Cardinal Health Foundation Awards $1 Million to Fund Patient Safety Initiatives
Posted on: Thursday, 18 June 2009, 07:30 CDT
DUBLIN, Ohio, June 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Cardinal Health Foundation today announced it has awarded a total of $1 million in grant funding for new and innovative programs to improve patient safety at 35 hospitals, health systems and community health clinics across the country.
Grants of up to $35,000 per facility will provide funding for programs that implement creative and replicable methods to improve the quality of patient care. Examples of initiatives that received funding include: targeted screening for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), strategies to improve physician hand hygiene, electronic medical record implementation and medication safety and reconciliation projects.
The primary criterion for awarding the grants was that they address the National Quality Forum's priority areas, specifically concentrating on the following areas:
- Eliminating health care associated infections (HAIs), specifically MRSA and C. difficile infection prevention and management, with the goal of reducing ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), surgical site infections (SSI) and blood site infections (BSI) to zero
- Medication safety and reconciliation in forms ranging from prescribing correct medication to ensuring the right medication gets to the right patient at the right time and assuring information is communicated and understood at key transition points
"Medication safety and health care associated infections are two of the largest patient safety issues that health care organizations face every day, and the human toll and financial burden is escalating," said Shelley Bird, chair of the Cardinal Health Foundation. "The Cardinal Health Foundation is committed to improving the overall effectiveness of health care, and we're proud to support these institutions that are enhancing patient safety and the quality of care."
Patient Safety Grant Projects include:
Name Location Initiative
Albert Einstein Healthcare Philadelphia, Pa. SMASH (Stop MRSA
Network Acquisition and
Spread in our Hospitals)
Arthur G. James Cancer Columbus, Ohio Development of a Home
Hospital and Richard J. Medication Documentation
Solove Institute at The Interactive Training
Ohio State University Program: Impact of Using
Virtual Patient Modules
to Improve Medication
Reconciliation
Aurora Health Care Milwaukee, Wis. Targeted vs. Universal
Screening for MRSA
Baylor Health Care System Dallas, Texas Implementing Strategies
to Improve Physician Hand
Hygiene Compliance
Christian Hospital (member St. Louis, Mo. Promoting Antibiotic
of BJC HealthCare) Stewardship at
Christian Hospital
Catholic Healthcare West San Francisco, Medication Reconciliation
Calif.
CHRISTUS Spohn Foundation Corpus Christi, High Priority Safety
Texas Program to Eliminate
Hospital-Acquired
Surgical Site Infections
in patients with
previously diagnosed
diabetes and in
undiagnosed patients who
exhibit high blood
sugar levels prior to
surgery
CMH Regional Health System Wilmington, Ohio Improving Patient Safety
at CMH: Reducing
Medication Errors Through
the Use of Technology
Community Memorial Hospital Oconto Falls, Wis. Enhanced Patient Discharge
Program
DCH Regional Medical Center Tuscaloosa, Ala. Medication Reconciliation
for Heart Failure Patients
East Alabama Medical Center Opelika, Ala. Applying Lean Principles
to the Reduction of
Catheter-Associated
Urinary Tract Infections
Eastern Maine Medical Bangor, Maine Enhancing Patient Safety
Center through Improved
Communication (EPIC): A
Program to Eliminate HAI
and Medical Errors
through Improved
Communication and
Teamwork in the Surgical
Unit
Graceville Health Center Graceville, Minn. Implementing an Electronic
Medical Record (EMR)
System at Graceville
Health Center
Huntington Memorial Pasadena, Calif. NICU Ventilator-Acquired
Hospital Pneumonia Bundle
Initiative
Inova Loudon Hospital Falls Church, Va. Evaluation of the
Prevalence of
Methicillin-Resistant
Staphylococcus Aureus
Colonization in Pre-
surgical Patients and
Post-Operative Infections
Lamp Community Los Angeles, Medication Management
Calif. Program
Lee Memorial Health System Ft. Myers, Fla. Implementing an innovative
system-wide evidenced-
based Asthma Management
Program to ensure
consistent, safe
medication administration
and reconciliation
throughout the continuum
of care
MaineHealth Portland, Maine Creating a Standardized,
System-Level Discharge
Planning and Medication
Reconciliation Process
Medical Center of the Fort Collins, Eliminating healthcare-
Rockies Foundation Colo. associated infections at
Medical Center of the
Rockies
Memorial Hospital for New York, N.Y. Reducing CDI through
Cancer and Allied Interactive Patient
Diseases Education
Meridian Health Neptune, N.J. Pharmacist Model of Care
Demonstration Project
North Shore Long Island Great Neck, N.Y. National Clinical Outcomes
Jewish Health System, Inc. Database in Anesthesiology
NorthShore University Evanston, Ill. Reduction in Catheter-
HealthSystem Associated Urinary Tract
Infection Rates Using
Observation-Education
Teams and Electronic
Medical Records
Ochsner Health System New Orleans, La. Improving Safety of
Handling Breast Milk in
the Neonatal Intensive
Care Unit
Piedmont Hospital Atlanta, Ga. Reducing Medication Errors
through Pharmacist-led
Reconciliation
Scripps Whittier Diabetes La Jolla, Calif. Systemwide
Institute Standardization of
Glycemic Control Protocols
St. John Hospital and Detroit, Mich. Developing a Process to
Medical Center Reduce Risk of
Intravascular Catheter-
Related Infections in the
Non-intensive Care Units
St. Joseph Health System - Eureka, Calif. SJHS-HC Care Transition
Humboldt County Program's Medication
Safety and Reconciliation
Project
The Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, Neb. Prevention of Healthcare-
Associated Infections
Through Optimized
Patient Care Environmental
Cleaning and Disinfection
UCSF Medical Center San Francisco, Spreading Successful
Calif. Innovation: Improving
Medication Administration
Accuracy
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Ala. Comparison of
Birmingham Hospital Chlorhexidine Rinse,
Commercially Available
Oral Care Kit, and
Standard MICU Oral Care
in the Reduction of VAP
University of Virginia Charlottesville, Randomized controlled
Health System Va. trial of Hand Hygiene
plus Gloving for the
Prevention of Invasive
Infections in Preterm
Infants
Virginia Commonwealth Richmond, Va. Safety First, Every Day
University Health System
Virginia Mason Medical Seattle, Wash. Optimizing Care
Center Transitions through
Medication Reconciliation
Wesley Medical Center Wichita, Kan. Electronic Patient Triage
Development and
Implementation Involving
Nurse, Pharmacy
Technician, and Pharmacist
Obtained Medication
Histories in the
Emergency Department and
Impact on Medication
Reconciliation
About the Cardinal Health Foundation
The Cardinal Health Foundation supports local, national and international programs that improve health care quality and build healthy communities. The Cardinal Health Foundation also offers grants to encourage employee service to the community and works through international agencies to donate much-needed medical supplies and funding to those who need them in times of disaster. To learn more, visit www.CardinalHealth.com/community.
SOURCE Cardinal Health, Inc.
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