Stories

Gerard Corros, RN and UNAC/UHCP member, compared emerging technologies to a sports car: "It’s like having a Ferrari all of a sudden. You can drive really fast, but you need speed limits."

The Panorama City pharmacy UBT in Southern California encourages patients to use mail-order service, one way to keep KP affordable.  

Henrietta, the resident columnist for the LMP's quarterly magazine Hank, urges KP employees to to explore new ways of doing their work.

Sara Quimby, a mail services worker represented by SEIU Local 105, at work unloading packages. 

Jane Baxter and Ingrid Baillie lead the Alpharetta Ob-Gyn UBT.

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. 

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.