Optimizing OR Utilization with Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics: A Case Study

Nicole B. Thomas

Hospital President

Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville

Nicole Thomas, FACHE, is hospital president of Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville, responsible for the operational and strategic direction of the largest hospital in the health system. Thomas joined Baptist Health in 2011 and in 2016 was named Baptist Medical Center South’s president, becoming the first female and first African American to lead a hospital in Baptist Health’s history.

Through the years, Thomas has held several system roles at Baptist Health, including co-chairing its diversity, equity and inclusion council; chairing its transformation council; stepping in as interim chief human resources officer; and serving as senior vice president of specialty services overseeing neurosciences, orthopedics and oncology, with primary executive responsibility for the formation of Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center in 2015. Prior to joining Baptist, she was assistant vice president of Physician Operations for St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System in Houston and operations administrator at Mayo Clinic Jacksonville.