About the Author

Dr. Houser is the Academic Dean of the Rueckert Hartman College for Health Professions at Regis University in Denver, Colorado. She has a BSN, an MSN in Maternal-Child Health, an MS in healthcare administration, and a PhD in applied statistics and research methods. She has taught nurses, administration, and physical therapy students from undergraduate through doctoral level, primarily in the subjects of biostatistics and quantitative methods. Dr. Houser spent 20 years in health care administration with the Mercy Health System.Her last position was as Regional Administrator for Professional Practice for Mercy Health Partners in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she was responsible for professional practice and clinical research in 29 facilities.During her tenure with MHP, she implemented evidence-based practice as a basis for the procedure manuals and system-wide care delivery policies, a shared governance model, and a collaborative care delivery system. Currently, Dr. Houser’s research agenda is focused on the association of nurse autonomy and outcomes. Dr. Houser has published three books, Clinical Research in Practice: A Guide for the Bedside Scientist (Jones and Bartlett, 2007) , Nursing Research: Reading, Using, and Creating Evidence (Jones and Bartlett, 2008), and Evidence-Based Practice: An Implementation Guide (Jones and Bartlett, 2010) and has more than 30 publications in journals and books. She has presented her research at regional, national and international conferences.She also manages a consulting firm, Abacus Systems, which specializes in biostatistical research analysis, developing measurement systems, and implementing evidence-based models of care delivery. Dr. Bokovoy is Director of Clinical Innovation at Catholic Healthcare West corporate in San Francisco, California, where she is the clinical leader for a 3-year multidisciplinary project to improve Severe Sepsis mortality and cost in 36 hospitals throughout California, Nevada and Arizona. Dr. Bokovoy spent over 10 years as a researcher and over 9 years as a direct care nurse, with progressive leadership roles in both fields. She holds an Associate Degree in Nursing, a Bachelors’ degree in Elementary Education/Biology, a Masters’ degree in Public Health education, and a Doctorate in Public Health, preventive care/epidemiology. Dr. Bokovoy’s research agenda focuses on implementation science, including the use of pattern mapping to understand complex systems, and Severe Sepsis clinical research. She has presented her collaborative research at national and international conferences, and has more than 20 publications in journals and books. She teaches quality improvement, research and evidence-based practice methods to clinicians and provides assistance in study design and analysis of research projects, including research on system sustainability of innovations and the effectiveness of Severe Sepsis education on mortality. She co-authored this book, entitled "Clinical Research in Practice: A Guide for the Bedside Scientist" and published by Jones and Bartlett in 2006, with Dr. Janet Houser. Dr. Bokovoy has been an independent consultant with the American Nurses Credentialing Center since 2007 and has consulted for BearingPoint/USAID, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, California Institute for Health Systems Performance and over 20 hospitals and hospital systems. She specializes in implementing sustainable innovation and research systems in hospitals, using the concept of direct care clinicians as bedside scientists.