MoAHQ Presents Distinguished Quality Professional Award To Denise Wilson
Denise Wilson, DNP, R.N., received the Distinguished Quality Professional Award from MHA's Missouri Association for Healthcare Quality for her leadership in elevating quality, safety and regulatory performance across SSM Health’s 23 hospitals and 350-plus clinics. She has advanced a culture of high reliability by building systemwide processes to identify gaps early, drive root-cause analysis and ensure sustained improvement.
Wilson helped design and deploy SSM Health’s Comprehensive Assessment Framework, a proactive model that continuously evaluates compliance with regulatory and evidence-based standards. She also contributes to statewide and national quality efforts through service on The Joint Commission’s Health System Advisory Council, Missouri’s Time Critical Diagnosis policy work, and MHA’s Regulatory, Survey and Licensure Advisory Committee.
The Missouri Hospital Association is a nonprofit association in Jefferson City that represents 136 Missouri hospitals. In addition to representation and advocacy on behalf of its membership, the association offers continuing education programs on current health care topics and seeks to educate the public about health care issues.