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Healthcare Quality Measurement and Display

Since 2004, our team has been involved in pioneering the display of healthcare quality information on the web. We understand quality measures and the context surrounding them. We are strategic partners with our clients, assisting their organizations with their mission and goals.

Easy-To-Use Software and Web Sites

We excel at designing software and web sites that people find easy to use. We will involve your users, test prototypes before building, and work with you and your business and organization to build what makes sense for your business. We use the same philosophy with our products, and are continually updating them for an optimal user experience.

High Quality, Secure Application Development

We understand the latest in web technology and security and develop applications that are secure, reliable, and perform well. We have worked with many healthcare clients in a number of environments. We also work with an excellent network of strategic partners to insure the quality and reliability of your software and web site.

Our Team

Joel Walker, CEO and Principal. He has over 10 years of strategic consulting experience, and is an expert in healthcare quality data measurement, and technical implementations of web-based healthcare quality data systems and applications. Joel worked for GS Design as a web developer and project manager for 5 years. Previously Joel worked as a consultant for Accenture for 4 years. Joel and Emily founded Ancilla Partners in January of 2007 and have focused solely on healthcare data reporting applications since then. Joel graduated from the UW-Madison in 1997 with a bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering.

Allen Cooper, COO, CFO and Principal. He has over 10 years of extensive experience in both quality data and reporting initiatives and overall business experience. He has worked with many clients, typically responsible for overseeing and executing health care quality data and measure reporting initiatives. This also includes developing and managing web-based applications. Allen began his career at Accenture and was there for eight years, and left to pursue an MBA. While achieving his MBA, Allen accrued experience in the areas of supply chain strategy, corporate finance, and overall business/technical consulting in previous positions with Kohl’s, Harley Davidson and Virchow Krause. Allen earned his MBA from UW-Madison and his BBA (Accounting and Management of Computer Science) from UW-Whitewater.

Paul Post, CTO and Principal. He has over 10 years of strategic business and technology consulting experience. He is an expert in software development and implementation. Paul's experience includes working with both Fortune 500 companies and non-profit organizations. Paul spent 8 years at Accenture, leaving as a Manager to take on the Director of Information Technology role at United Way of Greater Milwaukee, a position he held for 5 years prior to joining Ancilla Partners. Paul graduated from the UW-Madison in 1994 with a bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering.

Juliya Buettner, Director. Juliya has 10 years of healthcare industry experience having worked in a variety of strategic, analytical, business process, and technology related roles for several hospitals and various consulting firms (Deloitte, Wipfli, and Milliman). Juliya has helped many clients manage implementations of various electronic medical records and is well aware of the healthcare organizations' processes, quality reporting, and technological challenges and needs. She graduated from the University of Michigan with a Masters in Health Services Administration and is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Erik Wessel, Application Developer. He has been working with the Internet for 14 years, his experience spanning from front-end producer to server programmer. Prior to working at Ancilla, Erik's work at advertising agencies such as Laughlin Constable, Jacobson Rost, and Street Cance was in the vanguard of using technology and new media for communicating with customers and building strong relationships. In the health care field, Erik has focused on building tools that manage and present data for different quality measures like PQRI and custom specs from clients. He graduated from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois with a degree in English.

Dennis Chars, Application Developer. He started off as a graphic designer before moving on to coding and layout. Prior to joining Ancilla, Dennis worked for the Journal Times in Racine, WI for 13 years doing a wide range of tasks, including design, application development and video production. He graduated from Gateway Technical College in Racine, WI with a degree in Graphic Design.

Diane Knapp, Data Analyst, has been working in systems and organization for the last 15 years. She has been working with our clients to construct, organize and verify a provider directory to support their quality measurement data. She has been a teacher and trainer before joining Ancilla Partners. She has considerable experience in customer relations and customer satisfaction. Diane has a BS in Sociology from Augustana College in Rock Island, IL.

Jordy Sweet, Data Analyst, graduated in 2010 with an AB in Psychology and French from Ripon College. She has been working with our clients to construct, organize and verify a provider directory to support their quality measurement data. Jordy is currently taking classes at UW-Milwaukee to prepare for graduate school in the field of Behavioral Neuroscience.

If you are a...

• Regional Healthcare Quality Collaborative
• Health System
• Hospital
• Large or Small Physician Practice
• Healthcare Software Vendor
• Non-Profit involved in Healthcare Reform

...and others...Get in Touch!