Dr. Hines is a vice president at The Camden Group and a clinical and operations expert with a strong nursing services background. Her focus includes nursing practice and operations, case management, critical care, patient throughput, and Joint Commission preparation. With more than 30 years of healthcare experience, Dr. Hines has assisted healthcare organizations through her clinical and consulting experience with operational assessments, implementation support, and interim management.

Before joining The Camden Group, Dr. Hines served as vice president of consulting operations at Sg2 Health Care Intelligence and vice president of assessments for Cardinal Health. In both positions, she conducted strategic, operational, and clinical assessments and implementation for academic medical centers and hospitals throughout the country.

Dr. Hines also served as a senior consultant at APM Management Consultants and assistant administrator/director of nursing at Good Shepherd Medical Center in Barrington, Illinois. In addition, she was a unit director at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center in Chicago, where she managed a medical step-down unit.

Dr. Hines is a member of the American College of Health Care Executives, the American Organization of Nurse Executives, the Association of California Nurse Leaders, Case Management Society of America, and the American Association of Critical Care Nurses. She is an accredited case manager and a published author.