Tribute to Excellence Journal 2022 - Flipbook - Page 32
2022 Quality Improvement Champions
Maria M. Molina, MD
Pediatrician
First Step Pediatrics
SOMOS Community Care
For being on the front lines of this pandemic since
March 2020 in the hardest hit boroughs of New York
City, ensuring that all children and families in her care
received culturally competent health care, access to
COVID-19 vaccinations, COVID-19 testing, and free health
education.
Sandra Mundy, LMSW, LNHA
Administrator, Manhattan
The New Jewish Home
For conceptualizing and creating a COVID-19-only unit
that closes the gap in care for frail COVID-19 patients
requiring post-acute rehabilitation, delivering life-saving
rehabilitation to over 300 critically ill patients whose
complex needs would have otherwise remained unmet.
Luckdjyne Labelle Neas, LCSW, CASAC-2
Clinical Manager
Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital
For working with community-based organizations to
facilitate safe hospital discharges and secure such
services as medical follow-up, home care referrals, and
behavioral health and substance abuse treatment, which
helped reduce both the overall length of stay for
hospitalized patients and readmission rates.
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