Back in March, we shared the announcement of a new quarterly honor to recognize business achievements of both individuals and teams who live our Providence Values, lead with excellence, and demonstrate the Simplify, Modernize, Innovate principles of IS & RESO.
On our April 29, 2021 IS & RESO Open Forum, EVP/CIO, B.J. Moore shared our Individual and Team winners. Here, we also look at top finalists who were “runners up,” receiving quarterly peer nominations for the SMIle Awards.
Team Winners: Cross-IS Vaccine Readiness Support
Cross-IS team of caregivers supporting system-wide readiness during initial wave of COVID-19 vaccinations (VAV Tool, etc.). Nominated, by GVP of IS Administrative Technology, Doug Lewis, this team collaborated on innovative solutions during a crisis, across multiple teams within IS and outside, and had a significant positive impact on Providence’s ability to respond quickly to COVID-19 in a time of real need.
Please congratulate Sandy Andrews, Paul Anguiano, Susie Barrett, Becca Bartles, Tom Bojanowski, Andrei Braun, Anand Chetanwala, Paul Cooke, Christian Cortave, AJ Coughlan, Christina Diferdinando, John Hatch, Tony Henein, Edward I’Anson, Paul Johnson, Neil Kumar, Doug Lewis, Kuan Ju Liu, Raghuram Madhvaraju, Mike Mathis, Megan Mull, Lisa Myers, Kevin Njuguna, Craig Patnode, Jeffrey Strupp, Brad Waidelich, Lindsey Whittle, Casey Wilkins, Allison Williams, Veronica Williams, Mike Wood, and Edward Zuniga.
Individual Winner: Jeff West, Heritage facility and real estate services transition
Jeff West, VP of California RESO, was recognized for his work leading the transition Heritage facility and real estate services in a manner described as “head and shoulders above expectations.” The service level provided by Jeff and the CBRE team led to a smooth and successful transition that will provide best practice support, operational efficiency and expense management.
Finalists
Team Runner-Up: IS Epic Tapestry application team
Team Runner-Up: IS Clinical & Revenue Cycle Applications Project Services Intake
Individual Runner-Up: Saurabh Goel, sr. analyst, ERP applications, for his work supporting Project Genesis
Individual Runner-Up: Mike King, VP of IS Network, for his support of Southern California PACS performance improvements
Individual Runner-Up: Linsday Mico, director of data science and applications analytics, IS Healthcare Intelligence, for work on the healthcare data platform and Metis real estate planning tool
Individual Runner-Up: Mike Ratliff, exec. director, IS Security Engineering & Cyber Defense, for his efforts supporting network defense simplification and modernization
Please join us in congratulating our winners and finalists for Q1. The nominating window for Q2 will open on June 21, 2021.