2023 IAPS Winners

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​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.

 

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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 

2023 IAPS Executive Director's Choice Award winner, Jesse Hixson, Allegheny Health  
Executive Director’s Choice Award

2023 IAPS Ambulatory Care/Surgery Award Winners Penn Medicine  
Ambulatory Care/Surgery Award
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​ 2023 IAPS Improving Diagnosis Award Winners, Einstein, Jefferson Health Systems  
Improving Diagnosis Award

 

2023 IAPS Individual Impact Award Winners, Penn State Health  
 Individual Impact Award
2023 IAPS Long Term Care Facility Award Winner, Donelle Grove, South Mtn. Restoration Ctr.         
​Long-Term Care Award
 
2023 IAPS Nationwide Warrior Award Winner, Cyndi Brinkley, Riverside Walter Reed Hospital  
Nationwide Warrior Award
2023 IAPS Physician Offices Award Winners, Quality Department, OSS Health  
         Physician Offices Award
2023 IAPS Safety Story Award Winners, Suzanne Swift & Nancy Patterson, St Christophers Hospital for Children  
Safety Story​ Award
2023 IAPS 2023 Sepsis Award Winners Einstein Health, Jefferson Health  
Sepsis Award
2023 IAPS Time Outs Award Winner Sara Frey, Lehigh Valley Health Network 
Time-Outs Award
2023 IAPS Transparency and Safety Award Winners, Behavioral Health 6 Spruce Shared Governance, Penn Medicine  
         Transparency and Safety Award
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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
    Allegheny Health Network-Allegheny General Hospital​
  • ​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​

  • Amy Coppersmith
    WellSpan Health
  • ​Tiffany Irwin, Practice Coordinator
    WellSpan Health

SAFETY STORY

  • The Operating Room Department at Forbes Hospital and Sara Angelilli
    Allegheny Health Network
  • ​Beth Lindell, OR Manager
    Allegheny Health Network

SEPSIS

  • Jenna Mastromarino Riley
    Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center
  • Jefferson Health Sepsis Team
    Jefferson Health

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 SafetyWinners

2021 Patient Safety Winners 

2020 Patient Safety Winners 

2019 Patient Safety Winners


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