PHA 2004 Quality Award - Winners

The PHA Quality and Patient Safety Award recognizes health care organizations for achievement in reducing the risk of medical errors and improving patient safety and medical outcomes.

The 2004 PATIENT SAFETY & QUALITY AWARD WINNERS have been chosen! Winners will be honored this year with a day at the capital during Georgia's Patient Safety Week (March 6- March 12, 2005).
Less than 100 Beds

• 1st Place - Habersham County Medical Center
  "Post-Operative Care Team: Improving the Quality of Care from the Point of Decision to Discharge"
• 2nd Place - Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation
  "Fall Prevention"
  

100 - 299 Beds

• 1st Place TIE - Hamilton Medical Center
  "Falls Team"
• 1st Place TIE - Hamilton Medical Center
  "Surgical Infection Prevention Collaborative"
  

Greater than 300 Beds

• 1st Place - Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta
  "Silver-Coated Urinary Catheter Technology Reduces Urinary Tract Infection and Secondary Bloodstream Infection while Reducing Excess Cost and Length of Stay"
• 2nd Place - Floyd Medical Center
  "Ensuring a Safe Patient Environment through Recruitment and Retention of Quality Nursing Professionals"

Hospital / Health Systems

• 1st Place - Emory Healthcare
  "Skinsational Skin Care Program for Wound Prevention"
• 2nd Place - West Georgia Medical Center
  "An Interdisciplinary Team Tackles the Problem of Institutional Medication Errors"

For more information regarding the PHA Quality & Patient Safety Award, please email us at: pha@gha.org