Tribute to Excellence Journal 2023 - Flipbook - Page 33
2023 Quality Improvement Champions
Amanda J. Rhee, MD, MS
Medical Director of Patient Safety, System CMO Office
and Associate Professor of Anesthesiology,
Perioperative and Pain Medicine
The Mount Sinai Hospital
For leading the implementation of a program to reduce
errors in surgery by focusing on key communication
skills and structured conversations including the creation
of a standardized protocol checklist, the training of
coaching auditors to teach skills and collect performance
data, and the launch of a mandatory Safety Summit to
ensure the adoption of new procedures.
Charmaine Rose, MBA-Healthcare, BSN, RN, CPHQ
Vice President of Quality Assurance and
Performance Improvement
Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital
For being the champion for a culture of safety and
transparency at the hospital where she has
revolutionized the quality program leading to a
reduction in hospital-acquired infections, improved
hospital safety grades, and a revamped stroke program
which received a Joint Commission Disease Specific
Certification.
Ariana Ruiz
Associate Director Quality, Safety and
Emergency Preparedness
St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children
For her instrumental role identifying and addressing
system-wide inefficiencies that impaired patient care,
process effectiveness, and equity; and for measuring and
integrating discrete data elements from the electronic
medical record to enhance clinical performance, which
helped achieve better quality and more efficient data
collection.
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