCI-designated comprehensive Hillman Cancer Center. While at UPMC Shadyside, Ms. Minnier created the Clinical Design Initiative, the goals of which were to provide clinicians more time with their patients, create excellent care delivery systems, and enhance patient satisfaction. The Clinical Design Initiative resulted in millions of dollars being reinvested back into patient care. In part due to its success, the IHI and RWJ Foundation selected UPMC Shadyside as one of three pilot hospitals nationally to participate in the Transforming Care at the Bedside Initiative (TCAB). TCAB, as a model for rapid redesign, has played a vital role in reinvesting vitality and satisfaction into the patient units at UPMC Shadyside, and is in the process of being spread to all of the UPMC hospitals.

Many of the care delivery improvements Ms. Minnier brought to the UPMC have gained national and international recognition, including: Condition H -- a patient-family initiated rapid response team, the patient-controlled liberalized diet, and bringing patients and families into the evaluation and redesign of programmatic health care delivery services.

Ms. Minnier is also the UPMC Liaison to the Peter M. Winter Institute for Simulation Education and Research (WISER) and President of Sim Medical, a UPMC subsidiary with expertise in the creation and management of integrated healthcare simulation training programs.

She has her BSN and MSN from University of Pittsburgh; she is a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. Ms. Minnier has studied the Toyota Production System, Lean Manufacturing and other business improvement applications to healthcare. A nationally known speaker, Ms. Minnier has been published in the Journal of Nursing Administration, Modern Health Care, Healthcare Leaders, Reflections by Sigma Theta Tau and Newsweek.