California Health Care Safety Net Institute

2011 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
Contra Costa Regional Medical Center The Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Improvement Project: Improving Patient Outcomes through the Creation and Implementation of a VBAC Bundle Multiple Brenda J. Stewarts Quality Manager Brenda.Stewart@hsd.cccounty.us
Contra Costa Regional Medical Center Preventing Dental Caries in Low-Income Preschoolers through Application of Flouride Varnish in the Primary Care Setting Prevention and Community Health Promotion Dr. D. Dooley Pediatric Quality Consultant, Contra Costa Health Plan  
Contra Costa Regional Medical Center "Stomp Out Sepsis!": A hospital's journey towards excellence in sepsis care Multiple Baraka Jaden, RN Quality Manager, Emergency Department and Pyschiatry baraka.peterman@hsd.cccounty.us
Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center Improving Quality of Stroke Care in the Los Angeles County Safety-Net System Multiple Amytis Towfighi, MD Associate Medical Director, Chair, Department of Neurology, Director, Acute Stroke Clinic atowfighi@dhs.lacounty.gov
Riverside County Regional Medical Center Sepsis Clinical Quality Susan Rand Assistant Hospital Administrator srand@co.riverside.ca.us
Riverside County Regional Medical Center Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection, Hospital-wide Reduction at a County Hospital Clinical Quality Silvia I. Gnass Infection Prevention and Control Director sgnass@co.riverside.ca.us
Riverside County Regional Medical Center Reduction of Cesarean Section Surgical Site Infections Through a Comprehensive Strategy at a County Hospital Clinical Quality Silvia I. Gnass Infection Prevention and Control Director sgnass@co.riverside.ca.us
San Francisco Department of Public Health Tobacco Use Cessation: Use of Electronic Tools to Screen, Refer and Collaborate Multiple Lisa Johnson, MD Medical Director, Community Oriented Primary Care lisa.johnson@sfdph.org
San Mateo Medical Center Mental/Physical Health Integration Multiple David Lin, PsyD. Chief of Outpatient Medical Psychiatry Services DLin@co.sanmateo.ca.us
San Mateo Medical Center Blood Management Program Multiple Susan Starnes Director of Laboratory Services sstarnes@co.sanmateo.ca.us
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Universal Screening of Newborns to exclude Critical Congenital Heart Disease Multiple Priya Jegatheesan, MD Medical Director of Mother-Infant Care Dyad Unit priya.jegatheesan@hhs.sccgov.org
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Combining Electronic Registry and Interactive Voice Response (IVR) Technology to Improve Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Rates Clinical Quality Tyler Aguinaldo, MD Director, Center for Diabetes and Metabolism tyler.aguinaldo@hhs.sccgov.org
UC Davis Health System Depression Care Management in the Primary Care Setting Multiple Bridget Levich, MS, RN, CDE Director of Chronic Disease Management bridget.levich@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
UC Davis Health System Use of MyChart secure electronic communication to distribute self
management information to patients with diabetes		 Multiple Bridget Levich, MS, RN, CDE Director of Chronic Disease Management bridget.levich@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
UC Davis Health System Palliative Care Consult Service Multiple Eric Moore, RN, MBA Manager Palliative Care eric.moore@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
UC Davis Health System A Nuclear Medicine Systems Based Project: Comparison Dipyridamole and Regadensoson as Cardiac Stress Agents for Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Multiple Wendy Nugent, RN, MSN Medical Quality Improvement Coordinator wendy.nugent@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
UC Davis Health System From Communities to the Capitol: Integrating Health Care Policy, Community Engagement and Leadership Skills into a Residency Curriculum Multiple Wendy Nugent, RN, MSN Medical Quality Improvement Coordinator wendy.nugent@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
UC Davis Health System Measures to Reduce Surgical Site Infection Associated with Colorectal Surgery Multiple Wendy Nugent, RN, MSN Medical Quality Improvement Coordinator wendy.nugent@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
UC Davis Health System Teaching the Profession: Is Clinical Breast Exam Training Necessary? Multiple Wendy Nugent, RN, MSN Medical Quality Improvement Coordinator wendy.nugent@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
UC Davis Health System Davis 8 Medical and Surgical Oncology and Bone marrow Transplant Inpatient Team Huddle Project Multiple Megan Kuehner, RN, BSN, OCN RN Clinical Nurse II megan.kuehner@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
UC Davis Health System A Nuclear Medicine Systems Based Project: Utilization of Regadensoson as a Cardiac Stress Agent Multiple Wendy Nugent, RN, MSN Medical Quality Improvement Coordinator wendy.nugent@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
UC Irvine Voluntary to Mandatory Influenza Vaccination of Healthcare Personnel:
Successful Creation of a “Safe Campus/Safe Hospital” to protect Patients, Staff, and Families from Influenza.		 Multiple Kathleen Quan, RN, PHN, BSN, CIC, CPHQ Infection Preventionist katquan@uci.edu
Ventura County Medical Center Quest for Zero OB Improvements in Patient Experience Cyndie Cole Chief Nurse Executive cyndie.cole@ventura.org
Ventura County Medical Center Preventing Hospital Aquired Pressure Ulcers Multiple Cyndie Cole Chief Nurse Executive cyndie.cole@ventura.org
Ventura County Medical Center Development, constructing, staffing and opening the first PICU Efficiency and Access Cyndie Cole Chief Nurse Executive cyndie.cole@ventura.org
Ventura County Medical Center Las Islas Diabetes Center, a Multi-Disciplinary Clinic Model Multiple Pamela K. Lindeman, MBA Chief Operations Officer, Ambulatory Care 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 Francisco General Hospital Financial Fitness Clinic at San Francisco General Hospital: Addressing Social Determinants for Improved Health Prevention and Community Health Promotion Adam Schickedanz, MD UCSF Dept. of Pediatrics, PGYII adam.shickedanz@ucsf.edu
Riverside County Regional Medical Center Blood Stream Infections Associated with Dialysis Treatment in an Inpatient population in a County Hospital Clinical Quality Matias R. Gnass Medical Student matiasgnass@gmail.com
Contra Costa Regional Medical Center Hospital Discharge Follow-up - Trying to Reduce Readmission Rates Clinical Quality Rebecca Lee, MD Attending Physician (project was completed during residency) rlee@ccfamilymed.com
Olive View-UCLA Medical Center Improved Diabetes Care through Implementation of an Evidence-Based DKA Order Set Clinical Quality Carlin Rooke, MD Kennamer Fellow (Internal Medicine) crooke@dhs.lacounty.gov