Ashley Hammarth
About Ashley Hammarth
Ashley Hammarth is a Quality Improvement Leader with extensive experience in healthcare project management and staff training. She has a strong background in public health, having worked in various roles across multiple organizations, including EmblemHealth and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
Work at EmblemHealth
Ashley Hammarth has been employed at EmblemHealth as a Quality Improvement Leader since 2019. In this role, she has focused on enhancing quality improvement initiatives within the organization. Prior to this position, she served as Lead for the Clinical Quality Initiative at EmblemHealth from 2017 to 2019. Her responsibilities have included training and monitoring staff members, as well as implementing strategies to improve member satisfaction.
Education and Expertise
Ashley Hammarth holds a Master's degree in Public Health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she also studied Health Behavior and Health Education. Additionally, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from Trinity College-Hartford. Her educational background supports her expertise in quality improvement and public health initiatives.
Background
Ashley Hammarth has a diverse professional background in quality improvement and project management. She began her career at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, where she worked as a Residency Coordinator and later as a Program Coordinator for the Palliative Care Education Program. She has held various positions at organizations such as the Visiting Nurse Service of New York, Greater New York Hospital Association, and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.
Achievements
During her career, Ashley Hammarth has successfully trained and monitored over 50 staff members across six departments for an annual member satisfaction campaign. She has also increased member satisfaction target rates by 20%, as measured by the annual CAHPS survey. Her initiatives include implementing a standardized phone outreach system and designing companion databases for quality control in member outreach campaigns.