Advancing health information technology in
Minnesota and North Dakota.

Linda Ridlehuber

REACH HIT Consultant for Minnesota and North Dakota
Phone: 
(612) 253-4715 ext. 14

Linda Ridlehuber, REACH health information technology (HIT) consultant for Minnesota and North Dakota, provides support to ensure electronic health records (EHR) technology is implemented effectively for REACH clients.

REACH consulting expertise

  • Act as key contact for providers throughout adoption and implementation of EHR
  • Provide project management and decision support
  • Provide training and technical assistance in support of EHR implementation
  • Assess readiness and program development for EHR

The experience you need

Linda is an experienced quality improvement professional, with background in disease management, clinical performance measurements, nursing, project management, and information systems analysis. Her strong project management capabilities include goal definition, task identification and work plan development, managing projects that last from a few weeks to more than a year.

REACH clients benefit from her extensive knowledge in software application implementation and support for clinic operations. Linda’s more than 20 years of experience in health care settings includes mentoring for multidisciplinary quality improvement teams, health care delivery design teams and computer system design teams.

Education and additional experience

  • B.S., nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and B.A., biology and psychology, Macalester College, St. Paul
  • MBA, emphasis inhealth care management, University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis
  • Certificate, management information systems analysis and design, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
  • Clinical Quality Coordinator, Springfield Medical Center/Mayo Health System, Springfield, Minn.
  • Quality Improvement Specialist, Minnesota Association of Community Health Centers and Neighborhood Health Care Network, Minneapolis