Deborah J. Bulger, CPHQ

Vice President, Strategic Partners – Syntellis Performance Solutions

Deborah J Bulger, vice president of strategic programs at Syntellis Performance Solutions leads sales enablement for a suite of healthcare analytics products and services. As a healthcare professional for over 35 years, her career began as a medical technologist and she has had various hospital leadership roles including director of quality. Her expertise in clinical quality led to a consulting role for MediQual Systems, Inc. where she participated in numerous state and local clinical performance improvement projects at healthcare systems, employer organizations, and business coalitions, and later served as vice president of product management for McKesson Provider Technologies. She has been a CPHQ since 1986 and an active member of NAHQ. Deb has been a member of the NAHQ Competencies Commission, co-led the HQ Essentials Quality Review and Accountability competencies development, and authored the Quality Review and Accountability section of HQ Solutions, fifth edition.