Consuelo Dungca, RN, EdD, Senior Assistant Vice President of Clinical Affairs, NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation has been named as a recipient of this year’s “Quality Award.” The Quality Awards, given annually by IPRO, New York State’s Medicare Quality Improvement Organization, recognize health care providers demonstrating a commitment to improving health care services in the state.
“Ms. Dungca is being recognized for her exemplary work in collaborating with IPRO to facilitate organization-wide commitment to quality improvement and quality management in New York State hospitals,” says Harry M. Feder, Senior Vice President, IPRO. Mr. Feder added, “We thank Dr. Dungca for her commitment to the health of New Yorkers.”
In conferring the award at IPRO’s 23nd Annual Membership Meeting on June 5, Mr. Feder noted that “for more than ten years Dr. Dungca has been an active member of IPRO’s Provider Relations Committee. She best represents how provider organizations and IPRO can work together to achieve the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) shared goal of transformational change, resulting in improved care.”
“Dr. Dungca’s exceptional clinical leadership is a reflection of HHC’s role in redefining quality health care through evidence-based clinical practices that save lives,” said Dr. Ramanathan Raju, HHC Executive Vice President and Corporate Chief Medical Officer. “We congratulate her for her dedication to enhancing the quality of life for our patients."
IPRO is an independent not-for-profit corporation and one of the largest health care quality improvement and evaluation entities in the United States. Visit www.ipro.org <http://www.ipro.org/> for more information.
The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC), the largest municipal hospital and health care system in the country, is a $5.4 billion public benefit corporation that serves 1.3 million New Yorkers and nearly 400,000 who are uninsured. HHC provides medical, mental health and substance abuse services through its 11 acute care hospitals, four skilled nursing facilities, six large diagnostic and treatment centers and more than 80 community based health centers. For more information about HHC, visit www.nyc.gov/hhc.
