This year, LA Health Services received 27 awards from the National Association of Counties! The NACo awards are intended to recognize new, innovative and commendable work performed by government entities across the country.
Specifically, the programs must:
- Offer new services to county residents, fill gaps in the availability of services, fill gaps in or tap new revenue source/s
- Improve the administration of an existing county government program
- Upgrade the working conditions or level of training for county employees
- Enhance the level of citizen participation in, or the understanding of, government programs
- Provide information that facilitates effective public policy making
- Promote intergovernmental cooperation and coordination in addressing shared problems
In addition, the programs must:
- Have measurable results
- Be innovative and not rely on techniques or procedures that are common practice in most counties of similar population or size
- Be consistent with acceptable governmental and financial management practices and must promote general governmental accountability.
Congratulations to our colleagues who received well-deserved recognition for the important work they do to help our patients and communities.
The links to the NACo Awards program descriptions and abstracts can be found here.
| DEPARTMENT | PROGRAM TITLE | PROGRAM CATEGORY | PROGRAM MANAGER | |
| 1. | Health Services | Pilot Program – Reducing Unnecessary Admission for Diabetic Foot Infection | Health | Jaclyn Spiegel, M.D.
Medical Director Transitions of Care Olive View-UCLA Medical Center |
| 2. | Health Services | BE SAFE- Back to Basics-A Program to Decrease Patient Falls | Health | Pattie Soltero Sanchez Clinical Nursing Director II
Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center |
| 3. | Health Services | Improving Access
to Rehabilitation Care: A Nurse-Led Improvement Project |
Health | Pattie Soltero Sanchez Clinical Nursing Director II Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center
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| 4. | Health Services | DHS Workforce Experience Program | Personnel Management, Employment, and Training | Jenine Wood
Director of Workforce Development & Experience
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| 5. | Health Services | #NoFilter: Ensuring Appropriate Follow-Up for Patients with IVC Filters | Health | Brian Quinn, MD
Physician Specialist Vascular and Interventional Radiology Olive View-UCLA Medical Center
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| 6. | Health Services | Pediatric weight management through FLEX (Fit Lifestyle with Eating and exercise) Clinic and a cross-clinic collaborative across Los
Angeles County Clinical Sites |
Health | Kelsi McCoy-Wilson, MD Physician Specialist
Pediatric Primary Care Director Olive View-UCLA Medical Center
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| 7. | Health Services | A “Collaborated Care” Model to Address Behavioral Health Challenges Associated with “Adverse Childhood
Experiences” in Youths with Medicaid |
Health | Eric Fein
Physician Specialist Pediatrics
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| 8. | Health Services | Healthcare Leadership and Advocacy Training Track for Internal Medicine Residents at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center | Civic Education and Public Information | Laxmi Suthar MD
Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Olive View-UCLA Medical Center
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| 9. | Health Services | Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Program Optimization at High Desert Regional Health Center | Health | Gordon Sun
Director of Specialty Care High Desert Regional Health Center
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| 10. | Health Services | LAC-Olive View Medical Center Emergency Department Patient Flow Improvement Project | Health | Scott Lundberg
Chief Physician, Emergency Medicine Olive View-UCLA Medical Center
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| 11. | Health Services | Reduction in Incomplete or Missing Documentation of PM330 Consent Forms for Surgical Sterilization | Health | Theresa Anderson Registered Nurse (Quality Services) Olive View-UCLA Medical Center |
| 12. | Health Services | The Next Day Clinic Project (NDC) | Health | Soma Wali, MD, MACP, FRCP
Paul Salama MD Jaclyn Spiegel MD Richard Leuchter MD Olive View-UCLA Medical Center |
| 13. | Health Services | Health Tech Navigator Program | Health | Nancy Cayasso-McIntosh
Senior Program Manager Patient Engagement
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| 14. | Health Services | Implementation of the innovative rapid COVID- 19 PCR test during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Los Angeles County Juvenile Justice System | Health | Vijayakumar Praveen, MD
Physician Specialist/Lab Supervisor Juvenile Court Health Services
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| 15. | Health Services | Language Access in Virtual Healthcare Program (LAVHP) | Health | Erika Flores Uribe, MD, MPH
Director, Office of Language Access and Inclusion
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| 16. | Health Services | Perinatal Depression Screening and Follow Up | Health | Lirona Katzir, MD
Physician Specialist OBGYN Olive View-UCLA Medical Center
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| 17. | Health Services | Specialty Care Linkage Automates Outreach, Refines Reports & Systems for Timely Access | Information Technology | Rony Tanchez
Assistant Hospital Administrator
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| 18. | Health Services | Housing for Health Intensive Case Management Services Improvement Project | Information Technology | Anna Gorman, MPH
Chief Operating Officer Community Programs
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| 19. | Health Services | Housing for Health Safe Landing | Human Services | Anna Gorman, MPH
Chief Operating Officer Community Programs
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| 20. | Health Services | Housing for Health Mobile Clinic Program | Health | Anna Gorman, MPH
Chief Operating Officer Community Programs
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| 21. | Health Services | DHS LA Health Nurse Advice Line | Health | Diana Leyva
Supervising Staff Nurse
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| 22. | Health Services | Expansion of Pelvic Floor Health in San Fernando Valley and Beyond | Health | Atieh Novin, MD
Consulting Specialist |
| 23. | Health Services | Safer@Home: Virtual Acute Care Delivery in the Safety Net | Health | Christopher Lynch
Medical Director Department of Internal Medicine LA General Medical Center |
| 44. | Health Services | Maximizing Urgent Care Clinic Capacity and Efficiency, Reducing Number of Patients Turned Away After Presenting to the Urgent
Care Clinic for Medical Care |
Health | Laura Doan, MD MBA
Director, Urgent Care Clinic Mid-Valley Comprehensive Health Center |
| 25. | Health Services | Department of Health Services Gender Health Program | Health | Loretta Worthington, MOL, MA
Clinic Program Manager Medical Hubs System and Gender Health Program |
| 26. | Health Services Public Health | Food Rx Collaborative: Addressing Food Insecurity in Los Angeles County | Health | Charmaine Dorsey, MSW, LCSW
Director, Patient and Social Support Services Sasha Rumburg, MPP Interim Pop Health Strategic Project Lead Dipa Shah Department of Public Health Fatina Darwish Department of Public Health
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| 27. | Health Services Sheriff | Court Ordered Long- Acting Injectable Antipsychotic Medication (CLAIM) Program | Health | Wilson John Uy
Clinical Nursing Director II Correctional Health Services
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