Profile/BIO
Kelly Podgorny, RN, MS, CPHQ, is a project director at The Joint Commission in the Division of
Standards and Survey Methods. She is the subject matter liaison for the Medication
Management Standards and co-subject matter liaison for the Infection Prevention and Control
Standards. During her career, she successfully facilitated several multi-organizational
improvement collaboratives with academic medical centers. Ms. Podgorny holds a master’s
degree in nursing science and management from Northwestern University, is certified in health
care quality from the National Association of Health Care Quality, and is doctoral student in
Nursing at Rush University-College of Nursing. Her doctoral capstone project is focusing on
processes for preventing HAI.