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Mr. O’Neill was also a passionate leader and advocate for systemic and radical quality improvement in healthcare - much as did implemented in transforming Alcoa. In one visit with him when I was at RWJF, he expressed shock - and disdain - that hospitals - and hospital leaders - accepted as an inevitability that some patients could get infected when admitted and in some cases die needlessly. It was incredibly motivating for those of us with the privilege of meeting with him, and as was apparently typical of him, he devoted time and expertise to working on that in Pittsburgh. A great leader.