FINAL 2024 Tribute Journal - Flipbook - Page 33
2024 Quality Improvement Champions
Farrah Reyes, RN, WCC, IPCO
Nursing Compliance Manager
RiverSpring Living
For spearheading therapies that reduced the prevalence
of pressure ulcers and falls below the national average
and resulted in improvements in quality of life and
safety; and for leading education initiatives that have
spurred other positive outcomes.
Tara L. Roche, RN, SCRN, MS
Stroke Program Manager
Mount Sinai Queens
For leading a multidisciplinary collaboration that
enhanced communication between stroke and
rehabilitation teams and led to a 500 percent increase in
acute rehabilitation admissions from Q2 to Q4 of 2023;
her efforts also helped improve treatment times for
acute ischemic stroke patients.
Navarra Rodriguez, MD
President & Chief Medical Officer
AdvantageCare Physicians of New York
For implementing a rating system to measure and track
improvements in value-based transformation, which has
led to significant progress in kidney health evaluation,
breast cancer screenings, and colon cancer screenings
for Medicare and Medicaid populations.
United Hospital Fund | Tribute to Excellence in Health Care
