Tribute to Excellence Journal 2022 - Flipbook - Page 28
2022 Quality Improvement Champions
Tiffany La Croix, LCSW
Manager of Behavioral Health and Social Work
HealthCare Partners, IPA
For leading a multi-departmental team that helps those
with chronic medical conditions and food insecurity
obtain healthy meals through a partnership with God’s
Love We Deliver, including reaching out to primary care
practitioners to identify members in need, coordinating
meal deliveries, and aggregating outcomes measures.
Connie Lam, DO
President
Milestones Pediatrics of New York
Coalition of Asian-American IPA
For her leadership in constantly working to improve care
while reducing costs for immigrant and working families
in the community, ensuring that staff continued to see
patients in-person or virtually during the pandemic, and
quickly preparing to vaccinate Milestones’ patient
population and the general public.
Darin A. Latimore, MD
Deputy Dean, Chief Diversity Officer and
Associate Professor, General Internal Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
Yale New Haven Health
For working tirelessly to embed equity and inclusion into
the mission of the school and its affiliated ambulatory
and inpatient facilities as the first deputy dean for
diversity and inclusion and first chief diversity officer,
creating improved relationships with the community and
a renewed commitment to equity and inclusion as
drivers of quality and safety.
United Hospital Fund | Tribute to Excellence in Health Care