Change the system. Train the people in it.
For health departments, public hospital systems, and the rural and safety-net providers they fund. We run transformation projects through a project management office and build workforce training into the same engagement, so new processes arrive with staff who can run them.
Led by a public health executive
Coral MED is led by Anne Reis, MPH, PhD, CPHQ, an epidemiologist with more than 30 years in public health and healthcare quality. Offices in Kīhei and Honolulu, serving Hawaiʻi and the continental US.
Four areas of work.
Rural healthcare transformation
Help for rural clinics and critical-access sites to redesign care and meet accreditation standards.
- Patient-centered medical home transformation
- Accreditation and survey readiness
- Organizational performance improvement
Public health informatics and data modernization
Project leadership for agencies replacing or connecting their data systems.
- Interoperability and systems integration
- Data quality and governance
- Stakeholder engagement across agencies and providers
Quality and performance improvement
Measurement and improvement programs tied to the outcomes payers and regulators track.
- Quality measurement and reporting
- Value-based care readiness
- Population health analytics
Workforce competency development
Accredited training designed for the roles a project changes, delivered while the project runs.
- Competency frameworks and validation
- Instructional design and continuing education
- Digital credentialing and workforce analytics
Assess, design, implement, sustain.
Depending on scope, the Program Director is supported by project managers, analysts, instructional designers, quality improvement specialists, informaticists, and subject-matter experts.
Assess
Stakeholder interviews, workflow and workforce assessments, and a baseline performance review, so the program is sized to the gap that exists.
Design
A work plan, curriculum, and performance measures developed with your team and agreed before delivery starts.
Implement
Training cohorts, process improvements, and change management run by a named Program Director who reports status on a fixed schedule.
Sustain and improve
Outcomes measured, competencies validated, and knowledge transferred to your staff so the result outlasts the contract.
Why training sits inside the project.
Training changes what a professional knows. It does not change the conditions they work in. When staff return from a course to unclear roles, unreliable data, or workflows that do not fit, they learn workarounds, and the training investment is lost.
We prepare the operating environment and the workforce together, so what people learn becomes how the work is done.
- Clear roles and decision rightsStaff know what they own and what they can decide.
- Data people trustMeasures are defined and validated before anyone is held to them.
- Workflows that fitProcesses are redesigned with the people who run them.
- Structured practiceNew skills are applied on real work, with supervision and feedback.
Nothing is submitted before it is reviewed.
Every deliverable passes internal review before it reaches you.
- Peer reviewA second qualified reviewer checks each deliverable.
- Standard methods and evidence-based practiceWork follows documented methodologies, not individual habit.
- Stakeholder validationFindings and designs are confirmed with the people they affect.
- Routine status reportingProgress, risks, and decisions needed, on a schedule set at kickoff.
Current and recent engagements.
| Period | Location | Engagement | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 – present | Lānaʻi, HI | Rural healthcare transformation | Supported a rural federally qualified health center through patient-centered medical home transformation, quality improvement, workforce competency development, and accreditation readiness. |
| 2022 – present | Statewide, HI | Public health informatics and data modernization | Project management, interoperability, data quality, stakeholder engagement, and systems integration for statewide public health modernization initiatives. |
| 2019 – present | Hawaiʻi | Healthcare quality and performance improvement | Quality measurement, value-based care, population health analytics, and performance improvement for healthcare organizations. |
| 2023 – present | National | Healthcare workforce development platform | Competency-based continuing education, instructional design, digital credentialing, and workforce analytics, delivered on Coral Plus. |
Planning a modernization or quality initiative?
Tell us the scope and the deadline. We will tell you how we would staff it.