Laura L. Polson, BSN, RN-BC, CVAHP is currently the System Services Director of Clinical Quality Value Analysis for Baptist Healthcare of Kentucky and Southern Indiana. She is also the current President of the Association of Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals (AHVAP). Laura is a Lean Sigma Green Belt and has an extensive nursing background in multiple specialties including cardiac catheterization, electrophysiology, open heart recovery and surgery. She has been a corporate director for HCA Healthcare with focus on cardiovascular care, wound care, quality projects, process improvement, risk management, regulatory compliance and emergency medicine. She has experience working with multiple IDNs, GPOs and Distributors and has been a committee member for Surgical Services, Value Analysis and Continuum of Care Councils for Premier.