[1] She is best known for her contributions improving patient safety, health administration, and nurse-physician relationships.
[2][3][1] As an advocate for patient safety, Disch has testified before Congress sharing both large-scale data and compelling case studies.
[10][5] Disch is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, an organization for which she served as president from 2011 to 2013.
[1][5] In 2016, Disch was elected chair of the board of directors of Aurora Health Care,[11][1] a not for profit health-care system headquartered in Milwaukee.
[12] In September 2019, she was succeeded by John Daniels Jr. as chair of Advocate Aurora board.