Sam is Vice President, Clinical Performance Excellence driving clinical quality improvement, risk and safety initiatives across the health system. Sam’s background is in Industrial Engineering and she has a passion for applying improvement science to accelerate change and sustain high-value, patient-centered care. She has a lead role in the Clinical High Reliability Program, which aims to eliminate clinically unwarranted care variation, integrate evidence-based practices, and steward resources (labs, imaging, supplies, drugs) through the implementation of clinical pathways.