(Hospital Name) Earns Patient
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( Hospital Name ) earns patient safety excellence award
(City, Minn.) — (Name of hospital) has earned a Minnesota Hospital Association (MHA) Patient Safety Excellence Award for its work on preventing pressure ulcers.
Patient safety is a top priority for (name of hospital). That’s why (name of hospital) joined the SAFE SKIN initiative, where Minnesota teams are working collectively on implementing an extensive list of recommended actions to prevent pressure ulcers. The recommended actions are compiled in the SAFE SKIN Road Map to a Comprehensive Pressure Ulcer Prevention Program. The MHA Patient Safety Excellence Award is given to facilities that have achieved more than 90 percent of the recommended actions.
“Hospitals that receive these awards are to be commended — the bar is set very high,” said MHA Patient Safety Vice President Tania Daniels. “Hospitals that qualify have achieved measurable and meaningful progress toward implementing best practices to drive down adverse health events.”
[insert quote from hospital leader here. Ideas include recognizing staff for hard work, hospital commitment to patient safety, goal of preventing adverse health events, etc.]
For more information about SAFE SITE, visit the Minnesota Hospital Association website at www.mnhospitals.org.
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The Minnesota Hospital Association represents 145 hospitals and 17 health systems, which provide quality care for their patients and meet the needs of their communities.