Risk management leader named Patient Safety Expert to Know
Julie Schneider is leader in proactive, systems-based approaches to high-quality, safe patient care
Orange, Calif. — Julie Schneider, the director of Risk Management and Regulatory Affairs at UCI Health, has been recognized by Becker’s Hospital Review as one of its Patient Safety Experts to Know.
Schneider provides strategic and operational leadership for risk management, insurance strategy and regulatory compliance across the six-hospital academic health system and its growing ambulatory network that serves a population of 5.6 million people.
“She developed the risk and regulatory fellowship, a first-of-its-kind year-long program that builds risk management and regulatory expertise across disciplines, including physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers and allied health professionals. The program aims to embed risk awareness and patient safety ownership directly into clinical operations,” Becker’s writes.
“Her leadership in proactive, systems-based approaches to patient safety has been recognized with formal acknowledgment from the University of California Office of the President and the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management, and she received the latter’s Innovation in Patient Safety Award. Schneider also serves on the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management advisory board and teaches as its faculty. Additionally, she’s a past president of the Southern California Association of Healthcare Risk Management.”
UCI Health, the only academic health system in Orange County, is nationally recognized for providing high-quality, safe care. The health system was one of just five in the nation to be recognized as a top performer for demonstrating excellence in outpatient care in the Vizient Inc. 2025 Ambulatory Quality and Accountability Study.
UCI Health — Orange, its flagship hospital, has been repeatedly recognized with an A grade in the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade report. It is also rated a four-star patient experience hospital by Medicare. This achievement underscores the health system’s continual commitment to exceptional healthcare and outstanding patient interactions.
About UCI Health
UCI Health, one of California’s largest academic health systems, is the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine. The 1,461-bed system comprises its main campus UCI Health — Orange, its flagship hospital, the UCI Health — Irvine acute care hospital and medical campus, four hospitals and affiliated physicians of the UCI Health Community Network in Orange and Los Angeles counties and a network of ambulatory care centers across the region. UCI Health — Orange provides tertiary and quaternary care and is home to the only Orange County-based National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, high-risk perinatal/neonatal program and American College of Surgeons-verified Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center, gold level 1 geriatric emergency department and regional burn center. Powered by UC Irvine, UCI Health serves 5.6 million people in Orange County, western Riverside County and southeast Los Angeles County. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and X (formerly Twitter).