Tribute to Excellence Journal 2022 - Flipbook - Page 36
2022 Quality Improvement Champions
Carmela Senese, MA, OTR/L
Chief Rehabilitation Officer
Elizabeth Seton Children’s Center
For her pioneering work in creating a plan to offer
hydrotherapy services to children and young adults with
tracheostomies when it had been previously deemed
impossible due to the complex nature of their
conditions.
Diane Shea, RN, BSN
Chief Quality Officer
Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
For her focus on quality improvement; identifying
challenges that affect quality of care, creating solid
solutions, and rallying her team to embrace positive
change, leading to a reduction in the use of
antipsychotic drugs, a reduction in avoidable
hospitalizations, improved dementia care, and a
reduction in weight loss among residents.
Lorette Shea, RN, BSN, MPS
Assistant Vice President of Quality Management
MJHS Home Care and MJHS Hospice
For championing processes that ensure compliance with
State and Federal regulations and for her leadership in
elevating her organization’s longstanding commitment
to evidence-based practice, quality, safety, and positive
patient outcomes.
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