CHI - St. Joseph's Health - MN

CHI St. Joseph's Health | www.SJAHS.org 4 O ur staff's dedication to patient safety recently earned an MHA Patient Safety Excellence Award. CHI St. Joseph's Health is one of only eight hospitals in the state to receive the award which recognizes achievement of safety standards in six or more areas in addition to meeting all leadership criteria and three or more patient-and-family-engagement benchmarks. These honors acknowledge the dedication and resources that CHI St. Joseph's Health devotes to enhance quality and patient safety. "We were already fully engaged with the Minnesota Hospital Association in working to improve the safety of care we provide patients through our evidence-based practices program," says Chris Broeker, Director of Quality at CHI St. Joseph's Health. "From there, Partnership for Patients seemed like a natural progression." Partnership for Patients encourages cooperation between healthcare providers, patients, and federal and state governments to make patient care safer and improve care transitions. Part of this includes preventing or reducing hospital-acquired conditions. One condition that CHI St. Joseph's Health focuses on is the early elective delivery of babies without a medical reason. The hospital developed policies against inducing labor prior to 39 weeks of gestation in order to make deliveries safer for moms and babies. Since 2012, the hospital has had zero early deliveries without medical reason. "This is a team effort involving physicians and clinical and non-clinical staff, so no one can do it alone," says Broeker. "In addition to being in an external partnership with other Minnesota hospitals, it's an internal partnership, too, with people involved across our organization." Safety Champions CHI St. Joseph's Health has had zero catheter-associated urinary tract infections and zero central line bloodstream infections since 2012. Additionally, the hospital's surgical site infection rate per 100 surgical procedures is a very low .07 percent. C HI St. Joseph's Health is one of five hospitals in the LifeSource 3-state region to receive a national designation for commitment to organ and tissue donation education. The Workplace Partnership for Life Hospital Campaign recognizes hospitals that raise awareness about organ and tissue donation in their communities. In 2014, CHI St. Joseph's Health received gold- level status for their efforts. "CHI St. Joseph's Health panel discussions gave the general public the opportunity to hear stories from donor families and recipients," says Deb Andvik, LifeSource hospital liaison. "They also had a full month of organ and tissue donation education and opportunities for people in the community to register as a donor." If you are interested in becoming an organ or tissue donor, visit MyDonationResource.org or OrganDonor.gov. The Minnesota Hospital Association (MHA) honored CHI St. Joseph's Health for its commitment to patient safety and participation in the Partnership for Patients Hospital Engagement Network initiative. Partnership for Patients Propels Care Forward Chalk art from CHI St. Joseph's Health Donate Life "Blooming Wednesdays" is inspired by LifeSource's "Let Life Bloom" campaign. Pictured, from left: Taylor Lockhart, Abby Blair, Isabel Meyer, and Hailey Heegard Going for Gold CHI St. Joseph's Health quality and patient safety leaders working together on the Partnership for Patients safety initiative include: (front, from left) Jennifer Schauland and Crystal Frette, (back) Becky Bentley, Deb Haagenson, Rhonda Eckert, Chris Broeker, and Scott Kosel. Not pictured are Kirstin Thorstad and Wendy Gullicksrud.

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