(Long Island, NY) Each year, Catholic Health Services (CHS) seeks nominations from its staff for the Patrick J. Scollard Award for Leadership. This year’s winner of CHS’s highest honor is the system’s Vice President for Clinical Informatics Mary Trembinski, RN, MSN, ANP. Chosen from among colleagues across CHS, she was recognized at the system’s 12th annual leadership conference, held at the DeMatteis Center in Greenvale.
“Mary’s commitment to Catholic Health Service’s mission is apparent in word and deed,” said CHS President and Chief Executive Officer Alan D. Guerci, MD. “She is a manager dedicated to quality, leading by example through her activities inside and outside of the organization.”
(L to R): Guest speaker Bruce Tulgan, Founder, RainmakerThinking, Inc., Salvatore F. Sodano, CHS chairman, Board of Directors, Patrick J. Scollard former president and CEO of CHS and St. Francis, Scollard finalist Christopher Cells, St. Joseph Hospital, Scollard winner Mary Trembinski, CHS Services, Scollard finalist Laura Beck, St. Charles Hospital and Alan D. Guerci, MD, CHS president and CEO. Photo Credit: CHS.
In a tight three-year timeframe, Trembinski spearheaded the implementation of the electronic medical records (EMR) system Epic at all six CHS hospitals. This far-reaching project required considerable planning, testing and training and most important, a cohesive team. Trembinski galvanized her group and was present at each go-live, maintaining visibility and accessibility. Outside of the office, Trembinski participates in charity events, walks, and annual food and toy drives for the underserved. Also, she promotes heart health and clinical lectures.
The Farmingdale resident has a bachelor’s degree in nursing, a master’s in nursing administration and is an adult health nurse practitioner.
One of the two leading finalists for the Patrick J. Scollard Award is Director of Outpatient Rehabilitation and the ThinkSmart! Concussion Management Program at St. Charles Hospital Laura Beck, PT, MS. Beck has been with St. Charles Hospital since 1991 and has been progressively promoted to her current position. Her most recent challenge involved expanding the sports medicine program to include all aspects of a large orthopedic practice related to sports medicine with the hospital’s outpatient physical therapy for sports injuries unit and its ThinkSmart! program. She was able to successfully achieve this initiative in short order.
Beck has a bachelor’s in physical therapy from Quinnipiac College and a master’s in health care administration from SUNY Stony Brook.
She lives in Miller Place with her husband, Chris, and her children, Anthony and Nicole.
The other finalist for this notable honor is Northport resident Christopher Cells, BS, RN. Cells is St. Joseph Hospital’s performance improvement and informatics coordinator. An expert in technology, Cells has employed it to improve quality, tracking and trending data enhancing patient safety. He assisted with the Epic EMR implementation and has been a key player in Joint Commission and Department of Health Surveys. Available 24/7, Cells has employed his nursing background combined with his informatics role to improve quality measures. Specifically, he used data analysis to reduce C-Difficle rates.
Cells lives the mission, volunteering at the system’s Healthy Sundays events, health fairs and other hospital events.
He is presently finishing his MSN in Nursing Informatics at NYU with a focus on virtual reality clinical simulation.
Catholic Health Services (CHS) is an integrated system encompassing some of the region’s finest health and human services agencies. With six acute care hospitals, three nursing homes, a home health agency, hospice, a community-based agency for persons with special needs and a regional lab, CHS’s high standards have resulted in a nearly 23% market share.
