PEEKSKILL, NY – Sun River Health has been selected as a 2025 Quality Award winner by the New York State Department of Health’s Center for Quality Improvement & Innovation for outstanding work in meaningfully involving people living with HIV in the development and implementation of a QI project to improve nutritional health literacy and viral suppression. The CQII Quality Award Program recognizes Ryan White HIV / AIDs Program recipients, subrecipients, and affiliated individuals who have made outstanding progress in improving HIV care by implementing and sustaining quality improvement activities. The purpose is to celebrate successes, increase the visibility of quality champions, and provide real world examples of QI for HIV programs.

Sun River Health has fostered participation of people living with HIV in QI processes through several mechanisms, including an HIV QI subcommittee which includes clinical, operations and quality assurance staff as well as peer navigators and Consumer Advisory Board members who collaboratively analyze gaps in care, assess performance metrics, and identify strategies for improvement. Client feedback and input is complemented by annual client satisfaction surveys, which shape organization-wide QI priorities and are integrated into program planning.

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