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Evening Supervisor, Moses<br />

Carolyn Woodley, Pharm D 718-920-8354<br />

Manager, Oncology Pharmacy, Moses 718-920-8540/5778<br />

Royston Browne, BS, RPh<br />

Manager, Oncology Pharmacy, Einstein 718-405-8510<br />

James McCarthy 718-904-4173<br />

Ambulatory Pharmacy Manager, Moses 718-920-4934<br />

Steven Tuckman, BS, R.Ph.<br />

Specialty Pharmacy Manager<br />

Keith Veltri, PharmD, MS, R.Ph. 718-920-4934<br />

QUALITY MANAGEMENT<br />

Quality Management Department 718-920-5026<br />

Rohit Bhalla, MD<br />

Brandon Yongue, PhD<br />

The Quality Management Department is a team of professionals available to provide assistance<br />

in quality and performance improvement initiatives. Technical and consultative support is<br />

available in the following areas:<br />

• Access to statistical and data resources and expert clinical resources<br />

• Guidance in appropriate performance improvement tools and methodology<br />

• Guidance in regards to regulatory and accreditation standards<br />

• Advice/assistance in development and use of information systems in performance<br />

improvement<br />

• Facilitation of performance improvement groups<br />

PERFORMANCE AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT<br />

The provision of safe, high quality, cost-effective care in an atmosphere of service excellence is<br />

one of MMC's highest priorities. Performance Improvement is a systematic means of making<br />

positive organizational changes to increase patient safety, meet evolving standards of practice,<br />

satisfy patient/family needs and expectations, and increase the efficiency with which care is<br />

provided. There is a single overall plan for quality management for the medical center and one<br />

institution-wide committee, the <strong>Montefiore</strong> Quality Council, with oversight responsibility for<br />

performance and quality improvement.<br />

The methodology for Quality Improvement that MMC has adopted is the PDCA, Plan-Do-<br />

Check-Act model. This approach allows us to continually strive to meet high standards for<br />

safety, quality and cost effective health care and improved outcomes through better design of<br />

services and through a reduction in the variation in how care is provided. It is based on the<br />

methods of continuous quality improvement, whereby baseline data are collected, best practices<br />

identified through literature searches, interventions are designed, piloted, and if determined to be<br />

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