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Reaching out: Vallari Shukla, MD, and other physicians collaborated with Coalition union members to host 2 Northern California health fairs for African American patients with high blood pressure.

Baby bonding: Mid-Atlantic team efforts have helped increase breastfeeding rates for Black moms such as LaTisha Thompson (above, with daughter Teigen Roberts) and Kathleen Fulp (below, with husband Donald, daughter Savannah and son Ellington).

Partnership power: The Keizer Station Family Medicine team has been honored by the Northwest Region for improving service and access. Pictured (from left) are team co-leads Medical Office Director Ruthie Berrell; Caroline King-Widdall, MD; and nurse Molly Maddox, an OFNHP member.

Answering the call: As Mid-Atlantic States psychotherapist Lindsey McDaniel, a UFCW Local 400 member, and colleagues shift to virtual visits, unit-based teams have helped give employees a voice to improve the delivery of care.

Mailing supplies directly to patients turned out to be efficient and popular. 

Now hear this: Leaders and members of this UBT benefit from each other’s complementary workplace experiences. Pictured (left to right) are Lynn Reese, Au.D., a UFCW Local 400 member; Roger Wallace, clinician; and Caroline Masikonde, clinical operations manager. 

Laughing out loud: Co-leads Terri Imbach, James R. O’Brien, MD, and Christina English, LPN, use fun to shake things up for their Mt. Scott Medical Office unit-based team. 

No more boring meetings: Members of the Gilroy Medical Offices unit-based team use quick huddles around their visual board to keep their deparment humming. 

"ALL HERE FOR EACH OTHER": By working together, the pharmacy team built trust and dramatically decreased injuries. Shown here, left to right: Nachelle Walker, Clinical Pharmacy Services manager; Ramee Chambers, a Transitional Care manager; and Chakana Mayo, a pharmacy technician and UFCW Local 770 member who is also the team’s workplace safety champion.

Chakana Mayo, a pharmacy technician and UFCW Local 770 member, is a workplace safety champion for her team. 

Brandon Johnson, a Kaiser Permanente member, gives Shirley Brown, RN, a member of UNAC/UHCP, a grateful hug. 

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