Elzbieta Dziekonski, RN
Elzbieta Dziekonski, RN, director of Population Health Initiatives with the Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health (GPBCH), serves as the Coalition’s main liaison to health care stakeholders, including the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services. In this role, she completes collaborative work on diabetes and obesity prevention and management, as well as cardiovascular disease. She leads and develops select initiatives and projects and seeks grant funding to support initiatives. Dziekonski also contributes to the Coalition strategy on improving workforce and community health and manages project evaluation activities, including data collection and basic analytics.
Dziekonski has over 18 years of combined experience in clinical care and managed care, most recently having served in utilization and quality management roles at Jefferson Health Plan (Health Partners Plans).
She received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Chamberlain College of Nursing and a Registered Nurse Diploma from Northeastern Hospital School of Nursing, Temple University Division.
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