Paralegal
to assume risk analyst role for central Indiana hospital system
INDIANAPOLIS
– Douglas M. Gioe, corporate compliance and privacy officer for Franciscan St.
Francis Health, will retire from his position July 6.
His
stepping down caps a 22-year career in which he supervised the hospital’s risk
management program, computer incident reporting systems and upgrades, corporate
compliance, and directed the establishment and adherence to policies regarding
patient safety, confidentiality and the use and disclosure of protected health
information.
Before
coming to Franciscan St. Francis, Gioe was risk manager/quality assurance
coordinator for the former Central State Hospital in Indianapolis.
He is past president and
has held all offices with the Indiana Society for Healthcare Risk Management
(ISHRM). A graduate of Indiana State
University, he has been the recipient of numerous accolades, including ISHRM’s
1995 Outstanding Risk Manager Glen Troyer Awards, and is a member of the
American Society for Healthcare Risk Management and Health Care Compliance
Association.
Gioe will be honored
June 20 by his colleagues and staff at a special reception inside the Atrium at
the hospital’s Indianapolis campus.
Franciscan St.
Francis also announces a related staffing change. Cynthia L. Kirchhofer has
been appointed risk analyst, where she will manage medical claims and cases,
oversee a program to reduce and eliminate potential threats to hospital assets
and resources, and serve as liaison for employees and patients on a variety of
legal and safety issues.
A certified
paralegal, Kirchhofer had worked for several law firms in the Indianapolis area
before coming to Franciscan St. Francis in 2004 as a risk management
specialist.
A Beech Grove
resident, she earned her paralegal certificate from Indiana University Purdue
University Indianapolis, where she currently is pursuing a degree in health
administration.
Kirchhofer was
elected to the Indiana General Assembly-House of Representatives in 2010,
representing constituents in District 89. She holds memberships in various
professional organizations.
