California Health Care Safety Net Institute

2012 Quality Leaders Awards Entries
Click on any project title to see the organization's complete QLA application.

Hospital Name Project Title Category Contact Person Contact Title Contact Email
Alameda County Medical Center 5 East Inpatient Nursing Unit Improvements in Patient Experience Dr. Desiree Haynes Organizational Development Consultant dhaynes@acmedctr.org
Alameda County Medical Center Improvements in Sepsis Care Clinical Quality Improvement Karen Young & Indhu Subramanian Charge Nurse & Critical Care Physician kyoung@acmedctr.org
Alameda County Medical Center Baby Friendly Multiple Dr. Desiree Haynes Organizational Development Consultant dhaynes@acmedctr.org
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center Community Health Improvement Initiative Prevention & Community Health Promotion Patrick Petre CEO petrep@armc.sbcounty.gov
Contra Costa Regional Medical Center Avatar Improvements in Patient Experience Marianne Bunce-Houston Dir. Transformation & Innovation marianne.bunce@hsd.cccounty.us
Harbor - UCLA Medical Center Reducing Readmissions for a High Risk Population Coordinated Systems of Care Susan Black Chief Quality Officer sblack@dhs.lacounty.gov
LAC+USC Access to pharmacy Multiple Beatrisa Bannister Pharmacy Supervisor I bbannister@dhs.lacounty.gov
LAC+USC Reduction in Inpatient Discharge Turn Around Time Multiple Christopher Forju Dir. of Patient Flow Program, Associate Nursing Director lisa.johnson@sfdph.org
LAC+USC Reduce Hospital Aquired Pressure Ulcers Multiple Annie Ternate Clinical Nursing Director, ICUs aternate@dhs.lacounty.gov
Olive View - UCLA Medical Center Improving Outcomes through Innovation - Enhanced Management and Detection of Sepsis Multiple Laura Sarff Chief Quality Officer lsarff@dhs.lacounty.gov
Riverside County Regional Medical Center Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection: Hospital-wide Reduction at a County Hospital Clinical Quality Improvement Silvia I. Gnass Infection Prevention and Control Diretor sgnass@co.riverside.ca.us
Santa Clara Valley Health & Hospital System Surplus Drug Collection and Distribution Program Multiple Mymy Phu Supervising Pharmacist mymy.phu@phd.sccgov.org
Santa Clara Valley Health & Hospital System Improvements in Patient Experience at Moorpark Primary Care Clinic Multiple Inna Tauglich Sr. HCPA - Project Manager of Ambulatory Patient Experience inna.tauglich@hhs.sccgov.org
San Francisco General Hospital Increasing and Advancing Gastrointestinal Care in the Safety Net: Expanding the Role of Nurse Practitioners Improvements in Patient Experience & Efficiency and Access Lukejohn Day Director of Clinical Gastroenterology/Medical Director of Medical Subspecialties lukejohn.day@ucsf.edu
San Francisco General Hospital San Francisco Community Primary Care Spirometry Program   George Su, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical care george.su@ucsf.edu
San Francisco General Hospital SFDPH Quality and Leadership Academy Clinical Quality Improvement & Coordinated Systems of Care William Huen Associate Chief Medical Officer will.huen@ucsf.edu
San Joaquin General Hospital Mapping our Way Home Clinical Quality Improvementn & Coordinated Systems of Care Samantha Phillips-bland Senior Deputy Director sbland@sjgh.org
San Mateo Medical Center Diabetes Perfect Care Improvement Efforts through Protocol Use Clinical Quality Improvement Jeanette Aviles, MD Medical Director, Primary Care Services and Medical Director, Fair Oaks Clinic javiles@smcgov.org
San Mateo Medical Center "Less is More": A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Approach to Weight Management Clinical Quality Improvement and Improvements in Patient Experience Dr. David Lin Chief of Outpatient Psychiatry Services dlin@smcgov.org
San Mateo Medical Center Violence Reduction in Acute Psychiatric Unit Clinical Quality Improvement and Improvements in Patient Experience Karin Buscher Nurse Manager of Inpatient and Emergency Psychiatric Services kbuscher@smcgov.org
San Mateo Medical Center Improving Staff Experience to Improve Patient Experience Improvements in Patient Experience Bella Krupetsky Charge Nurse for Medical Surgical Units bkrupetsky@smcgov.org
University of California, Davis Medical Center UCDMC Sepsis Mortality Improvement Initiative Clinical Quality Improvement & Coordinated Systems of Care Marci Hoze Co-lead, Sepsis Mortality Improvement Initiative marci.hoze@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
University of California, Davis Medical Center Care Coordination: An Innovative Approach to Transitioning Patients Across the Healthcare Continuum Clinical Quality Improvement, Improvements in Patient Experience, Coordinated Systems of Care, and Efficiency and Access Bridget Levich Director, Chronic Disease Management and Care Coordination bridget.levich@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
Ventura County Medical Center Reducing Medication Errors: Renewals Improvements in Patient Experience Seth Frey PI Manager seth.frey@ventura.org
Ventura County Medical Center Improving Diabetes Management Clinical Quality Improvement & Improvements in Patient Experience Seth Frey PI Manager seth.frey@ventura.org
Ventura County Medical Center Sepsis Recognition and Management Program Rick Rutherford, MD Rick Rutherford, MD Coordinator, Sepsis Task Force pamela.lindeman@ventura.org


Click on any project title to see the organization's complete Clinical Learning application.

Hospital Name Project Title Category Contact Person Contact Title Contact Email
San Joaquin General Hospital Improving communication to facilitate patient directed outcomes and the patient experience CLINICAL LEARNING AWARD Shariar Borbor, MD Resident sborbor@sjgh.org
Riverside County Regional Medical Center Blood Stream Infections Associated to Dialysis Treatment in an in-patient population at a County Hospital CLINICAL LEARNING AWARD Matias R. Gnass Medical Student matiasgnass@gmail.com
Riverside County Regional Medical Center Scrub Patrol: A Novel Approach to Hand Hygiene Monitoring CLINICAL LEARNING AWARD Vidhi Wadhwa Medical Fellow (951) 586-4314
University of California, San Francisco Increasing the Treatment of Alcohol Dependence in the Inpatient Hospital Setting through Implementation of a Discharge Planning Tool CLINICAL LEARNING AWARD Triveni Defries Medical Student crooke@dhs.lacounty.gov