Patrick Wilder is a dynamic executive with over 20 years’ experience in behavioral health and substance use recovery service operations.
Patrick has a proven record of assisting organizations in achieving operational success, maintaining regulatory compliance, and improving patient care. He exhibits excellent critical thinking skills and leadership acumen.
Patrick brings a breadth of knowledge and passion for patient care. He applies a background in hospital operations, regulatory compliance, performance improvement, and risk management to this cause. Patrick has participated in the development of a competency based, evidenced informed model for conducting suicide risk assessments. In this role, Patrick has collaborated directly with members of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention and the Suicide Prevention Resource Center to develop a training program and a model for regional rollout to over 150 inpatient facilities.
Mr. Wilder uses the experience gained from previous positions with Universal Health Services, Kaiser Permanente, and Trinity Health. Mr. Wilder has accomplished successful projects which address quality and cost benefit including Chair of a hospital capacity management project: “Cost Benefit Analysis of a Dedicated Social Worker to an Emergency Department.” He was the author of a grant from Novartis Pharmaceuticals used to defray costs of a children’s day treatment program.
As a passionate and dynamic communicator Mr. Wilder takes seriously the challenge of helping organizations face emerging quality of care demands. He thrives on the challenge of assisting executive leadership teams with creative solutions for facing those demands.
In addition to holding a Master of Social Work, he has certification as a Joint Commission Accreditation Professional and holds a certificate in Corporate Health Care Compliance from George Washington University’s School of Public Health.
In his free time Patrick is an enthusiastic cyclist. Previously Patrick competed nationally for Moots Cycles as a member of their “Grass Moots” ambassador program. Patrick considers himself lucky to call the Pacific Northwest home and when not traveling he can usually be found on an undisclosed river with a fly rod in hand.
