Tim Bowers, MS, CIC, CPHQ

Corporate Director of Information Services for EMR Upgrade & Implementation ChristianaCare

  • Wilmington DE

Tim Bowers is the Corporate Director of Information Services for EMR Upgrade & Implementation at ChristianaCare.

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Biography

Tim Bowers is the vice president of Clinical Effectiveness at ChristianaCare, where he is responsible for overseeing programs within ChristianaCare dedicated to patient safety, including the logistics of preventing infections in patients.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Bowers helped spearhead the development of safeguards to protect employees and the community from the spread of COVID-19 within ChristianaCare’s three hospitals and ambulatory sites.

Bowers also helped lead ChristianaCare’s acclaimed #HitMeWithYourFluShot campaign, in which nearly 8,000 employees were vaccinated against the flu in one day.

Areas of Expertise

Flu Prevention
Clinical Effectiveness
Infection Prevention
COVID-19 prevention

Education

University of the Sciences - Philadelphia

M.S.

2008

University of the Sciences - Philadelphia

B.S.

2002

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Media Appearances

EXPERT INSIGHT ON CORONAVIRUS

University of Delaware  online

2020-03-05

Timothy Bowers, director of infection prevention at ChristianaCare, wiped his hands with hand sanitizer as he reached the podium and stressed the need for personal hygiene practices.

The health care system tracks infectious diseases constantly, he said, and has many strategies and processes to protect front-line caregivers and keep the community safe.

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Selected Papers and Publications

The emerging role of the corporate or system-level infection prevention director for integrated delivery networks

American Journal of Infection Control

2019
One position in integrated delivery networks (IDNs) that provides centralized oversight to optimize patient safety is the corporate-level infection prevention (IP) director. After noting variability in their roles, responsibilities, and IP programs, a national network of IDN IP directors planned a member survey to better understand common and variable elements.

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