Sandy Maione, RN, YNHH performance improvement coordinator, (second from right), accepted the Summit Award for her team’s abstract at the Inaugural Performance Improvement Poster Session from (l-r): Naralys Sinanis, senior OSM consultant; Emily Hart; OSM manager; Corey Champeau, vice president, Quality and Safety; and Austin Potter, executive director, OSM.
Over 150 attendees filled the 55 Park St. Auditorium in New Haven Nov. 20 for the Inaugural Performance Improvement Poster Session. Teams across Yale New Haven Health answered the call for abstracts showcasing the range of performance improvement efforts being implemented.
Of the more than 70 abstracts submitted, three earned top recognition. The Summit Award, for the highest-scoring abstract, went to “Saying ‘so long’ to shunt SSI.” Team members: Sandy Maione, RN; Thomas Murray, MD, PhD; Kathy Krechevsky; and Jeannine Rockefeller, APRN.
The Cycle of Excellence Award went to “Social Drivers of Health screening in pediatric populations” from Bridget Meedzan; Christine Cabugao; Andrew O’Connell; Stacy Brassil; Mary-Jo Smith; James Hasselschwert; Jeremy Peterson; and Deanna Morabito.
The Keystone Award was presented to “Transitions of care Pharmacy Services at BH/MC,” submitted by Christopher Flores, PharmD; AnneMarie Blake, PharmD; Rabya Mirza, PharmD; Joanne Ruggiero, PharmD; and Jamie Musharbash.
Recognizing that continuous performance improvement is a necessity in today’s healthcare environment, the poster session highlighted the successes achieved by teams throughout YNHHS. Over the past two years, Quality and Safety partnered with the Office of Strategy Management (OSM) to conduct 15 workshops on performance improvement, training upwards of 1,000 employees. Training will continue in 2026. Check the Learning Management System (LMS) via Infor for upcoming dates.
To learn more about projects submitted for the poster session, visit the virtual gallery on the intranet, under Resources, Documents, Performance Improvement, Virtual Gallery.
