Factors influencing enterprise implementation of policies, structures, and processes supporting environmental sustainability. Impact of alternative regulatory schema on individual, enterprise, and societal environmental performance.
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Environmental Management Studies, expected completion May 2004.
M.A., Economics, 1977, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. Thesis explored relationships among pricing, services, and other characteristics of child care centers.
McElroy, K.M., Olsen, A.J., Jaksch, J.A. Quantification of Emission Bubble Impacts. For presentation at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Air Pollution Control Association, San Francisco, June 24-29, 1984, reprint number 84-73.4.
Olsen, A.J., Hayes, R.L., McElroy, K.M., Lorang, R.F. Corporate Average Emission Standards for Automobiles. For presentation at the 76th Annual Meeting of the Air Pollution Control Association, Atlanta, June 19-24, 1983, reprint number 83-18.5.
Other Fields
Olsen, A.J., Giuse, D., Borden, R.B., Miers, M.K., Reeves, M.G., Stead, W.W. Implementation of Organizational Practices to Protect Information in Health Organizations. Proceedings of the 1998 American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium, AMIA, 1998.
Stead, W.W., Olsen, A.J., Benner, S.A., Blackwelder, M., Cooperstock, L., Paton, J.A., Russell, F.K., Van Hine, P. The IAIMS - An Essential Infrastructure for Increasing the Competitiveness of Health Care Practices. Journal of the American Informatics Association, 4(2):S73-S76, 1997.
Stead, W.W., Borden, R., Bourne, J., Giuse, D., Giuse, N., Harris, T.R., Miller, R.A., Olsen, A.J., The Vanderbilt University Fast Track to IAIMS: Transition from Planning to Implementation. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 3(5):308-317, 1996.
Olsen, A.J., Stead, W.W. Strategic Planning for Information Management: What are the Deliverables? Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care, edited by Gardner, R.M., Hanley & Belfus, pp. 785-789, 1995. (one of 19 nominees for best paper awards).
Sittig, D.F., Jiang, Z., Manfre, S., Sinkfeld, K., Ginn, R., Smith, L., Olsen, A., Borden, R., Evaluating a Computer-Based Experiential Learning Simulation: A Case Study Using Criterion-Referenced Testing. Computers in Nursing, 13:17-24, 1995.
Olsen, A.J., Baker, W.L., Sittig, D.F., Stead, W.W. A Planning Process for a Fast Track to IAIMS. Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care, edited by Safran, C., McGraw-Hill, pp. 544-548, 1994.
Sittig, D.F., Jiang, Z., Dye, S., Ginn, R., Olsen, A., Borden, R., Stead, W.W. Implementing a Medical Center-wide Hospital Information System: Addressing the Problem of Educating the Masses! Accepted for presentation & abstract published in the 1993 American Medical Informatics Association Spring Congress (June 1993) Abstract Book.
Hayes, R.L., Olsen, A.J. Managing an Incoming Call Operation: Forecasting Workload. Business Communications Review, Jan-Feb: 18-23, 1983.
Videos
Creating Our Future in the Information Age: Seamless Health Care Delivery. 7:26 min., Informatics Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1995 (Olsen, A.J., Executive Producer).
Creating Our Future in the Information Age: A Day in the Life of a Clinical Instructor. 10 min., Informatics Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1994 (Olsen, A.J., Executive Producer).
As Bridgestone Americas Fellow and Ph.D. Student with the Vanderbilt Center for Environmental Management Studies:
Worked with Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation staff to plan the agenda for the initial meeting of the Early Action Compacts Advisory Committee and facilitated the meeting.
Worked with Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation staff to plan agendas and provide process facilitation for meetings of the Tennessee Pollution Prevention
Assisted Bridgestone Americas' Environmental Affairs in implementing web-based communication tools and developing content for their environmental web site.
As senior consultant and then manager for TCS Management Group's government consulting practice, specialized in economic analysis of environmental issues and regulations, primarily for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and implementation of economic incentives in federal and state environmental enforcement programs to achieve mandated results. Projects involving significant management, development, and/or consulting responsibilities included:
Preparation of EPA's "Cost of Clean Air" report to Congress.
Estimation of "baseline" (pre-Clean Air Act) pollution control expenditures.
Evaluation of economic incentive approaches to reduce emissions from in-use automobiles.
Review and evaluation of studies of the cost-effectiveness of automobile inspection/maintenance programs.
Analysis of impacts of more stringent regulation of "gray market" automobiles.
Analysis of the probable impacts of corporate average emissions standards for mobile sources.
Development of nonconformance penalties for heavy duty vehicle engines.
Case studies of emission bubbles.
Analysis of the cost-effectiveness of air pollution controls for industrial boilers.
Analysis of the impacts of alternative hazardous waste regulatory systems within the paint manufacturing industry.
Assistance to the EPA, the Department of Justice, and state Attorneys General in cases involving penalties for air and water pollution control violations.
Analysis of capital availability issues in the context of exemptions provided in the Clean Air Act noncompliance penalty regulations.
Support in developing estimation techniques for civil penalties incorporating the economic savings from delayed compliance.
Clean Air Act Section 120 noncompliance penalty program support.
Development and provision of training workshops for Section 120 penalty calculations, civil penalty calculations, preparation for adjudicatory hearings, and advanced litigation techniques.
Examples in Other Fields
Led information systems security program management, policy development, awareness and education, and risk assessment functions for HCA Information Technology & Services. Focused on strengthening security measures to comply with HIPAA requirements while supporting innovative healthcare business strategies.
Managed project to assess strengths and weaknesses in HCA's current information security posture relative to proposed HIPAA requirements and generally accepted information security practices.
Initiated Vanderbilt University Medical Center's development of a comprehensive information security program; led development of new policies as platform for compliance with current and future information security requirements.
Served on 4-person Year 2000 Task Force for Vanderbilt University and on Year 2000 Advisory Group for VUMC. Contributed to design of departmental assessment process, development of initial survey tool, and numerous other communications and reporting mechanisms.
Coordinated Management of Information Interview Team for JCAHO Survey for Vanderbilt University Hospital & Clinics; led preparation of Management of Information Plan required by JCAHO.
Coordinated medical center-wide strategic planning for integrated information management under VUMC's National Library of Medicine(NLM) Integrated Advanced Information Management Systems (IAIMS) grant: facilitated teams identifying external pressures, current strategies, desired futures, needed capabilities, priorities for patient care, research, education, and administration.
As a consultant, provided content expertise in pre-submission review of successful NLM IAIMS operations grant proposal for another institution. Also provided agenda planning, process design, and process facilitation for initiation of another institution's IAIMS planning process.
Produced videos depicting future scenarios for IT-supported patient care and learning processes.
Led comprehensive design of reengineered work flow and job functions for a complex state government service operation; developed context diagram, detailed data flow diagrams, data dictionary, and process specifications.
Estimated costs and benefits for re-engineered processes and functions in state government settings.
Created customer relationship management model for cross-functional sharing of information about individuals and organizations (e.g., students, alumni, faculty, recruiters, sponsors) for Vanderbilt's Owen Graduate School of Management.
Participated in initial development of TCS Management Group's flagship software product for call center staffing and management; developed customer data analysis techniques, tested software, developed initial customer manuals, trained and supported customers. Product evolved into Aspect's eWorkforce solution.
Ann is beginning her third year as a Bridgestone Americas Fellow in Fall 2003.