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Winthrop Earns the HANYS Pinnacle Award for Quality and Patient Safety
During the recent Healthcare
Association of New York State
(HANYS) Annual Conference,
Winthrop-University Hospital was
named the 2009 HANYS Pinnacle
Award winner for Quality and Patient
Safety (Large Hospital Category).
The award was given in recognition
of the Hospital’s initiative to
change medication ordering processes,
which led to the very successful implementation
of a Computerized Provider
Order Entry (CPOE) system that dramatically
enhanced patient safety and
improved the quality of patient care.
“We are so proud of the work we do
here at Winthrop, and receiving this
prestigious award recognizes Winthrop’s
commitment to patient safety,” said
Maureen Gaffney, RPAC, RN, Winthrop’s
Chief Medical Information Officer.
“Winthrop’s success was due to our
patient-centric approach to developing
technology that supports how we provide
care to our patients. We believe
that systems need to be built to provide
our clinicians with the tools they need to
manage their patients in a safe environment.
The improvement in our patient
outcomes data support that this
approach is effective and beneficial to
our patients.”
In describing the initiative that
earned the award for Winthrop, HANYS
said, “Winthrop-University Hospital [was
recognized] for Changing the Prescribing
Culture Through Systematic Processes.
The systematic approach to changing the
medication ordering process combined
with an extensive CPOE system took
ordering practices to the next level and
allowed for a smooth transition to an
electronic medical record.”
Established by HANYS in 2001 to
recognize significant achievements by
hospitals in the areas of quality
improvement and patient safety, the
Pinnacle Award spotlights significant
quality improvement achievements by
member hospitals. HANYS also publishes
case studies from innovative
hospitals in its annual publication
Leading the Quest for Quality: Profiles
in Quality and Patient Safety and
among the 2009 entries was one from
Winthrop concerning the reduction of
adverse events through improved
medication management.
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Vol. 19, No. 2
Summer 2009
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