AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

METHODIST HOSPITAL | SPECIALTY AND TRANSPLANT’S QUALITY TEAM GRADUATES FROM HCA’S QUALITY UNIVERSITY

Seven members of Methodist Hospital | Specialty and Transplant’s Quality and Patient Safety team graduated from HCA’s Quality University last week. The program prepares facility-level HCA Healthcare quality leaders to grow in their leadership abilities, as well as increase their knowledge in the areas of quality, patient safety, and regulatory and accreditation compliance. MHST graduates included: Andreina Calzada, Jennifer Deosdade, Rosemary Garcia, Sarah Ortiz, Mehvish Siddiqui, Sarah Vela, and Amanda Villarreal.

Two Methodist Hospital Units Receive Silver Beacon Award For Excellence

Congratulations to the CVICU and NSICU teams at Methodist Hospital, recipients of the Silver Beacon Award for Excellence, presented by AACN. This achievement is a significant milestone on the path to exceptional patient care and healthy work environments.

The Silver Beacon Award for Excellence signifies an effective approach to policies, procedures, and processes that includes engagement of staff and key stakeholders. It also signifies the units have evaluation and improvement strategies in place and good performance measures when compared to relevant benchmarks. The Silver Award winners met the following evidence-based Beacon Award for Excellence criteria:

• Leadership Structures and Systems

• Appropriate Staffing and Staff Engagement

• Effective Communication, Knowledge Management and Learning and Development

• Evidence-Based Practice and Processes

• Outcome Measurement

METHODIST HOSPITAL | TEXSAN CELEBRATES 1-YEAR CLABSI FREE

Methodist Hospital | Texsan celebrated 1 year CLABSIfree thanks to the diligent efforts of their amazing team! The goal of Zero Patient Harm drives everything we do as a system. Hospital Acquired Infection reduction, with a focus on Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) reduction has been a primary focus at Methodist

Hospital | Texsan. The hospital has consistently provided exceptional patient care by following sterile insertion practices, maintaining clean to dirty workflows, keeping the insertion site clean, and removing the line as soon as medically indicated to reduce the risk of a patient getting a CLABSI.