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Kathryn Pier earned a master\u2019s degree in health administration from Queens University of Charlotte and a bachelor\u2019s degree in nursing from East Carolina University.\u00a0 Kathryn is a certified professional in health system quality, certified six sigma green belt from NC State University and a trained UNC Kaizen Coach.\u00a0 She has been working in healthcare quality improvement for more than eight years where she has supported quality improvement projects, strategy planning and deployment, leadership coaching, and implementation of a management system.\u00a0 Kathryn serves as faculty for ECPI, educating associate degree nursing students in the clinic setting.\u00a0 She values continuous improvement while empowering others to live through their strengths.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kathryn Pier earned a master\u2019s degree in health administration from Queens University of Charlotte and a bachelor\u2019s degree in nursing from East Carolina University.\u00a0 Kathryn is a certified professional in health system quality, certified six sigma green belt from NC State University and a trained UNC Kaizen Coach.\u00a0 She has been working in healthcare quality … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11279,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-9820","directory","type-directory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nKathryn Pier, MHA, BSN, CPHQ - Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/directory\/kathryn-pier\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kathryn Pier, MHA, BSN, CPHQ - 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