The National Patient Safety Foundation has awarded its 2011 Stand Up For Patient Safety Management Award to Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Michigan City (Ind.), which is a member of the Midwest-based Franciscan Alliance, according to an NPSF news release.
The award is granted to a member hospital of the National Patient Safety Foundation's Stand Up for Patient Safety program, which recognizes successful implementation of an outstanding patient safety initiative led or created by mid-level management. The initiative must have demonstrated evidence of patient safety improvement, with involvement of staff at all levels of the organization.
The hospital's Nuclear Medicine Department designed a process-improvement project to study its lymph node visualization rates, which is critical in the staging of breast cancer. In a study involving 24 patients, Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Michigan City researchers found that reducing the length of the needles used during the biopsies dramatically improved visualization rates, from 25 percent to 100 percent in 2010.
Read the news release about the National Patient Safety Foundation Award.
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The award is granted to a member hospital of the National Patient Safety Foundation's Stand Up for Patient Safety program, which recognizes successful implementation of an outstanding patient safety initiative led or created by mid-level management. The initiative must have demonstrated evidence of patient safety improvement, with involvement of staff at all levels of the organization.
The hospital's Nuclear Medicine Department designed a process-improvement project to study its lymph node visualization rates, which is critical in the staging of breast cancer. In a study involving 24 patients, Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Michigan City researchers found that reducing the length of the needles used during the biopsies dramatically improved visualization rates, from 25 percent to 100 percent in 2010.
Read the news release about the National Patient Safety Foundation Award.
Related Articles on Patient Safety:
10 New Patient Safety Projects and Initiatives
Ohio Senate Resolution Recognizes Hospital Patient Safety Initiative
Joint Commission to Offer Primary Care Medical Home Accreditation