Joy Doll

Joy Doll is the Program Director for the Creighton University Health Informatics Program where she designs and implements innovative curriculum to transform healthcare delivery. Joy also owns and operates a side hustle to support organizations to bridge health care and social care, Hello Better Healthcare, LLC. Her clients include start-ups, healthcare organizations, community care hubs and federal partnerships. She currently serves as the Social Care Advisor for the Iowa Community HUB, Strategic Advisor for Family Room and as a subject matter expert for the CDC’s Diabetes MATCH Initiative and Brain Health efforts. She also serves as a Strategic Partner to Wellbeing in Action where she supports public health and community-based behavioral health centers with health data maturity. She supports multiple organizations in capacity building around health data infrastructure and program evaluation including return on investment. Prior to launching Hello Better Healthcare, Joy was the Vice President of Community Programs for CyncHealth. In this role, she led the first EHR integration of health care and social care in the state of Nebraska.

Prior to joining CyncHealth, Joy served as the Inaugural Executive Director for establishing the Center for Interprofessional Education and Research (CIPER) where she was engaged with CHI Health to develop, establish and study an interprofessional clinical learning environment. She was the Vice Chair of the Department of Occupational Therapy in the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions at Creighton University. During her time at the CU, she was also the director of a Post Professional OTD Program where she was responsible for recruitment and retention of students, managing student issues, and maintaining program excellence. She is author of the textbook Grant Writing and Program Development for Occupational Therapy Practitioners: Making the Connection and over 50 book chapters or peer reviewed journal publications. She is a sought after speaker including the 2018 TedX Talk entitled Cultivating Collaboration in Health Care: The Journey of an Accidental Expert. Joy earned her Doctor of Occupational Therapy degree in 2003 from Creighton University. In May 2022, she completed a miniMBA from University of Arizona as a recipient of the CommonSpirit Equity Impact Scholarship.