Plymouth County Outreach Advisory Board

Tim Quigley, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC is Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer at South Shore Health. Dr. Quigley joined South Shore Health in 2004 from Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, where he was Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nurse Executive for 7 years. Previously, Dr. Quigley worked for Massachusetts General Hospital, VHA Health Front in Woburn (one of the first attempts at network integration in this region), and Boston University’s Health Policy Unit. He was a clinical assistant professor at MGH’s Institute of Health Professions from 1997-2004 and served as President of the Organization of Nurse Leaders of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Connecticut, and was a recipient of their Mary B. Concession Leadership Award in 2013. He was previously an active board member of the Boston-EMS Regional Council for 10 years. Dr. Quigley earned his undergraduate degree in respiratory therapy from Quinnipiac University in Hamden, CT; his Bachelor of Science in Nursing from University of Massachusetts/Boston; his Master’s in Business Administration from Boston University, and his Doctorate in Nursing Practice from MGH Institute of Health Profession. He is a passionate and effective advocate for lifelong learning, data driven decision making and shared governance tools used to empower caregivers so that they may better serve patients. He is most proud of the hundreds of colleagues who have achieved undergraduate and graduate degrees in the programs that he has helped design and support. South Shore Health achieved its initial designation as a prestigious Magnet Hospital in 2009 under his leadership and was re-designated in 2013 and again in 2017. As it relates to what he believes is the biggest health crisis of our times and which has personally affected his family, Dr. Quigley has worked with many groups and stakeholders including Plymouth County Outreach to destigmatize and advance the care of patients with substance use disorder and the oft-related undertreated and untreated behavioral health disorders. Examples of this since 2010 are early and aggressive use of Narcan in the community, extensive deployment of paramedicine and a mobile simulation lab used to train family members and friends in the use of Narcan, creation of a comprehensive Addiction Medicine Service and Bridge Program (which works with all community providers) across every entry point at SSH with the advice and tremendous support from the Grayken Center at Boston Medical Center, early presence of Peer Recovery Support in the ED setting with Baystate Health Services and Gosnold Recovery Services, the creation of a Perinatal Psychiatric Program at SSH, and a soon to be launched (early 2020) Mobile Integrated Health Team that will target these patients for regular check in and early intervention as needed.