Her health care career has spanned the continuum and includes expertise on both the payer and provider sides of care delivery. Prior to joining Studer Group, Choate served as the System Vice President of Performance Improvement and the Chief Quality Officer. In her role, she was responsible for quality in the hospital, in the system’s employed physician groups, and in the system’s locally managed HMO. The functions that reported to her included quality, accreditation and regulatory compliance, infection prevention, data management, risk management, case management, and process improvement.