Each year, HAP honors hospitals and health systems for their innovation, creativity, and commitment to patient care through an annual Achievement Awards program. The primary goal of the program is to showcase and share member hospitals’ and health systems’ innovations and best practices in a variety of areas. The 2013 award categories include: workplace, community benefit, patient safety, patient care, and operational excellence. All submissions will also be considered for the Innovation Award which recognizes exemplary work in an organization through the introduction of a bold breakthrough idea or intervention that goes beyond typical and has resulted in improved system-wide processes or outcomes.
See below for the 2013 Call for Entries brochure and application form and the award-winning entries from 2012. Applications must be postmarked on or before April 19, 2013. For more information contact Mary Barth in HAP Member Services at 717-561-5270.
Workplace—The Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh—I’m a Manager, Now What?; Holy Redeemer Hospital & Medical Center, Meadowbrook—A Focused Educational Intervention as a Means to Increasing the Number of CCRN/PCCN Certified Nurses in a Hospital; University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh—Nurse Residency: A Sustainable Retention Strategy
Community Benefit—Taylor Hospital, Ridley Park—Community Health Alliance...Partnering with our Community to Promote Healthy Living; Aria Health, Philadelphia—Raising Brand Awareness and Increasing Interactive Engagement Through the Creation and Use of a Broad Social Media Platform
Patient Safety—St. Luke’s Hospital - Miners Campus, Coaldale—Appropriate Dosing of Enoxaparin (Lovenox®) - Compliance with FDA-Approved Guidelines; St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Philadelphia—Using Failure Mode Effects and Analysis (FMEA) to Reduce Weight-Related Medication Errors in a Pediatric Hospital; St. Luke’s University Health Network, Bethlehem—Rapid Cycle Reduction of Obstetric “Elective” Delivery Driven by Team Concepts and a Culture of Safety
Patient Care—Charles Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport—A Hospital’s Approach to Care Transitions and Hospital Readmissions; Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh—Early Access to Integrated Behavioral Health Services in the Pediatric Medical Home; Einstein Medical Center - Philadelphia, Philadelphia—The Medication REACH Program
Operational Excellence—Charles Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport—A Small Hospital’s Emergency Department Transformation of Culture to Improve Patient Satisfaction; Sharon Regional Health System, Sharon—Improving the Patient Experience in the Emergency Care Center; University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh—Creation of an Energy and Environmental Engineering Department Benefits Both the Corporation’s Bottom-line and the Atmosphere in the Communities It Serves; Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia—Creation of a Health System-Based Comprehensive Communications Center to Enhance Access to Care and Patient Safety
Innovation Award—Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia—Creation of a Health System-Based Comprehensive Communications Center to Enhance Access to Care and Patient Safety; Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh—Early Access to Integrated Behavioral Health Services in the Pediatric Medical Home
