Ann Scott Blouin, Ph.D., R.N.

Executive Vice President
Division of Accreditation and Certification Operations

Ann Scott Blouin is the Executive Vice President in the Division of Accreditation and Certification Operations at The Joint Commission. In this role, Dr. Blouin is responsible for oversight of the accreditation and certification programs for more than 17,000 health care organizations, including all activities related to surveys and the accreditation and certification processes, sentinel events, complaints, and performance measurement requirements. She also oversees the standards interpretation function, surveyor management and development, and the ongoing development and refinement of the priority focus process and the periodic performance review. 

With more than 30 years of health care administration, consulting and clinical nursing experience, Dr. Blouin has held positions of program administrator, vice president for nursing, and executive vice president for operations at two Chicago area community teaching hospitals and a Chicago academic medical center. She has worked with multiple constituents ranging from nursing and medical staff to senior executives and boards to help academic medical centers and large health systems improve quality and patient safety, revenue management, and operating cost efficiency and effectiveness. Dr. Blouin has consulted with some of the leading health care organizations in the country and has been in leadership roles at consulting firms such as Ernst & Young LLP and Huron Consulting Group Inc. She was most recently a principal at Deloitte, a national leader of management consulting services in patient safety, quality and capacity management.

Dr. Blouin has published and taught extensively on topics focused on health care and nursing administration, and served as an adjunct faculty member at several Chicago area schools of nursing and medicine. She currently serves on the National Advisory Board for U.S. Preventive Medicine and as an editorial advisor for the Journal of Nursing Administration and Journal of Biotechnology in Healthcare.

Dr. Blouin earned her Ph.D. in nursing sciences and MBA from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She received her MSN with honors in maternal/child nursing from Loyola University of Chicago, and BSN with high honors from Lewis University in Romeoville. She is a member of the American College of Health Care Executives and American Organization of Nurse Executives.