[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 15, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E198]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  RECOGNIZING MS. JUDITH WINFORD FOR HER SERVICES IN THE MISSISSIPPI 
                         HEALTH CARE COMMUNITY

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                        HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 15, 2012

  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize 
the prominent career of Ms. Judith Winford, a notable Program Director 
of Delta State University's school-based Asthma Management Program. In 
this role, she is responsible for the oversight of asthma case 
management services in 14 Delta counties and 31 school districts across 
the Mississippi Delta. Ms. Winford is also an adjunct instructor in the 
RN program at Coahoma Community College.
  She earned a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing from the University of 
Tennessee at Memphis and a Master's Degree in Nursing from Regis 
University in Denver, Colorado. She is currently enrolled in a Post-
Master's Program at Delta State University.
  During her extended career of over 15 years, Ms. Winford has served 
in the pediatric critical care unit at Le Bonheur Children's Medical 
Center in Memphis, Tennessee. She subsequently served as Nurse 
Epidemiologist with the Memphis and Shelby County Health Department, 
where she was responsible for surveillance and case investigations for 
Category 1 Notifiable Disease. Ms. Winford played a pivotal role in 
helping Memphis and Shelby County health care providers develop 
emergency response plans for anticipated community disasters.
  Ms. Winford has years of clinical expertise in the area of health 
care risk management. She has served as the risk manager for Memphis 
Mental Health Institute and Director of Quality and Risk Management at 
Bolivar Medical Center. In these roles, she has coordinated the Joint 
Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations survey, 
functioned as a resource for legal counsel, established benchmarks for 
quality indicators, developed quality goals and objectives, and created 
innovative tools for medical record auditing.
  Ms. Winford holds a national certification as a Certified 
Professional in Healthcare Quality. She is also a member of Alpha Kappa 
Alpha Sorority, Inc., Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of 
Nursing, and the Mississippi Nursing Association. While at the Memphis 
Mental Health Institute, she received special recognition from the 
Department of Justice for the development of quality tools for patient 
compliance. Ms. Winford has presented extensively in Tennessee and 
Mississippi on a variety of health topics. Most recently, she was a 
guest speaker at the Alabama-Mississippi Sociological Association, 
Mississippi School Nurse Association, Mississippi Association of 
Professionals in Health, and the Recreation and Dance Professional 
Association.
  Ms. Winford is the proud mother of one son, who is a senior at the 
Mississippi School of Mathematics and Science in Columbus, Mississippi. 
Mr. Speaker, I ask you and our colleagues to join me in recognizing Ms. 
Judith Winford for her many contributions to healthcare and service to 
her community.

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