Biography:
Mr. Wallerich received his Bachelor of Nursing degree from South Dakota State University in 1997 and his master’s in business administration from the University of Phoenix in 2001. He began his career as a Registered Nurse at Mayo Clinic Arizona in 1998 and transferred to Mayo Clinic Rochester in 2002. While in Rochester, Mr. Wallerich has held the role of Health System Engineer for 19 years, leading multiple projects in quality improvement, systems engineering, and IT systems implementations, in addition to providing consulting services at the Enterprise level. Mr. Wallerich is currently a Performance Improvement Advisor for the Hospital Safety Pillar focusing on staff safety initiatives in response to workplace violence. Outside of Mayo Clinic, Mr. Wallerich is a volunteer Emergency Medical Technician in his hometown of Wabasha Minnesota, a member of the Wabasha City Council, and Chair of the Wabasha Planning Commission
Title : Implementing duress alarms using blu-fi technology in a large-scale hospital setting