2011 UPHS Quality and Patient Safety Awards Winners

Congratulations to all the 2011 UPHS Quality and Patient Safety Awards winners! Through the collective efforts of staff and faculty throughout the Health System we have had another successful year of delivering safe, high quality health care. The annual competition for the UPHS Quality and Safety Awards recently concluded with 110 projects submitted for consideration.

Special thanks to all the teams who made award submissions. Your hard work and dedication makes UPHS one of the leaders in American he alth care.

The PAH Quality Award Winners are listed below. To see all the UPHS Quality and Patient Safety Awards Winners click here.

PAH QA & PS Winner: Increasing medication Core Measures compliance using unit-based clinical pharmacists

Lindsay I. Varga/Elizabeth Marino:
Increasing medication Core Measures compliance using unit-based clinical pharmacists

PAH Operational Winner:
Increasing Infant Security on Labor & Delivery and Intensive Care Nursery

PAH Honorable Mention:
Initiation of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (ASP) at Pennsylvania Hospital

Elizabeth Marino:
Initiation of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (ASP) at Pennsylvania Hospital

PAH Honorable Mention
SCIP Antibiotic End Time for Total Knee and Hip Replacement Patients

Anne Arnold
SCIP Antibiotic End Time for Total Knee and Hip Replacement Patients

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