27 Oct 2009 in Patient Safety
Four hospitals that achieved outstanding patient safety improvements were recognized at the Delaware Valley Healthcare Council’s Annual Meeting on October 23. The 2009 Patient Safety Award winner is Crozer-Keystone Health System for its submission “Making a Great Catch for Patient Safety”, developed to provide staff with a mechanism to report Near Miss Events (NME) that address vulnerabilities in the care process. HCIF awarded Crozer-Keystone a $5,000 grant to support future efforts to improve patient safety. Click here to review Crozer-Keystone’s award-winning submission. Click here to read the Philadelphia Business Journal article announcing the winner and finalists of the 2009 Patient Safety Award.
Second-place winner Hahnemann University Hospital lowered its 2009 nursing turnover rate to 4.93% (from a 28% turnover rate in 2007) through its program “A Positive Return on Investment: RN Residents Leading the Way”. This unique RN Residency Program is designed to improve clinical competence, enhance critical thinking, and mature professional practice behaviors.
Tying for third-place are Paoli Hospital for its program “Use of 0.9% Sodium Chloride in Place of Heparin for Maintenance of Central Line and PICC Line Patency” and Phoenixville Hospital for its program “Reducing the Risk of Healthcare-Associated Aspiration Pneumonia”.
Click here to review all 38 projects that were considered for the 2009 Delaware Valley Patient Safety Award.
