The Oklahoma Hospital Association (OHA) presented Excellence in Quality awards to five hospitals during its recent annual conference. This award recognizes exceptional efforts to improve outcomes in clinical quality performance practices, capabilities, and results, and represents the highest level of professional acknowledgement from the OHA Council on Quality & Patient Safety.
Nineteen OHA member hospital award application submissions were scored based on their story of identification of a project specific to identified needs within the hospital, creating innovative interventions that incorporate evidence-based best practices, demonstrating measurable and quantifiable results, sustaining/spreading the success within the hospital, and stimulating learning for others.
Awards were presented in five categories, including three based on number of licensed beds, one specialty hospital, and one for workplace well-being innovation.
“The goals of the awards are to recognize outcomes in clinical quality performance practices, capabilities, and results, share best clinical practices, challenges, and successes among Oklahoma hospitals, and stimulate innovation, knowledge and learning in achieving clinical quality and safety in healthcare among member hospitals,” said Patrice Greenawalt, OHA strategic advisor.
2024 awardees for Excellence in Quality are:
26-100 beds:
Bailey Medical Center, Owasso
Project Title: Sepsis Excellence: Uniting Teams and Tools for Optimal Patient Outcomes
Submitted by: Kassy Bingham, MHA, RN, manager, patient safety and quality
101-300 beds:
Comanche County Memorial Hospital, Lawton
Project Title: Hip and Knee Total Joint Infection and Readmission Reduction
Submitted by: Melissa Alvillar, RN, chief nursing officer
More than 300 beds:
Hillcrest Medical Center, Tulsa
Project Title: A Multidisciplinary Approach Improves Throughput and Care
Submitted by: Carla Yost, BSN, MHA, chief nursing officer
Specialty Hospital:
Select Specialty Hospital, Oklahoma City
Project Title: Increasing Ventilator Wean Rate
Submitted by: Tami Kirk, director of quality management
Workplace Well-Being Innovation:
Saint Francis Health System, Tulsa
Project Title: CARE (Connect, Assess, Restore, Encourage) Team
Submitted by: Sharon Hedgecock
For more information about OHA call 405.427.9537 or visit www.okoha.com

