Ms Peachy Hain
Executive Director of Nursing, Cedars-Sinai, USA
Peachy Hain, MSN, RN, FACHE, has served as Executive Director of Nursing, Medical-Surgical Services at Cedars-Sinai since 2008. She oversees Surgical Services Units and Clinical Support programs, including Dialysis, inpatient Diabetes, Safe Patient Handling and Mobility, Wound Care and Ostomy, and Hospice, with responsibility for more than 600 employees and over 350 inpatient beds.
With more than 47 years of healthcare experience, Peachy is a recognized industry expert who leads numerous committees focused on improving patient experience, quality, safety, and length of stay. She has led safety efforts to prevent patient falls and reduce hospital-acquired pressure injuries, infection rates, and specimen mislabeling. To strengthen interdisciplinary teamwork, she helped develop a physician-nursing collaborative and instituted Progression of Care Rounds, driving significant gains in staff engagement and clinician satisfaction.
Peachy is a go-to leader for piloting bedside innovation, ensuring frontline staff guide decisions about the supplies, equipment, and technology they use. Her initiatives include the Aiva Nurse Assistant, Alexa for patients and caregivers, patient language interpretation and equipment-tracking devices, new patient beds, and ongoing exploration of AI to improve frontline staff workflow and well-being.