MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota—Health Dimensions Group (HDG), a senior living, post-acute and long-term care management and consulting firm based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has hired Barbara Klick as executive vice president of quality. With this position, Klick will join HDG’s Executive Leadership Team.
“I am genuinely grateful for the opportunity to join the HDG team in the role of executive vice president of quality,” Klick said. “I am excited to be part of an organization that provides quality care to our residents and exceptional service to our clients. HDG helps to ensure access to care for seniors by delivering services across managed communities and consulting, I look forward to expanding our quality and customer service pillar of excellence, including the resident life enrichment program Enrichment Beyond Expectations.”
With more than 30 years of operational leadership experience in the health and senior care sector, Klick said she is devoted to helping HDG’s consulting clients and managed communities meet their goals. Leveraging her first-hand experience leading organizations in the health care space as a CEO and COO, Klick's leadership in quality will help push HDG’s Quality and Customer Service Pillar of Excellence, including Enrichment Beyond Expectations.
“Barbara joining the HDG executive leadership team is a great honor for us,” Erin Shvetzoff Hennessey, CEO of Health Dimensions Group said. “Her decades of hands-on experience in the health care industry are invaluable. Barbara’s leadership will help provide quality outcomes across HDG managed communities and consulting clients. We know she has the refined skills and expertise to support our clients, enhance our Quality and Customer Service Pillar of Excellence, and bring with her a commitment to our HDG values of hospitality, stewardship, respect, integrity, and humor.”
Prior to joining HDG, Klick served as the CEO of Sholom Community Alliance, a senior living management organization based in the Twin Cities, for eight years. Her resume also includes stints with Fairview Physician Associates as their COO, the University of Minnesota Physicians as their vice president of ambulatory care, the University of Minnesota Veterinary Medical Center as their medical center administrator/COO, and Hennepin Faculty Associates as their assistant vice president of operations. Klick is also a member of the LeadingAge Minnesota Quality Committee.
The addition of Klick to HDG’s Executive Leadership Team marks a strategic expansion of the group. Klick’s added skillset will allow the organization to better serve the changing needs of both HDG’s consulting and management clients. With constant changes in the industry, having a flexible and diverse team is essential for HDG to continue to serve its clients to the highest standard.