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Millie Mastromattei

Risk Management Education Specialist

The development of relevant, high quality Risk Management education is part of Optima's mission of making a positive difference in health care. As Optima's Risk Management Education Specialist, Millie is responsible for the needs assessment, program development, implementation and evaluation of Optima's Risk Management educational offerings including audio conferences, mentorships, risk forums and leadership retreat. Millie also works with the Risk Management Consultants in the development of educational programs for individual CHI clients. Additionally, she manages the video/DVD library and policy and procedure bank. These roles, in addition to special projects, help CHI/Optima in fulfilling the ever increasing goal of offering valuable Risk Management education to the CHI clients.

Millie's passion for health care education has grown through her years of experience in health care. After graduating from Washburn University with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Millie worked as a staff nurse on the telemetry unit and the cardiac intensive care unit at Boston's Beth Israel Hospital. In the 1990's, Millie became a Clinical Specialist for Nellcor, Inc., the medical monitoring company that founded pulse oximetry. She taught physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists and other health care professionals throughout New England about oximetry, capnography and the clinical value of these technologies. After this experience, Millie came to Optima in 2002. She continues to hold active nursing licenses in both California and Nevada.