Healthcare Innovation Leader & Chief Experience Officer at ECU Health; Author of "System Innovation"; Recipient of Healthcare Professional Innovation Award
Julie Kennedy Oehlert Biography
Dr. Julie Kennedy Oehlert, DNP, RN, is a healthcare leader whose career spans more than four decades. Kennedy Oehlert began her career in healthcare as a nurse aide at age 14 and has since held a range of clinical, operational, consultative, and strategic roles across the healthcare continuum. Her clinical practice is rooted in emergency trauma nursing, and she holds a Doctorate of Nursing Practice in Health Innovation and Leadership from the University of Minnesota. Early in her career, Kennedy Oehlert worked as a consultant and speaker specializing in healthcare leadership coaching and international speaking engagements.
Kennedy Oehlert serves as Chief Experience Officer at ECU Health, overseeing initiatives to enhance patient experience, brand experience, and community engagement within a large hospital system serving more than 1.4 million people across 29 Eastern North Carolina counties. She also holds the role of chief of marketing and communications, managing internal and external communications, digital, social, and public relations, as well as operational responsibility for environmental services, food services, language access services, and patient and family advisors throughout the ECU Health system. Kennedy Oehlert is adjunct faculty for East Carolina University College of Nursing.
Before joining ECU Health, Kennedy Oehlert served as Chief Administrative Officer and Associate Chief Experience Officer at University of California, San Diego Health, with responsibilities in ambulatory care and developing a sustainable culture of patient experience. She previously held the position of Vice President of Patient Experience at The University of Arizona Health Network, leading operational aspects related to patient experience. Kennedy Oehlert has worked to integrate human experience principles into every level of care, connecting team member experience with patient outcomes and advancing healthcare leadership, patient safety, and human-centered care.
Kennedy Oehlert received the Healthcare Professional Innovation Award from the Beryl Institute and is the author of the book "System Innovation: A Holistic Approach to Disrupting with Love and Human Caring." Her efforts contributed to ECU Health being recognized as a top performer in patient experience by PEP Health. She was also named to Becker's Hospital Review's "CXOs to Know" list. Kennedy Oehlert has been inducted into the ECU College of Nursing Hall of Fame and is recognized for her work in culture transformation, design thinking, and healthcare innovation.
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