2011 Awards of Excellence Nominees

Cascade Valley Hospital and Clinics, Arlington Kadlec Regional Medical Center, Richland Patient Safety Culture Improvement Project Empowering Nurses to Initiate Early Goal-Directed Contact: Cindy Rodriguez at Sepsis Treatment [email protected] Contact: Tracy Hasty, RN, MSN, CCRN at [email protected] Central Washington Hospital, Wenatchee Point of Service Scanning—Key Step to the Total Kadlec Regional Medical Center, Richland Electronic Medical Record Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Nursing Contact: Sharon Godfrey, RHIA at Teaching Rounds [email protected] Contact: Tracy Hasty, RN, MSN, CCRN at [email protected] Columbia Basin Health Association, Othello* Improving Tdap Vaccinations in Legacy Salmon Creek, Vancouver Postpartum Patients Pneumonia Improvement Project Contact: Dulcye Field at [email protected] Contact: Cheryl Forry at [email protected]

Colonial Vista Care Center, Wenatchee Lincoln Hospital District #3, Davenport Falling Star Program A Partnership in Developing a Virtual Hospitalist Contact: Mary Yerratt, RN at Program in Eastern Washington [email protected] Contact: Thomas Martin at [email protected]

CRISTA Senior Living/Cristwood Nursing Multicare Good Samaritan Hospital, Puyallup & Rehabilitation Center, Transitions Care Management Program Sustainable Cleaning—Stewardship for Contact: Deena Hannen at Today and Tomorrow [email protected] Contact: Luis Romo at [email protected] MultiCare Health System, Tacoma Franciscan Health System, Tacoma Reduction of Central Line Associated Bloodstream Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice to Infections in Tacoma General ICU Reduce Hospital Acquired Conditions Including Contact: Marcia Patrick, RN, MSN, CIC at CDIF, MRSA and CAUTI [email protected] Contact: Tony Haftel, MD at [email protected] MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital, Tacoma In Hospital Code NEURO Process Group Health Cooperative, Tukwila* Improvement Project Medication Reconciliation by Ambulatory Clinical Contact: Karen Kiesz at [email protected] Pharmacists Post Hospital Discharge Contact: Meg Kilcup, PharmD at [email protected] PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center, Bellingham Harborview Medical Center, Seattle* CVU Discharge Process Improvement Project Code Sepsis: Improving Survival in Sepsis Contact: Mark Lanci, MSW at with Early Identification and Activation of a [email protected] or Critical Care Team Jennifer Moyes, BS, RN at Contact: Paula Minton-Foltz at [email protected] [email protected] Kadlec Regional Medical Center, Richland Acute Care Bed Model Contact: Kirk Harper at [email protected] 2011 Washington Awards of Excellence Nominees

Providence Regional Medical Center, Everett* UW Medicine: University of Washington Medical Implementation of Antimicrobial Therapy Center and Harborview Medical Center, Seattle Monitoring Service Eliminate Hospital Acquired Central Line Contact: Preston Simmons, FACHE at Associated Bloodstream Infections: Central [email protected] or Venous Catheter Workgroup Eric Werttemberger, PharmD, at Contact: Vanessa Makarewicz at [email protected] [email protected]

Providence Regional Medical Center, Everett Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle* Patient Advisors Improving the Safety, Efficiency and Effectiveness Contact: Paula Bradlee at of the Medication Administration Process [email protected] Contact: Joan Ching, RN, MN, CPHQ at [email protected] Providence St. Peter Family Medicine, Olympia Pain Management Improvement Project Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle Contact: Lucinda Grande, MD at Surgery Attestation Timeout Checklist Process [email protected] Contact: Lynne Chafetz at [email protected] or Puget Sound Healthcare, Olympia* Rosemary Tempel at [email protected] Pressure Ulcer Reduction Contact: Mark Trangsrud at Walla Walla General Hospital, Walla Walla [email protected] Improving Emergency Center Length of Stay and Time to Provider Snoqualmie Valley Hospital and Contact: Linda Givens, RN BSN at [email protected] Clinics, Snoqualmie Affordable Access Whitman Hospital and Medical Center, Colfax Contact: Debra Barrett at Transforming Patient Care Team: Reduce [email protected] Unnecessary Rehospitalizations within 30 Days of Discharge , Seattle* Contact: Denise Fowler, RN, MS at Reducing Sepsis Mortality through Improved [email protected] Patient Transitions from Emergency Department to Intensive Care Unit Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital, Yakima* Contact: Alta Ballard, MHA at Outpatient Infusion Care— [email protected] Throughput Workout Contact: Sandy Dahl at [email protected] or Tri-State Memorial Hospital & Russ Myers at [email protected] Medical Center, Clarkston Cardiac Level One Protocol Implementation Contact: Joleen Carper at *2010 Award of Excellence winner; learn more [email protected] about the winning projects.

University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle* Infection Control Breakthrough Goal Project: A Systems-Level Approach to Eliminating Healthcare-Acquired MRSA, CLABSI, Respiratory Virus Infections, VAP and CAUTI Contact: Donna Henderson, BSN, MHA at [email protected]