Dr. Bleich initiated his own business, NursDynamics, LLC in April, 2016 and serves as its President and CEO; he serves as faculty for the AONL Fellowship programs.
In service leadership roles, Dr. Bleich was the Chief Executive Officer for KU HealthPartners – an academic practice that included a safety net clinic – and acute care roles as Chief Nursing Officer/Vice President for Patient Care Services and Chief Accreditation Officer for Health Midwest in Kansas, and CNO for Bryan Memorial Hospital and Saint Mary’s Medical Center, in Nebraska, and Wisconsin, respectively. Other roles included Vice-Provost for Interprofessional Education (OHSU), Chair – Department of Health Policy and Management in the School of Medicine (KU), and Consultant for Quality Healthcare Resources (affiliated with JCAHO).
He has been recognized nationally and internationally for expertise on nursing and healthcare trends and issues tied to leadership; health systems and policy development; curricular innovation; and workforce supply, demand, and competency enhancement. To this end, he served as one of five nurses who contributed to and authored the seminal report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health issued through the Institute of Medicine and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.