Jeanne M Huddleston, MD, MS

Chief Executive Officer

Jeanne M Huddleston, MD, MS

Dr. Jeanne Huddleston, MD, MS, is an active U.S. Army Reserve wife to an orthopedic surgeon serving multiple deployments, a proud mother and foster mom, and a dedicated physician-engineer with over twenty years of experience in healthcare quality and safety.

She received her MD degree in 1993 from the College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University. She completed her residency in internal medicine and advanced general medicine fellowship at Mayo Clinic. Dr. Huddleston is a Harvard Macy Scholar (both in the Physician Educator and the Leadership Programs) and alumnus of the Health Forum/AHA Patient Safety Leadership Fellowship. Dr. Huddleston is a past President of the Society of Hospital Medicine, the founder of Hospital Medicine, and past Program Director of the Hospital Medicine Fellowship at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

She expanded upon her clinical role by completing a certificate program in clinical research, from the Mayo Clinic, and a master’s degree in industrial engineering, a certificate of statistics, and a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt from Arizona State University. Dr. Huddleston led the integration of engineering principles and research into clinical care, culminating in the creation of the first Clinical Engineering Learning Laboratory with the Department of Emergency Medicine. Working closely with an interdisciplinary team of engineering and clinical care providers, Dr. Huddleston pioneered the practice implementation of award-winning predictive analytic applications and machine learning methodology into the clinical practice for decision support at the bedside.

MS, Masters of Industrial Engineering

     Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering, Arizona State University, 2012

Certificate of Statistics, Six Sigma Black Belt 

     Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering, Arizona State University, 2012

Mayo Clinic Scholar 

     Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic Rochester Committees, 2012

Certificate in Clinical Research 

     Mayo Clinical Clinical Research Training Program, Mayo Clinic Center for Translational Science Activities, 2011

Fellow: Advanced Internal Medicine

     Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 1997

Internal Medicine Certification 

     American Board of Internal Medicine, 1996

Resident: Internal Medicine 

     Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 1996 

Internship 

     Saginaw Cooperative Hospitals/College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, 1994

MD, Doctor of Medicine

     College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, 1993

BS, Bachelor’s in Psychology 

     College of Social Science, Michigan State University, 1990

CEO / President & Co-Founder 

     HB Healthcare Safety, SBC, 2015-Present

Medical Director of the Health Care Systems Engineering Program 

     Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, 2011-Present

Physician 

     Mayo Clinic, 1998-Present

Associate Professor

     Mayo Clinic, 2012-Present

Adjunct Assistant Professor

     Arizona State University, 2012-Present

Consultant

     Bon Secours Health System, 2014-2016

Director of Hospital Medicine 

     Mayo Clinic, 1998-2005

Chair on Mayo Clinic Mortality Review Subcommittee 

     Mayo Clinic Committees, 2010-Present

Chair on Morbidity and Mortality Council 

     Clinical Practice Quality Oversight Subcommittee, Clinical Practice Committee, 2008-Present

Co-Chair on Mortality Review Subcommittee

     Clinical Practice Quality Oversight Subcommittee, Clinical Practice Committee, 2006-2009

Immediate Past President

     Board of Directors, Society of Hospital Medicine, 2005-2006

Course Director of First Annual International Summit on Redesigning Hospital Care 

     Institute for Healthcare Improvement, 2005

President 

     Board of Directors, Society of Hospital Medicine, 2004-2005

Chair on Geriatric Task Force 

     Society of Hospital Medicine, 2002-2004

Chair on Education Committee

     Society of Hospital Medicine, 2001-2003

Chair on Education 

     Board of Directors, Society of Hospital Medicine, 2001-2003

Course Chair 

     Annual Meeting Planning Committee, Society of Hospital Medicine, 2000-2001

Program Director of Hospital Medicine Fellowship

     Section of Hospital Internal Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, 2000-2008

Director 

     Section of Hospital Internal Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, 1999-2005

Vice Chair 

     Hospital Committee, Department of Internal Medicine, 1998-2005

Co-Chair on Inpatient Practice and Education Committee

     Division of Community Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, 1998-2000

