Awards

Department of Quality Wins Awards

Jackson Hospital's Quality Department recently received a recognition award from the Alabama Quality Assurance Foundation (AQAF). The award recognizes Jackson Hospital's valuable participation in making AQAF's 8th Scope of Work contract with Medicare successful. The 8th Scope of Work objectives set out by Medicare are designed to improve services provided to their beneficiaries.

A Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospital® for Performance Improvement

Jackson Hospital was selected one of the nation’s most improved hospitals in Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals®: Performance Improvement Leaders.

The award was based on the organization’s hospital-wide culture of performance improvement over five consecutive years. Objective statistical national comparisons show Jackson Hospital improved each year, at a substantially faster rate than peers across the United States.

Clinical outcomes, patient safety, efficiency, financial stability and growth were measured by Thomson Healthcare in an independent study involving nearly 3,000 hospitals across the United States.

Jackson Hospital Committed to IHI’s Campaign to Reduce Medical Harm

Campaign leaders from the Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI) 5 Million Lives Campaign selected Jackson Hospital as their only stop in Alabama during their Fall 2007 Harvest tour across the nation. They visited Jackson Hospital on Wednesday, October 24, with the intention of hearing the successes and barriers we encountered during our commitment to implementing the 12 improvements in care that can save lives and reduce patient injuries, which were established by IHI.

The 5 Million Lives Campaign, which Jackson Hospital has fully embraced, promotes the adoption of up to 12 improvements in care that can save lives and reduce patient injuries, including:

• Implementing a rapid response team.
• Delivering evidence based Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) care.
• Medication reconciliation to prevent adverse drug events.
• Preventing central venous line infections.
• Preventing surgical site infections.
• Preventing ventilator associated pneumonia.
• Preventing Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) infections.
• Reducing harm from high alert medications.
• Reducing surgical complications.
• Preventing pressure ulcers.
• Delivering reliable, evidence based care for congestive heart failure.
• Getting board members on board.

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