The Patient Safety Authority (PSA) is proud to recognize the winners of the I AM Patient Safety 2022 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 129 nominations, submitted by 66 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
Ambulatory Care/Surgery Award
Improving Diagnosis Award
Transparency and Safety Award
Runners-Up
Ambulatory Care/Surgery Facility
- Bethel Park Surgery Center Team, Allegheny Health Network – Bethel Park Surgery Center
- Jamie Hallam and Front Office Staff, Spartan Health Surgicenter
IMPROVING DIAGNOSIS
Dr. Jaber Monla-Hassan, Einstein Medical Center Montgomer
Dixon Foundation Health Center Team: Anila Gidwani, Rebecca Topping, Bethany Dieffenderfer, WellSpan Dixon Foundation Health Center
INDIVIDUAL IMPACT- GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND
- Theresa Lasko, RN & Deborah Gruntz, RN, Welcome Center Senior Teammates, Advanced Surgical Hospital
- Adrienne Bellino-Ailinger, RN, Einstein Medical Center Montgomery - Einstein Endoscopy Center Blue Bell
LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY
- Alicia Elvidge, NHA, Chief Executive Officer, South Mountain Restoration Center
- Kimberly Krall, Thornwald Home
NATIONWIDE WARRIORS
- The Second Victim Committee, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
- Rinisha Thomas, RN & Tatiana Ziegler, RN, Delaware Valley Veterans Home
PHYSICIAN OFFICES
- Tammy Bowman, Office Coordinator, LVPG Hematology/Oncology Office, Lehigh Valley Physician Group
- Outpatient Falls Prevention Team, Einstein Medical Center Montgomery
SAFETY STORY
- The PAR (Patient At Risk) Bundle Team, Pennsylvania Hospital
- Monitor Technician Department, UPMC Community Osteopathic
SEPSIS
- WellSpan Health Sepsis Team, WellSpan Health
- Dr. Jaber Monla-Hassan, Dr. Robert Czincila, Kim Mikula, Kim Vitelli, Olivia Johnson, Scott Urbinati, Einstein Medical Center Montgomery
TIME-OUTS
- Radiology Department, Chester County Hospital
- The Allegheny Health Network Perioperative Education Team, Allegheny Health Network
TRANSPARENCY AND SAFETY IN HEALTHCARE
- Central Sterile Processing Department — UPMC Hamot
- Rosanna Catania-Venuto, MSN, RN — Chester County Hospital
Past Winners
2021 Patient Safety Winners
2020 Patient Safety Winners
2019 Patient Safety Winners
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