Antonio Costa

Background

About Antonio Costa

Transformational Nursing Executive with a formidable history of experience across clinical operations, nursing practice, regulatory compliance, and quality improvement initiatives. I am passionate about driving transformational initiatives from concept to completion, leveraging technology to improve outcomes while increasing efficiency, on-time and within budget. I have a gift for inspiring and leading teams through mounting pressures, challenges, increased responsibility, and restructuring. My leadership style is to clearly communicate expectations, provide tools and training to support delivery, mentor to enhance performance, groom for advancement opportunities, hold accountable for outcomes, and recruit quality talent. I am dedicated to achieving high reliability outcomes through continuous improvement focused on clinical quality, patient safety, financial stewardship, patient-centered care, and service excellence. Career Impacts: • Launched a clinical support organization that improved clinical systems by reducing re-hospitalizations by 48% and decreasing pressure injuries by 34%, leading to an overall improvement in survey outcomes. • Developed and implemented a companywide regulatory improvement plan, leading to a 32% reduction in the number of complaint surveys, an 81% reduction of regulatory findings from complaint surveys, and a 75% reduction in DPNA days. • Gained a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification and championed the adoption of proven methodologies that cut re-hospitalizations and improved effectiveness in patient safety programs. • Spearheaded the streamlined clinical response to operations during the COVID-19 pandemic, designed polices, tools, and resources, that were critical in the planning of center functions in order to quickly pivot operations.