FINAL 2024 Tribute Journal - Flipbook - Page 17
2024 Quality Improvement Champions
Risa E. Bochner, MD, MPH
Patient Safety Officer
NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem
For leading a patient safety program that has increased
the number of “good catches” by 146 percent in one
year, implemented and measured new risk reduction
strategies, and improved the process for boarding
pediatric patients awaiting transfer to an inpatient
child psychiatry facility.
Dannick Boutin, MBA, OTR/L
Director of Rehabilitation Services
MJHS Menorah & Isabella Centers for Rehabilitation
and Nursing
For leading rehabilitation services at two centers,
facilitating recovery for short-term patients and longterm residents, and for taking on new responsibilities
during the pandemic, including the creation of tracking
systems for staff and resident COVID vaccinations.
Andrews Brookman, RN, MPH
Infection Control Practitioner
Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital
For reducing the surgical site infection rate through a
new committee that created protocols and analyzed
metrics in areas such as intravenous antibiotic prophylaxis,
antiseptic skin preparation, hand/forearm antisepsis by
surgical staff, and re-education on cleaning operative
suites.
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