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PHA 2007
Quality & Patient Safety Award & Application
Recognizing
excellence in improving quality and patient safety
The 2007 PHA Quality & Patient Safety Award details can be
found in the following document:
- Quality & Patient Safety Award Application and Information - Available March 10, 2008
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 2007 PATIENT SAFETY & QUALITY AWARD
WINNERS have been chosen!
2007 Quality and Patient Safety Winners
Click on the hospital name to view the abstract. Click on
the contact name to obtain further information about the project.
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Circle of Excellence Award
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New Award Category This Year -
This award is for hospitals that have demonstrated a sustained commitment to quality and patient safety as evidenced by not only winning a patient safety award in 2007, but also by earning three or more PHA Patient Safety Awards within the previous five years.
Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute - CEO : Greg Schmeig
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta - CEO : Kirk Wilson
St. Francis Hospital - CEO : Robert Granger
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Critical Access Hospitals
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 Peach Regional Medical Center
Medication Reconciliation in the Radiology Department CEO : Nancy H. Peed
Project Leader : Kathleen Louth
 Monroe County Hospital
Implementation of an Emergency Airway Management Program
CEO : Oliver J. Booker
Project Leader : Christa Garner
Meadows Regional Hosptial
"SCIP"ing Away From Infection
CEO : J. Alan Kent
Project Leader : Melony Jacobs
Tie for Second Place:
Habersham County Medical Center
Medication Administration
CEO : Richard Dwozan
Project Leader : Teri Newsome
Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute
Reduction in Missed Doses of Medication
CEO : Greg Schmeig
Project Leader : Virginia Hudson
 Perry Hospital
Eliminating Access to Pharmacy After Hours: A Patient Safety Accomplishment
CEO : Anthony Alford
Project Leader : Laura Gentry
Redmond Regional Medical Center
Decreasing Door-to-Balloon Times for Patients Receiving PCI for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction
CEO : Brenda Waltz
Project Leader : Marsha Colwell
North Fulton Regional Hospital
Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
CEO : Joe Austin
Project Leader : Kathy Young
Hughston Orthopedic Hospital
Elimination of Flash Sterilization, Except in an Emergency
CEO : Don Avery
Project Leader : Freya Gilbert, RN
Emory University Hospital
Preventing Ventilator Associated Pneumonia: Success with the Ventilator Bundle
CEO : John Fox
Project Leader : Carolyn Holder
The Medical Center, Inc.
Improving Handoff Communication
CEO : Lance B. Duke, FACHE
Project Leader : Paige Harford
WellStar Cobb Hospital
VTE Risk Assessment and Prophylaxis: A Multi-Disciplinary Initiative to Reduce the Incidence of Hospital-Acquired VTE and PE
CEO : Dr. Gregory Simone
Project Leader : Vicky Hogue
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Hospitals & Health Systems
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Redmond Regional Medical Center (on behalf of HCA Healthcare System)
Improving Healthcare Acquired Infections: Methicillin Resistant Staph Aureus
CEO : Brenda Waltz
Project Leader : Debbie Smith, RN, CPHQ
St. Joseph's / Candler Hospital
Adverse Drug Errors
CEO : Paul Hinchey
Project Leader : Michael Goler, MD
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta Health System
Performance Improvement Project: Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
CEO : Kirk Wilson
Project Leader : Elaine Herda
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Josh Nahum Special Achievement Award
for Infection Prevention and Control |
New Award Category This Year - This award was given to hospitals, on behalf of Josh's Parents, Armando and Victoria Nahum, and the Safe Care Campaign.org . Thank you to Amanda DePalma and the Kimberly-Clark Corporation, for their support of this award . Congratulations to the hospitals for their successful infection prevention and control initiatives.
St. Francis Hospital
Coronary Artery Bypass (CABG) Surgery: Surgical Site Infection Prevention
CEO : Robert Granger
Project Leader : Bobbi Farber, MD
Redmond Regional Medical Center
(on behalf of HCA Healthcare System; Cartersville Medical Center , Emory Eastside Medical Center , Emory Johns Creek Hospital , Polk Medical Center )
Improving Healthcare Associated Infections: Methicillin Resistant Staph Aureus
CEO : Brenda Waltz
Project Leader : Marsha Colwell
North Fulton Regional Hospital
Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
CEO : Joe Austin
Project Leader : Kathy Young
To view previous winners, click on one of the following links:
For more information regarding the PHA Quality
& Patient Safety Award, please email us at:
pha@gha.org
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