Chair on Medical-Surgical Task Force 

     Formulary Executive Committee, Mayo Clinic Committees, 1996-Present

Chair on Inpatient Error Reduction Team 

     Department of Internal Medicine, 1996-Present

Co-Chair on Inpatient Safety Team

     Department of Internal Medicine, 1996-Present

Chapter President of Alpha Epsilon Delta

     Michigan State University, 1998

Certified Professional in Patient Safety

      Certification Board for Professionals in Patient Safety, 2014

Alpha Pi Mu, Industrial Engineering Honor Society

      Arizona State University Chapter, 2010

Departmental Academic Commendation

      Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering, Arizona State University, 2009

Special U.S. Congressional Recognition

      U.S. House of Representatives, 2006

Mayo Medical School Education Award

      Department of Internal Medicine, 2004

Harvard Macy Scholar Program for Physician Educators

      Harvard Macy Institute for Medical Education, Harvard Medical School, 2004

Innovator of the Year

      Department of Internal Medicine, 2004

Patient Safety Leadership Fellowship

      Health Forum and National Patient Safety Foundation, 2002

Award of Contribution to IM Resident Education Excellence

      Department of Internal Medicine, 2002

Outstanding Research Award

      Society of Hospital Medicine, 2002

Harvard Macy Scholar Program for Physician Educators

      Harvard Macy Institute for Medical Education, Harvard Medical School, 1999

George F. Adler, M.D. Award of Excellence

      Saginaw Cooperative Hospital, Inc. 1993

Outstanding Graduate Woman Award Finalist

     College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, 1993

Learning from every death. Huddleston JM, Diedrich DA, Kinsey GC, Enzler MJ, Manning DM. 2014. View Here

Identifying patients at risk of inhospital death or hospice transfer for early goals of care discussions in a US referral center: the HELPS model derived from retrospective data. Romero-Brufau S, Whitford D, Whitford KJ, Manning DM, Huddleston JM. 2018. View Here

A stochastic model of acute-care decisions based on patient and provider heterogeneity. Capan M, Ivy JS, Wilson JR, Huddleston JM. 2017. View Here

Prediction and Inference with Missing Data in Patient Alert Systems. Storlie CB, Therneau TM, Carter RE, Chia N, Bergquist JR, Huddleston JM, Romero-Brufau S. 2017.

Evaluating Automated Rules for Rapid Response System Alarm Triggers in Medical and Surgical Patients. Romero-Brufau S, Morlan BW, Johnson M, Hickman J, Kirkland LL, Naessens JM, Huddleston JM. 2017. View Here

Why the C-statistic is not informative to evaluate early warning scores and what metrics to use. Crit Care. Romero-Brufau S, Huddleston JM, Escobar GJ, Liebow M. 2015. View Here

Widely used track and trigger scores: are they ready for automation in practice? Romero-Brufau S, Huddleston JM, Naessens JM, Johnson MG, Hickman J, Morlan BW, Jensen JB, Caples SM, Elmer JL, Schmidt JA, Morgenthaler TI, Santrach PJ. 2014. View Here

Individualizing and optimizing the use of early warning scores in acute medical care for deteriorating hospitalized patients. Capan M, Ivy JS, Rohleder T, Hickman J, Huddleston JM. 2015. View Here 

A comparison of hospital adverse events identified by three widely used detection methods.  Naessens JM, Campbell CR, Huddleston JM, Berg BP, Lefante JJ, Williams AR, Culbertson RA. 2009. View Here

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Mortality Reviews & Patient Safety: A 2019 Update View Here

End of Life Care: Learning From Morality Reviews View Here

Saving Lives Putting Mortality Reviews to Work View Here

Learning from Collaboration on Morality Reviews View Here

Learn From Mortality Review AND the Living: Part 1 View Here

Learn From Mortality Review AND the Living: Part 2 View Here

Mayo Clinic Mortality Reviews: Next Generation Patient Safety View Here

Putting Mortality Review to Work – The Enormous Work Pays Off  View Here

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