Tribute to Excellence Journal 2022 - Flipbook - Page 22
2022 Quality Improvement Champions
Harvey A. Diaz
Program Director
Community Healthcare Network
For outstanding leadership in implementing innovative
programs serving medically underserved communities;
overseeing the delivery of comprehensive HIV and
sexual health services to high-risk youth; helping expand
behavioral health interventions to engage transgender
women of color in HIV services; and working evenings
and weekends to support pop-up COVID vaccine events.
Ritchell R. Dignam, MD, HMDC
Chief Medical Officer,
VNSNY Provider Services and Hospice Medical Director,
VNSNY Hospice and Palliative Care
Visiting Nurse Service of New York
For inspired leadership to achieve and maintain industryleading quality of care and design emergency protocols
protecting staff, patients, and the community during the
pandemic; spearheading the use of sophisticated
algorithms evaluating patient risk; introducing advanced
telehealth capabilities; and playing a key role in a push
to reduce health disparities.
Dayna Dixon, PhD, RN, NPD-BC, CPHQ
Nurse Education Manager
Mount Sinai West
For successfully managing a quality improvement
project on pain assessment and reassessment, helping
improve compliance in intensive care units (ICUs) and
medical surgical units by 25 percent; conducting realtime monitoring of clinical practice and documentation;
and educating 200 registered nurses across 3 ICUs and
6 inpatient medical surgical units.
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