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Michelle Troseth, '83 & '97
Michelle R. Troseth, '83 & '97 is the executive vice president
and chief professional practice officer for Elsevier Clinical Decision
Support & Elsevier Clinical Practice Model Resource Center in
Grand Rapids. She is responsible for continuing to improve the
professional practices of health care providers, and transforming the
culture of healthcare settings around the world.
Troseth earned a bachelor of science in nursing in 1983, and a
master of science in nursing in 1997 from Grand Valley State
University. She started her career as a critical care nurse and later
joined forces with her former professor and mentor, Bonnie Wesorick,
founder of the CPM Resource Center. The CPM Resource Center works with
healthcare organizations to provide clinicians with resources to focus
on coordinating care and improving patient care using the latest
clinical information and health information technology.
Troseth's job has taken her around the world, and the CPM
Framework" and Models has been implemented in more than 300
hospitals across the United States and Canada with a mission to
co-create the best places to give and receive care.
A member of the American Nurses Association, Troseth has
presented to healthcare professionals nationally and internationally,
and has contributed to several health care publications. She
co-authored Business coalitions: Shaping health reform through
technology and science in 2011. Troseth has led many federal
comments on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act impacting
health care and on Health Care Reform.
Among her many accomplishments and awards, Troseth was inducted
into the National Academies of Practice as a distinguished
practitioner in nursing. She and her husband are campaign chairs for
the Wesorick Center for Healthcare Transformation within the GVSU
Kirkhof College of Nursing. She has shown support of the University
financially and with her time and resources, and continues to support
the evolving teaching practices in nursing and interprofessional
education. She frequently speaks internationally, and shares the
collaborative work of Grand Valley, the Kirkhof College of Nursing,
and CPM Resource Center.
Troseth has three sons and currently resides in Hudsonville with
her husband, Kevin.
Added November 2011
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