The Hospital Quality Institute (HQI) provides coordination and support for improvement and harmonizes measures for patient safety and quality improvement activities for the California Hospital Association, Hospital Council — Northern & Central California, the Hospital Association of Southern California, and the Hospital Association of San Diego & Imperial Counties. The organization builds reliable and sustainable measures to gauge California’s performance and identifies opportunities for focus and innovation.
Vice President Quality and Patient Safety, Sutter Health
Julie Ostrom
Chief Nursing Executive Officer, Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital
Barbara Pelletreau, RN
Former Senior Vice President, Patient Safety, Dignity Health
Chad VanDenBerg
Chief Quality and Patient Safety Officer UC San Diego Health
Anne Marie Watkins, RN
Senior Vice President, Chief Nursing Executive/ Assistant Dean of Nursing UCI Health
Meet the team of quality professionals who share the HQI vision for patient safety and quality, which will serve as a vehicle to harmonize efforts and accomplishments, and in so doing, lead the nation in high quality, safe and reliable health care, resulting in greater value and better health.
