Runy Lee Ann
Hosp Health Netw. 2002 Aug;76(8):49-56.
Improving the quality and safety of health care requires dedicated leadership and the involvement of everyone who affects care within an organization, from trustees and administrators to physicians, nurses and frontline staff. To honor organizations that have made exceptional improvements in quality and patient safety, the American Hospital Association, along with McKesson Corp. and McKesson Foundation, established The American Hospital Quest for Quality Prize: honoring leadership and innovation in patient care quality, safety and commitment. The award recognizes hospitals and health systems that have created measurable and sustainable quality and patient safety programs. Among other things, the organization must have a blame-free work environment and systems in place to help identify actual and potential adverse events and solutions to improve them. As the winner of the inaugural Quest for Quality Prize, Missouri Baptist Medical Center, Town and Country, Mo., received $75,000 to further its safety and quality efforts. Two finalists--Children's Hospitals and Clinics, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn., and Fairview Hospital, Great Barrington, Mass.--each received a $12,500 award. A Citation of Merit was presented to Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston.
提高医疗保健的质量和安全性需要有专注的领导以及组织内每一位影响医疗服务的人员的参与，从受托人、管理人员到医生、护士和一线工作人员。为表彰那些在质量和患者安全方面取得卓越进步的组织，美国医院协会与麦克森公司及麦克森基金会共同设立了“美国医院质量追求奖”：表彰在患者护理质量、安全和承诺方面的领导能力与创新精神。该奖项旨在表彰那些创建了可衡量且可持续的质量和患者安全项目的医院及医疗系统。除其他要求外，该组织必须拥有无责备的工作环境以及相应系统，以帮助识别实际和潜在的不良事件，并找到改进这些事件的解决方案。作为首届质量追求奖的获得者，密苏里州乡村市的密苏里浸信会医疗中心获得了7.5万美元，以进一步推动其安全和质量工作。两家决赛入围者——明尼苏达州明尼阿波利斯/圣保罗市的儿童医院和诊所，以及马萨诸塞州大巴灵顿市的美景医院——各获得了1.25万美元的奖励。波士顿的布莱根妇女医院获得了荣誉嘉奖。
