Ms. Koshiol leads enterprisewide safety, quality and experience teams across Allina Health’s full continuum of care, overseeing quality improvement, patient safety, infection prevention, accreditation, health equity, occupational health, and trauma and stroke program services. Under her leadership over a five-year period from 2019 to 2025, Allina Health achieved a 75% reduction in hospital serious preventable patient harm alongside dramatic improvements in safety culture surveys, with gains in 11 of 13 domains. Her team also delivered a greater than 60% decrease in the inpatient mortality index, a 47% reduction in catheter-associated urinary tract infections and a 67% reduction in hysterectomy surgical site infections. She designed the system’s high-reliability infrastructure, including standardized event reporting, daily tiered safety huddles, leadership development curriculum and recognition programs. Additionally, she launched a virtual patient and family advisory platform engaging 57,000 members. Ms. Koshiol co-authored two articles on high reliability and safety culture transformation, which were published in the American Journal of Medical Quality in 2026.
