Comparing Electoral Systems by David M Farrell

David Farrell, M.S.W., L.N.H.A., works for a private nursing home management organization in California as the Director of Organizational Development and Regional Director of Operations. He has 25 years of experience as a licensed nursing facility administrator in the long-term care industry. Farrell has demonstrated the commercial case for fostering a healthy work environment and put research about good leadership into daily practice as a nationally recognized leader in quality improvement and culture change. He has given motivational talks to long-term care leaders at state conferences and corporate training events in nearly every state. He is a published author and former board member of the Pioneer Network. He was a leader in the National Nursing Home Quality Initiative while working for state Quality Improvement Organizations.

Farrell was also a member of the faculty for the national Enhancing Nursing Home Culture initiative, which brought together QIOs and national nursing home businesses from 21 states. He has provided quality improvement and cultural change advice to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.