The Patient Safety Authority (PSA) is proud to recognize the winners of the
I AM Patient Safety 2023 Achievement Awards. We are grateful for their inspiring and life-changing accomplishments in patient safety in the last year
Judges selected ten winners and twenty runners-up from individuals and teams from 186 nominations, submitted by 94 healthcare facilities throughout Pennsylvania and from around the United States, for their individual and/or team commitment to improving patient safety.
• Evident commitment to patient safety
• Focus on training and education
• Indicative of strong patient safety culture in the facility
• Initiative taken by individual/group
The PSA thanks everyone who submitted a nomination. If you know an individual or group who should be recognized for their patient safety efforts, please nominate them for the 2023 I AM Patient Safety contest during the next nomination period.
Winners
Executive Director's Choice Award
Jesse Hixson, MSN, CNOR, RN, Administrator
Allegheny Health Network Monroeville Ambulatory Surgery Center
Ambulatory Care/Surgery Facility
Mary Houton, Susan Walker, Carly Morgan, Hannah Doherty, Deepa Callahan and the Ambulatory Surgical Center and Infection Prevention Registered Nurses
Penn Medicine Pennsylvania Hospital
Jung Yun, MD, Ryan Lee, MD, Peter Wang, MD, Meera Kasireddy, Terence Matalon, MD, Radiology Department and Kevin Lo, MD, Internal Medicine Dept
Einstein Healthcare Network, Part of Jefferson Health
Individual Impact — Going Above and Beyond
Jenny Rex MSN, RN, Nursing Professional Development Specialist, Pediatric Intermediate and Intensive Care Units, and Adrian Zurca, MD, MEd, Staff Physician, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Penn State Health Miltson S. Hershey Medical Center
Long-Term Care Facility
Donelle Grove, RN, Infection Preventionist
South Mountain Restoration Center
Riverside Walter Reed Hospital Gloucester, Virginia
Safety Story (Near Miss or Close Call)
Suzanne Swift, 4 South, and Nancy Patterson, Professional Development/Med-Surg
St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
Jaber Monla-Hassan, MD, Olivia Johnson, PharmD, Christopher Anderson, PharmD, and Kim Mikula, MSN, RN
Einstein Medical Center Montgomery
Sara Frey, Pharmacist Pharmacy
Lehigh Valley Health Network
Transparency and Safety in Healthcare
Behavioral Health 6 Spruce Shared Governance
Penn Medicine Pennsylvania Hospital
Runners-Up
Ambulatory Care/Surgery Facility
Adrienne Bellino-Ailinger
Einstein Endoscopy Center Blue Bell
The Direct Access Colonoscopy Team
Einstein Endoscopy Center Blue Bell
IMPROVING DIAGNOSIS
Kara Mascitti, MD, MSCE, FACP, FIDSA, Medical Director, Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Prevention; Alex Matika, PharmD, Pharmacist, Clinical Specialist; and Lauren Allen, PharmD, Pharmacist, Clinical Specialist
St. Luke's University Health Network
Critical Care Unit
WellSpan Health York
INDIVIDUAL IMPACT- GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND
Kristen Farrell, Oncology Infusion Center
St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
Alyssa Tousignant, RN, BSN
Allegheny Health Network-Allegheny General Hospital
LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY
Nicole Ross, Angela Borgo, Susan Bell, Kerri Brooks, Lynn Sauers, Jake Thieret, Douglas Zundel, Rachael Blank and Lisa Painter and the UPMC Senior Living Multi-disciplinary Team
UPMC Senior Living
Sugar Creek Station Managers
Sugar Creek Nursing and Rehabilitation
NATIONWIDE WARRIORS
Chrissie Blackburn
Project Patient Care
Vidya Saldivar, Pharm D, Medication Safety Specialist; Mobolaji Adeola, Pharm D, Medication Safety Specialist; and Archana Sadhu, MD, Chair of Diabetes Action Council
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas
PHYSICIAN OFFICES
SAFETY STORY
SEPSIS
TIME-OUTS
Emily Roth, BSN, RN, Oncology Nursing
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Samantha Braverman
Einstein Medical Center Montgomery
TRANSPARENCY AND SAFETY IN HEALTHCARE
Patient Safety Officers
Allegheny Health Network
Vicenta Gaspar-Yoo, MD, President; William Bailey, DO, Chief Medical Officer; Milissa Hammers, Chief Nursing Officer; Quality Safety Value Team (Patient Safety Officer, Regulatory Manager, Infection Control Nurse and Quality Manager)
Allegheny Health Network
Past Winners
2022 Patient Safety Winners
2021 Patient Safety Winners
2020 Patient Safety Winners
2019 Patient Safety Winners
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