patient safety

WTEN: Albany County Hits Highest One Day Total for Positive COVID-19 Cases

November 12, 2020

WTEN/News10 interviewed Sue Vitolins, director of patient safety and quality improvement, regarding the COVID-19 testing site at Samaritan Hospital - Albany Memorial Campus. Vitolins discussed a new enclosed structure being built to keep colleagues and patients warm during the upcoming winter months. [...]

SPHP Colleagues Attend 2018 Press Ganey Conference

November 15, 2018

Eleven colleagues representing St. Peter's Health Partners (SPHP) recently attended the 2018 Press Ganey Conference in Florida to learn industry best practices around patient experience, patient safety, and colleague engagement. [...]

Dr. Alison Hong Joins SPHP as Chief Quality Officer

March 26, 2018

Alison Hong, M.D., has joined St. Peter's Health Partners as chief quality officer. Dr. Hong will lead integrated quality improvement efforts across SPHP, in areas such as patient safety, accreditation, clinical risk management, infection control, preventive care and chronic disease management, continuous improvement, applied data analytics, and transparent reporting. [...]