Biography
James Russell is Director of Clinical Support Operations at Quinte Health, providing system-level leadership across Diagnostic Imaging, Laboratory Services, Cardiology and Patient Access across four acute care hospitals in Southeastern Ontario. His work focuses on improving health-system performance through the intersection of process improvement, operational management, data and systems thinking.
James has extensive experience leading multi-site healthcare transformation and quality improvement initiatives across both Canadian and U.S. health systems, with particular interests in patient flow, capacity management, operational excellence and the design of sustainable models of care. With a background in engineering, management and business, he is particularly interested in applying systems thinking and improvement science to the practical challenges of healthcare delivery, and in translating these approaches into sustainable improvements in access, flow and quality of care.
James holds a Bachelor of Engineering and Management from McMaster University and an MBA from the Simon Business School at the University of Rochester. He recently completed the Advanced Health Leadership Program at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.
Teaching
He is part of the teaching team for HQRS 841: Process Improvement in Healthcare in Queen's University's Master of Health Quality program.