Sarah D. Creswell, RN, MSN, CPHQ, CPPS
Patient Safety Analyst IV/Consultant, ECRI
Ms. Creswell joined ECRI Institute in February 2019 and currently serves as a Patient Safety, Risk, and Quality analyst and consultant. Her roles and responsibilities in this position include maintaining expertise in malpractice claims trends and other topics of interest to federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and free clinics and researching and writing content for guidance articles, webinars, conference presentations, toolkits, and self-assessment checklists. She is a registered nurse with over 20 years of healthcare experience in a multitude of settings including pharmacy, clinical laboratory, behavioral health, ambulatory care, medical surgical nursing, and healthcare quality. Ms. Creswell previously served as patient safety coordinator and quality coordinator for health systems, where she supported safety and quality processes across medical, surgical, nursing, ancillary, and ambulatory departments. She is a member of the National Association of Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) and a certified patient safety professional. Ms. Creswell has written and presented on topics such as coordination of care transition, risk management in ambulatory care, telehealth, and the role of ambulatory nursing leadership in mammogram screening.