Clinical Quality Improvement Specialist
UCLA Health
Tara Goldberg, MSN, RN, CPHQ is a Clinical Quality Improvement Specialist at UCLA Health. She has over ten years of nursing experience including critical care, ambulatory, and perioperative nursing. Tara received a Master of Science in Nursing Leadership from California State University, Fullerton, a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from UCLA, and an Associate Degree in Nursing from Los Angeles County College of Nursing and Allied Health. Tara joined the Quality Department at UCLA Health in 2018, and her current role is focused on improving the quality, safety, and value of perioperative care across the health system. As a certified professional in healthcare quality, Tara has expertise in patient safety, data analysis, implementation science, and leading organizational performance improvement. Tara has previously presented posters on improving perioperative culture of safety and standardizing EHR documentation workflows to improve patient safety.