California Health Care Safety Net Institute

2009 Quality Leaders Awards Entries
Click on any project title to see the organization's QLA application.

Hospital Name Project Title Category Contact Person Contact Title Contact Email
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center Breathmobile Prevention & Population Health Susan Maruna Secretary, Business Dev. marunas@armc.sbcounty.gov
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center  Transitional Life Choices -ARMC Palliative Care Services Coordinated Systems of Care Khim Fugate Associate Administrator, Patient Services  (CNO) fugatek@armc.sbcounty.gov
Contra Costa Health Services Abnormal Breast Finding to Tissue Improvement Project Multiple Brenda Stewart Quality Manager bstewart@hsd.cccounty.us
Kern Medical Center Impact of Clinical Pharmacists Involvement in Direct Patient Care as Mid-level Practitioners Multiple Ryan Gates Senior Clinical Pharmacist gatesr@kernmedctr.com
Kern Medical Center A Community Diabetes Clinic: A Multidisciplinary Team Approach Multiple Ryan Gates Senior Clinical Pharmacist gatesr@kernmedctr.com
LADHS Access to Housing for Health Pilot Project Multiple Rowena Magana Project Coordinator rmagana@dhs.lacounty.gov
LADHS/LAC Harbor-UCLA CORE Program Efficiency and Operational Flow Cynthia Oliver Associate Hospital Administrator coliver@dhs.lacounty.gov
LADHS/LAC Harbor-UCLA Concurrent ORYX Review Program (CORP) Clinical Quality Improvement Susan Black Administrative Director sblack@dhs.lacounty.gov
LA-Olive View-UCLA Medical Center Asthma Disease Management Program Multiple Carla Nino Asst. Hospital Administrator cnino@dhs.lacounty.gov
LA-Olive View-UCLA Medical Center Electronic Triage Improves Quality/Efficiency Multiple Carla Nino Asst. Hospital Administrator cnino@dhs.lacounty.gov
LA-Olive View-UCLA Medical Center Mid-Valley Retinal Camera & Laser Clinic Multiple Carla Nino Asst. Hospital Administrator cnino@dhs.lacounty.gov
Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center Maximizing Business Intelligence Efficiency and Operational Flow  Connie Weiss Chief Strategic Development Officer cweiss@dhs.lacounty.gov
Riverside County Regional Medical Center Clinical Quality Improvement-Anticoagulation Clinical Quality Improvement Lee Klevens Director of Pharmacy lklevens@co.riverside.ca.us
San Francisco Department of Public Health Active Patient Panels: Use in Patient Capacity Assessments and QI Efforts Multiple Michael Drennan Director, Community Oriented Primary Care Michael.Drennan@sfdph.org
San Francisco Department of Public Health (Ocean Park) A Public Health Model for Health Worker Led Planned Visits and Panel Management Multiple Lisa Golden Medical Director lisa.golden@sfdph.org
San Francisco General Hospital CenteringPregnancy® Multiple Margaret Hutchison Director of Outpatient Services hutchisonm@obgyn.ucsf.edu
San Francisco General Hospital Orthopaedic Surgery Implant Savings Project (OSISP) Efficiency and Operational Flow  Amber Caldwell Outreach Development Coordinator caldwella@orthosurg.ucsf.edu
San Francisco General Hospital The Pediatric Asthma Clinic at San Francisco General Hospital Coordinated Systems of Care Shannon Thyne Medical Director, Children’s Health Center sthyne@San Francisco General Hospitalpeds.ucsf.edu
San Francisco General Hospital Health Coaching to Improve Chronic Illness Care Creating Equitable Health Systems  Ellen H. Chen/ Hali Hammer Physician Champion/Medical Director ElChen@fcm.ucsf.edu;
HHammer@fcm.ucsf.edu
San Francisco General Hospital Automated Telephone Self-Management Support Model for Diabetes  Multiple Natalie Collins MSw/Center Manager collinsnn@medSan Francisco General Hospital.ucsf.edu
San Mateo Medical Center SMMC Innovative Care Clinic Multiple Jagruti Shukla Medical Director jshukla@co.sanmateo.ca.us
Santa Clara County Health & Hospital System Systems Integrated Patient Interface Multiple Jerry Wallerstein Director of Language Services jerry.wallerstein@hhs.sccgov.org
Santa Clara County Health & Hospital System Santa Clara County Medical Respite Program Coordinated Systems of Care Cheryl Ho Medical Director, Valley Homeless Healthcare Program cheryl.ho@hhs.sccgov.org
Santa Clara County Health & Hospital System SCVMC Seismic Safety Project Political Effectiveness & Community Support Kim Roberts CEO LeighAnn.Armstrong@hhs.sccgov.org
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Valley Express/Coordinated Systems of Care Coordinated Systems of Care Dolly Goel Medical Director dolly.goel@hhs.sccgov.org
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Medical Short Stay Unit Efficiency and Operational Flow Dionette Kelton/ Sanjay Kurani Nurse Manager/ Medical Director Short Stay Unit dionette.kelton@hhs.sccgov.org;
sanjay.kurani@hhs.sccgov.org
UC Davis Insulin Therapy Evaluation Clinic Multiple Bridget Levich Director, Chronic Disease Management bridget.levich@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
UC Davis First Tuesday™ Coordinated Systems of Care Barbara Rickabaugh CN IV barbara.rickabaugh@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
UC Davis Toolkit for Constructing the Medical Home and Improving the Patient Experience Multiple Angela Gandolfo Practice Manager angela.gandolfo@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
UC Davis A Healing Environment-Naps Multiple Betty M. Clark Assistant Director betty.clark@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
UC Davis Chemotherapy Efficiency  Multiple Patricia Palmer  Medical Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist patricia.palmer@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
Ventura County Health Care Agency Si Se Puede Multiple Robert Gonzalez Medical Director robert.gonzalez@ventura.org
Ventura County Health Care Agency/Medical Center Improving Critical Care Outcomes: the Future of ICU Data Collection and Analysis Multiple Judith Overmyer, Cyndie Cole Critical Nurse Manager/CNO judith.overmyer@ventura.org;
cyndie.cole@ventura.org