Anna Newton supports program and project management within the Data Analytics Practice to ensure efficient deployment of team resources to multiple data-driven projects across the healthcare spectrum.
As a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, she has experience in refining healthcare operations and quality management to improve outcomes.
Prior to joining Avalere, Anna was a project manager in Emory Healthcare’s Office of Quality, managing the development and implementation of new process flow for professional practice evaluations across six hospitals and leading the preparation, administration, and data analysis of a system-wide Patient Safety and Teamwork Culture survey. Additionally, as a fellow in the Office of Quality, she created an interactive software application to monitor professional practice evaluations, building workflow, and incorporating user feedback. Prior to that, she was an associate at Woodcock & Associates, developing case studies of member organizations and designing and maintaining a bench-marking database in the realm of patient access to enhance member analysis and comparison.
Anna has a MPH in health policy and management and a BS in biology and public health from the College of William and Mary.