John H. Adair, MBA, CHFP
John Adair serves as a Senior Project Administrator in the Department of Operations Integration. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the United States Naval Academy and his Masters in Business Administration from The Carey Business School where he is currently an Economics instructor.
John coordinates the benchmarking initiative for the Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Johns Hopkins Health System, specifically working with the University HealthSystem Consortium’s (UHC) Operational Data Base (ODB / ACTION OI). He facilitates strategic benchmarking initiatives and oversees the data collection and validation processes related to submitting Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Health System expense and statistical data into the UHC ODB.
Prior to joining the Operations Integration team, John was the Senior Budget Analyst for the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine. He continues to serves as an arbitrator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, is an active member of the Institute of Management Accountants, Healthcare Financial Management Association and the Association of Certified Public Accountants. He is a certified Six Sigma Green Belt and Lean Leader.
Jeff Appelbaum
Jeff Appelbaum serves as a Senior Project Administrator in the Department of Operations Integration. Mr. Appelbaum has over 25 years of experience in the Information Systems field. He functions as project manager/facilitator with his main focus on the HopkinsOne system.
Prior to joining Johns Hopkins, Mr. Appelbaum worked in the manufacturing and distribution industries. His roles included; Technology Director, Information Systems Director, Operations Director, consisiting of extensive experience in project management.
Karen D. Wilson, MBA
Karen Wilson is a Senior Project Administrator in the Department of Operations Integration. Karen has twelve years of experience within various sectors of the health care industry including pharmaceutical sales, insurance/managed care, reimbursement analysis, and compliance. She holds a BS degree in Zoology/Chemistry and an MBA from Howard University.
She is currently assigned to Howard County General Hospital where she has led a number of performance and process improvement projects and has had past involvement with HCGH Patient Safety Retreats. Current projects include HCGH Primary Stroke Center, HCGH ED Triage to Radiology, HCGH Perioperative Efficiency, and HCGH Mislabeled Serum Specimens. She also serves as a member on the HCGH Emergency Management Advisory Team through her involvement with HCGH Business Continuity Planning and as an ad hoc member on the HCGH Patient Safety Coordinating Council and HCGH Lab Variance and Point of Care Committee.
