GET TO KNOW LAUREN

Lauren Faison-Clark has more than 25 years of experience in healthcare administration, community partnerships, and non-profit administration. 

Since 2013, Lauren has worked as the Service Line Administrator for Regional Development, Population Health, and Telemedicine for Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare (TMH), a non-profit community hospital in Tallahassee, Florida.  Working with many surrounding communities and key stakeholders, Lauren has developed a cohesive Regional Health Network that has helped increase access to care, while also growing TMH's footprint in the south Georgia and North Florida markets. 

Lauren is deploying the use of telemedicine and telehealth solutions throughout the region and across the TMH enterprise which enables practitioners to reach patients in a different way, so that the notion of geography, transportation and other barriers that impact flexibility of care aren’t in the way. 

Lauren oversees the TMH Transition Center, which provides post-acute services to high risk patients. She expanded the scope of services for the center, focusing on reducing unnecessary visits to the emergency room and reducing readmissions to include a robust discharge patient call program, chronic disease management, interventions focused on the social determinants of health, and an innovative approach to serving patients experiencing homelessness and other high-risk patient groups. She is most proud of securing a $500k grant to implement a hybrid service delivery program of onsite and virtual care services for patients experiencing homelessness. The program successfully reduced 911 calls and visits to the emergency room by more than 25% in the first year and continues to grow.

With an extensive background in non-profit administration in the Big Bend Region, Lauren has a proven track record of developing meaningful partnerships and systems to improve service delivery. She is actively working throughout the region to build partnerships to enhance the healthcare delivery system.

Lauren earned a Bachelor of Science in Child and Family Sciences from Florida State University and a Master of Business Administration from Keiser University. She is a graduate of Leadership Tallahassee and serves on the boards of several community organizations. She has been recognized as one of the Tallahassee Democrat's 25 Women You Need to Know. As an expert in Telehealth and telemedicine, Lauren is frequently asked to speak at conferences and has been a guest on webinars and podcasts.