Improvement of the Year AwardImprovement of the Year Award

Improvement of the Year AwardImprovement of the Year Award

Award Presentations

by Farrokh Alemi, Ph.D.

Thank YouThank You

DC Association for healthcare quality

Century Club of GMUDelmarva Foundation

Thank YouThank You

Bernie Horak, Ph.D.Professor and Program Director of the Health Systems Administration Programs, School of Nursing & Health Studies, Georgetown University

Thank YouThank You

Peg Mastal, PhD, RNDirector of Special Projects for Delmarva Foundation of the District of Columbia

Thank YouThank You

Dean Shirley Travis, Ph.D.Mark Meiners, Ph.D.Marcia Bearor,

Teri Fede, Adam McCutcheon

Jenny Sinkule

A Nation Fascinated with A Nation Fascinated with AwardsAwards

Awards for authors, firefighters, actors, music, cars, designers, …

“Awards, Honors and Prizes” lists 2000 pages of awards One movie award for every two

films Since 1920s, the number of book

prizes has increased 10 times as fast as the number of books

What do we do for you?What do we do for you?

What do we do for you?What do we do for you?

Others recognize organizationsGMU’s award focuses on

health care workers and their projectsGive credit where it is dueAn award that can help careers

Why You, Why Now?Why You, Why Now?

You are saving people’s livesYou are making a difference in

our livesYou are doing so despite an

incredibly difficult and frustrating process of changing our organizations

Real Heroes

Recognition of AchievementRecognition of Achievement Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital, Greystone Park, NJ –

“Computerized Consultation Process” – Vilma Berry, Director of Quality Management

Inova Fair Oaks Hospital, Fairfax, VA – “Developing a Rapid Response Team” – Team Leader: Vicki Lindgren, RN, MSN

Inova Fair Oaks Hospital Laboratory, Fairfax, VA – “Centralized vs. Decentralized Phlebotomy: Laboratory and Telemetry Collaboration at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital” – Sue Mielke & Dawn Murphy

Inova Health Source, Fairfax, VA – “Hospital-Based Nicotine Dependence Cessation Program” – Joanne Abeleda, Community Wellness Program Manager

Lynchburg General Hospital, Lynchburg, VA – “Collaboration and Leadership Improve Patient Outcomes” – Patty Bumgarner, Director of Critical Care

Lynchburg General Hospital, Lynchburg, VA – “Preventing Nosocomial Infections for the Ventilator Dependent Patient in a Medical Surgical Unit” – Janet Dabrowski, Medical/Pulmonary Unit Manager

Prince William Hospital, Manassas, VA – “Pneumococcal Vaccination: No Longer a Missed Opportunity” – Kathy Tyrrell, Director of Case Management

Prince William Hospital, Manassas, VA – “Promoting a Culture of Safety” – June Lyda, Performance Improvement Coordinator

Virginia Baptist Hospital, Lynchburg, VA – “Continuity of Care with Alcohol Withdrawal Patients” – Bonnie Lipscomb, VICU Unit Manager

We Think You Are GreatWe Think You Are Great

Names of winners will be released to the media

We will write to your CEO about you

We will write to CEO of other firms about you

Here Is the EvidenceHere Is the Evidence

Reduced costs in 7 figuresImproved patient satisfaction

by 70%Improved access to patient

services by 33% Reduced mortality by 42%

2006 Award Recipients2006 Award Recipients

2006 Award Recipients2006 Award Recipients

George Semko, Director of Revenue Cycle Prince William Hospital – Improving Outpatient Services, Client Satisfaction and Market Share

Sandra Tordoff, RN, BSN Lynchburg General Hospital – Save 100,000 Lives Campaign

20072007Improvement of the Year AwardImprovement of the Year Award

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