large_beezley11730 Parkshire Dr.
Crestwood, MO 63126
(314)849-0148
dbeezley@ci.crestwood.mo.us

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

April 1998 – present

  • Director, Health Information Management, St. Anthony’s Medical Center.  Also serves as HIPAA Privacy Officer and Emergency Management Officer

PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • President/Co-owner Qual-T-Med, Inc. – Consulting Firm specializing in Healthcare Quality and Regulatory Preparedness.
  • Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals (JCAH) (now known as The Joint Commission) – Accrediting entity for Healthcare facilities (formerly based in Chicago, Illinois; now based in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois).  Served as Program Manager, Department of Education and Publication.  Moved to the Hospital Accreditation Program and served as Assistant Program Manager, staff representative for the Accreditation Committee – Board of Commissioners and Contributing Editor, Quality Review Bulletin, a Joint Commission publication.
  • Began career as a Health Information Management staff member in two hospitals, Lincoln, Nebraska.

 

EDUCATION

  • Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri; Degree – Bachelor of Arts, Concentration: Health Communications
  • American Medical Record Association course for Medical Record Personnel, 1973 – 1974 
  • Accreditation by the American Health Information Management Association – 1974
  • University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, College of Arts and Sciences
  • NIMS Training – Courses 100, 200, 700, 800, Missouri Hospital Association, September 2006 and June 2007 (Yale New Haven Health)
  • CERT Training, Crestwood, Missouri, January 2007
  • Integrated Emergency Management Training, FEMA, January 2005
  • Michigan State University, Train the Trainer program, July 1978

 

RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS/APPOINTMENTS

STARRS (St. Louis Area Regional Response System)                   

  • Member, Advisory Council (Bi-State Region)
  • Member, Hospital Preparedness Committee
  • Co-Chair, Hospital Amateur Radio Network Committee (HARN)
  • Chair, Implementation Task Force for the Regional Healthcare Coordination Plan (Bi-State Region)
  • St. Louis Medical Operation Center Duty Officer

Heartland Center, St. Louis University

  • Advisor to Staff for Emergency Management Planning

Department of Health and Senior Services, State of Missouri

  • Pandemic Flu Task Force Member

Missouri Health Information Management Association

  • Active Member

American Health Information Management Association

  • Accredited Active Member, 1974 – present

RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS/APPOINTMENTS – PREVIOUS

Eastern Missouri Health Information Management Association

  • President, 2005                          

Doorways, St. Louis

  • Member, Board of Directors, February 1995 – April 2000

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS

St. Louis University School of Allied Health Professionals, St. Louis, Missouri – Health Informatics and Information Management

  • Adjunct Professor, Healthcare Quality, 1989 – 1990
  • Clinical Site Instructor, 1989 – present

RELEVANT COMMUNITY SERVICE/ADDITIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Crestwood, Missouri

  • Alderman, Ward 4
  • Aldermanic Representative, Police Board and Animal Control
  • Past Chairman, Welcome Wagon

Volunteer Aid to Colonel Tim Daniel, Special Advisor, Governor, State of Missouri, Homeland Security for the St. Louis Region, October 2001 – approximately 2005

St. Agatha Food Pantry Volunteer, active 1992 – 2000

Mastodon Park Art/Science Fair

  • Committee Member
  • Board of Directors – Treasurer, 1990 – November 1994
  • Chairman, Placing Committee, 1990 – November 1994

Numerous Publications, Training Manuals, and Lectures throughout the country on Healthcare Quality, Emergency Management, and Homeland Security