The United Hospital Fund (UHF) recently announced the winners of the 2021 Excellence in Health Care Award for Quality Improvement Champions, including Kisha Mitchell Richards, M.D., director of pathology and clinical laboratory at Greenwich Hospital.
Richards was among the five award recipients from Yale New Haven Health (YNHHS). The award honors extraordinary leadership in improving quality of care, patient safety and patient experience. Honorees are selected for their vision and accomplishments by participating health care organizations from across the greater New York metropolitan region.
In addition to Richards, the YNHHS honorees included: Shannon Christian, MSN, administrative director, patient care services, Lawrence + Memorial Hospital, New London; Richard Martinello, M.D., medical director, infection prevention, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven; Zane Saul, M.D., section chief, infectious diseases, Bridgeport Hospital; and Danielle Zawatsky, director, quality improvement and safety, YNHHS.
Karen Santucci, M.D., Greenwich Hospital chief medical officer, said the award recognizes Richards”™ “extraordinary leadership. She approaches every day and every situation with exceptional poise, intelligence, follow-through and accountability. This award recognizes health care innovation and improvement aimed at achieving the highest-quality patient care and indeed, that is exactly what Dr. Mitchell Richards and her team did during the Covid-19 pandemic.”
