Seventeen Pennsylvania hospital programs have been named winners of The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania 2010 Achievement Awards.
The programs deal with issues including flu immunizations, healthcare-associated infection prevention, inner-city violence, physician workflow, pediatric HIV testing, asthma care and lung cancer care. Entries were received from 134 hospital programs.
“These programs are examples of the commitment hospitals and health systems make – every day, in good times and bad – to their patients, communities and employees,” said HAP President and CEO Carolyn F. Scanlan. "They are among the most innovative and creative in the healthcare field, and we salute their accomplishments."
HAP’s Achievement Awards program began in 1978 as a way to recognize innovation in Pennsylvania’s healthcare organizations, according to Scanlan.
The 2010 Achievement Award winners:
Workforce
- Magee Rehabilitation Hospital, Philadelphia – Creation of a “Culture of Excellence” Customer Service Improvement Program;
- Grand View Hospital, Sellersville – Tackle The Flu: Improvement of Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Rates Among Employees;
- St. Luke’s Hospital & Health Network, Bethlehem – Developing Insightful Leaders: A Customized Leadership Support/Development Program
Community Outreach and Engagement
- Charles Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport – Community Benefit Advisory Committees: Advancing Community Partnerships;
- Bryn Mawr Hospital, Bryn Mawr – It Takes a Community to Raise the Community;
- Heritage Valley Health System, Beaver – Pediatric Asthma Care Protocol Project;
Patient Safety
- St. Luke’s Hospital – Allentown Campus - Nurse Practitioner-Led Rapid Response Team Reduces Unanticipated Transfers to the ICU;
- The Lankenau Hospital, Wynnewood – Robust Feedback to Reduce Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia;
- St. Clair Hospital, Pittsburgh – Improving Patient Safety Through Standardization of Anticoagulation Processes;
Patient Care
- St. Luke’s Quakertown Hospital, Quakertown – Championing Core Measures
- St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Philadelphia – Rapid HIV Testing in a Pediatric Emergency Department
- VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh – Lung Cancer Collaborative Improves Patient-Centered Care and Decreases Time to Treatment
Operational Excellence
- St. Luke’s Hospital – Allentown Campus - Bariatric Patient Access Improvement Project
- Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center, Meadowbrook - Reducing Emergency Department Patients Left Without Treatment
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn Medicine, Philadelphia - Improving Quality and Safety Through the Implementation of a Unit-Based Clinical Leadership Model
Innovation Award
- Heritage Valley Health System, Beaver – Mobile Clinical Access Portal (M-CAP) Enabling Physician Workflow
Honorable Mention for Innovation Award
- Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia – A Proactive Hospital-Based Approach to Inner-City Violence