,Martha L. Sylvia
Mary F. Terhaar
Clinical Analytics
AND Data Management
FOR THE DNP
THIRD EDITION
,CLINICAL ANALYTICS
AND DATA MANAGEMENT
FOR THE DNP
, Martha L. Sylvia, PhD, MBA, RN Dr. Sylvia drives the synergy of clinical transformation and
analytics to move nursing practice beyond the challenges of today to a place where nursing exper-
tise and care are optimized, waste is eliminated, outcomes are maximized, and patients from every
walk of life thrive.
She accomplishes this mission through her roots in acute and primary care nursing, her leader-
ship in healthcare systems and her appointment in academics. In her role as associate professor at
the Medical University of South Carolina and previously at Johns Hopkins University, she has led
clinical and population health analytics for large integrated academic health systems, introduced
standardized analytic processes into DNP curriculum, and mentored more than 300 doctoral-level
students in planning and executing evidence-based translation projects in practice.
As the founder and chief executive officer of ForestVue Healthcare Solutions, Dr. Sylvia has
developed a framework for achieving success in value-based care and has achieved efficiencies in
applying this methodology for health plans, healthcare delivery systems, accountable care organiza-
tions, and other specialty healthcare companies. At the tactical level, she leads organizations in the
design, development, and implementation of clinical workflow and supporting analytic solutions
including workflow redesign; digital solution selection and optimization; data modeling; patient
stratification and segmentation; evidence-based intervention development and implementation;
and outcomes monitoring and measurement.
She completed her BS in Nursing at the University of Vermont in 1999; MSN/MBA degree in
2004 from the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and Carey School of Business; and PhD
in 2009 from the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing.
Mary F. Terhaar, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN Dr. Terhaar is a national leader in science translation,
nursing education, and interprofessional team collaboration. Across 35 years of leadership span-
ning diverse systems, roles, and clinical services, she has framed practice problems as challenges,
built high-functioning teams with diverse talents, and led the development and execution of inno-
vative and replicable solutions.
Professor Terhaar is moving nursing practice, health systems, and outcomes forward using
evidence, teamwork, data, and innovation. She is preparing the nursing workforce for tomorrow by
challenging and strengthening education today. In her capacity as associate dean for graduate pro-
grams at the Fitzpatrick College of Nursing at Villanova University, Professor Terhaar is advancing
doctoral education by creating scholarly processes, curricula, and resources that guide faculty and
students through IRB submission of protocols, data collection, data management, and dissemina-
tion. Improvement of these processes and outcomes have been reported at national nursing meet-
ings and disseminated in more than 80 manuscripts and four textbooks widely adopted in nursing
programs across the country. She has mentored over 200 doctoral students through scholarly work
focused on translation, innovation, robust evaluation, and dissemination.
Professor Terhaar led a team focused on increasing diversity and inclusion in nursing as prin-
cipal investigator on an innovative IBC Pipeline project at Temple University that provided schol-
arships, structural support, and mentorship to undergraduate nurses, as well as education and
enrichment experiences for high school students in North Philadelphia. This effort builds on her
work as principal investigator on Bridges to Nursing at Case Western Reserve University, which
provided mentorship, financial assistance, and structural support to minority nurses aspiring to
earn a research doctorate in nursing. She is co-founder of an innovative program that helps pro-
spective students remove barriers to success in doctoral study, which has increased effective appli-
cations across diverse groups of nurses.
She earned her diploma in nursing at Sisters’ of Charity Hospital in Buffalo, New York; her BS
in Nursing from Emmanuel College in Boston, Massachusetts; and both her MSN and PhD from
the Catholic University of America.
Mary F. Terhaar
Clinical Analytics
AND Data Management
FOR THE DNP
THIRD EDITION
,CLINICAL ANALYTICS
AND DATA MANAGEMENT
FOR THE DNP
, Martha L. Sylvia, PhD, MBA, RN Dr. Sylvia drives the synergy of clinical transformation and
analytics to move nursing practice beyond the challenges of today to a place where nursing exper-
tise and care are optimized, waste is eliminated, outcomes are maximized, and patients from every
walk of life thrive.
She accomplishes this mission through her roots in acute and primary care nursing, her leader-
ship in healthcare systems and her appointment in academics. In her role as associate professor at
the Medical University of South Carolina and previously at Johns Hopkins University, she has led
clinical and population health analytics for large integrated academic health systems, introduced
standardized analytic processes into DNP curriculum, and mentored more than 300 doctoral-level
students in planning and executing evidence-based translation projects in practice.
As the founder and chief executive officer of ForestVue Healthcare Solutions, Dr. Sylvia has
developed a framework for achieving success in value-based care and has achieved efficiencies in
applying this methodology for health plans, healthcare delivery systems, accountable care organiza-
tions, and other specialty healthcare companies. At the tactical level, she leads organizations in the
design, development, and implementation of clinical workflow and supporting analytic solutions
including workflow redesign; digital solution selection and optimization; data modeling; patient
stratification and segmentation; evidence-based intervention development and implementation;
and outcomes monitoring and measurement.
She completed her BS in Nursing at the University of Vermont in 1999; MSN/MBA degree in
2004 from the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and Carey School of Business; and PhD
in 2009 from the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing.
Mary F. Terhaar, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN Dr. Terhaar is a national leader in science translation,
nursing education, and interprofessional team collaboration. Across 35 years of leadership span-
ning diverse systems, roles, and clinical services, she has framed practice problems as challenges,
built high-functioning teams with diverse talents, and led the development and execution of inno-
vative and replicable solutions.
Professor Terhaar is moving nursing practice, health systems, and outcomes forward using
evidence, teamwork, data, and innovation. She is preparing the nursing workforce for tomorrow by
challenging and strengthening education today. In her capacity as associate dean for graduate pro-
grams at the Fitzpatrick College of Nursing at Villanova University, Professor Terhaar is advancing
doctoral education by creating scholarly processes, curricula, and resources that guide faculty and
students through IRB submission of protocols, data collection, data management, and dissemina-
tion. Improvement of these processes and outcomes have been reported at national nursing meet-
ings and disseminated in more than 80 manuscripts and four textbooks widely adopted in nursing
programs across the country. She has mentored over 200 doctoral students through scholarly work
focused on translation, innovation, robust evaluation, and dissemination.
Professor Terhaar led a team focused on increasing diversity and inclusion in nursing as prin-
cipal investigator on an innovative IBC Pipeline project at Temple University that provided schol-
arships, structural support, and mentorship to undergraduate nurses, as well as education and
enrichment experiences for high school students in North Philadelphia. This effort builds on her
work as principal investigator on Bridges to Nursing at Case Western Reserve University, which
provided mentorship, financial assistance, and structural support to minority nurses aspiring to
earn a research doctorate in nursing. She is co-founder of an innovative program that helps pro-
spective students remove barriers to success in doctoral study, which has increased effective appli-
cations across diverse groups of nurses.
She earned her diploma in nursing at Sisters’ of Charity Hospital in Buffalo, New York; her BS
in Nursing from Emmanuel College in Boston, Massachusetts; and both her MSN and PhD from
the Catholic University of America.
