Meet Eva
As the senior vice president and chief clinical and patient safety officer, Eva Karp focuses on Cerner’s clinical and regulatory strategies and market direction. She also drives strategies for the tenants of patient safety.
She makes an impact by engaging with client organizations to understand and address their needs and optimize clinical workflows in order to achieve increased patient safety. She also provides bidirectional partnership to help organizations navigate changes and trends in the health care landscape while integrating Cerner’s strategies and vision to achieve organization satisfaction.
Leadership experience
Eva joined Cerner in 2001 as an enterprise practice leader and has held roles within the company including vice president of Strategic Clinical Solutions within the Intellectual Property (IP) organization, where she was responsible for defining the strategic direction and objectives for patient safety, clinical workflow, financial viability, regulatory standards and optimal outcomes across the continuum of care. Prior to joining Cerner, Eva had more than 16 years of experience in health care informatics and 12 years of neurological and surgical ICU clinical experience.
Accomplishments
During her time at Cerner, Eva has developed three patents related to clinical workflow and innovations and contributed to the development of CareAware Infusion Management™. She continues to drive intelligence within clinical workflows and support clinical reasoning utilizing data and analytics from Cerner’s Lights On Network® to optimize clinical workflows across health care organizations.
Eva has a doctorate in health care administration from the Medical University of South Carolina, a bachelor’s degree in business management from Dowling College, a master’s degree in business administration from University of Phoenix and an associate’s degree in nursing from Miami Dade Community College.