Rosanne Zagone Nipko, RN

Rosanne brings more than 30 years of experience as a nurse in the health care industry. Her expertise includes working with clinical teams, physicians and senior leadership to assess and maximize service offerings, improve processes and efficiencies and standardize practices within surgical services and other clinical areas. Roseanne has worked with Vizient members to identify and implement improvements to improve OR utilization, increase revenue and decreasine costs. She has demonstrated her skills utilizing Lean principles to assess and implement operating room process improvement in the areas of preoperative preparation and testing, scheduling including block scheduling and patient and supply throughput. Prior to joining Vizient, Rosanne spent more than 15 years in many clinical and leadership roles within the operating room as a scrub and circulating nurse in surgery, assisted in the setup of electronic scheduling system and electronic preference cards, budgeting and case costing and contracting for supplies, services and capital equipment. She also has more than 10 years of experience in value analysis, partnering with surgeons, staff and leadership focusing on team development and engagement in process change. Roseanne earned a Master of Science, Nursing Administration, from Marquette University and a Bachelor of Science, Nursing, from St. Catherine University.