Tribute to Excellence Journal 2022 - Flipbook - Page 30
2022 Quality Improvement Champions
Lorraine Chambers Lewis, PA-C, MBA, FACHE
Executive Director
Long Island Jewish Forest Hills
Northwell Health
For creating a systemwide process of vaccine pods for
health care workers, balancing risk, need, safety, and
considerable logistical hurdles to effectively and fairly
distribute a limited vaccine supply to team members at
23 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory and
administrative locations.
Amy E. Loeb, EdD, MBA, RN
Executive Director
Peconic Bay Medical Center
Northwell Health
For empowering her leadership team to connect with
the community through the Patient and Family Advisory
Council, and for her focus on a culture of safety and
patient-centered care through teamwork, shared vision,
and innovation that has resulted in an improved patient
experience and an 80 percent decrease in hospitalacquired infections.
William A. Lois, MD, FACS
Chairman, Surgery
BronxCare Health System
For expanding and reinforcing surgical services to meet
the major needs of the community, recruiting an expert
team of surgeons who are achieving positive outcomes
for patients, and taking a leadership role at BronxCare’s
Graduate Medical Education Program, all while
maintaining an active surgical schedule.
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