Stories

Savings added up quickly when this Oncology team in the Northwest paid close attention to which tubing it used for IVs; shown is Randi Norton, an RN and member of OFNHP.

San Rafael's Health Information Management unit-based team.

Members of the lab UBT at San Jose Medical Center and two of their sponsors: Rosemary Cipoletti, assistant laboratory administrator; sponsor Hollie Parker-Winzenread, associate medical group administrator; phlebotomist Antoinette Sander; and lab assistant and sponsor Cheryl Gonzalez (left to right). Gonzalez and Sandez are members of SEIU UHW.

Say no so you can say yes: Unit-based teams are building the skills they need to prioritize the improvement efforts that will have the most impact. 

UFCW Local 7’s Joan Heller, second from right, helps coach co-leads. 

Christina Yadao, MD, examines patient Brooke Davis at the Panola Medical Offices. 

Team co-leads Anthony Pender and Adwoa Kese, a member of OPEIU Local 2. 

Donna Fraser, RN, took advantage of LMP’s Ben Hudnall Memorial Trust to advance her career at Kaiser Permanente.

Team co-leads Dan Teng, MD; Sandi Parker, medical assistant, SEIU UHW; and Jill Manchester, manager (left to right) 

Susan Miles, the Ambulatory Nursing director at Ontario Medical Center, shows off a photo of the running shoes she has treated herself to, using them as an incentive and reward in place of food.

Maureen Fox leads union members in a flash mob performance of Beyonce’s “Move Your Body” in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard at the 2012 Union Delegate Conference.