National Patient Safety Foundation Earns Multiple Awards
On Aug 04, 2003NPSF strives to improve the safety of patients with excellence in various media
CHICAGO — The National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) announced today receipt of three prestigious awards for excellence in writing and video content and production. The first annual Nursing Econonmic$/Margaret Sovie Writer’s Award was given in recognition of NPSF’s outstanding contributions to the “Patient Safety” series in the Nursing Economic$ journal. NPSF’s training video, Patient Safety: A Critical Issue earned two awards – the Platinum Best of Show Aurora Award, granted for creativity, message effectiveness, and technical excellence, and the Aegis Award for superior quality in production. “We are extremely proud of the national recognition we have received from these awards,” said Carol Ley, MD, Board Chair of NPSF. “These three honors reflect the success of the Foundation in furthering the cause of patient safety to a wide variety of audiences.”
The Writer’s Award was presented to NPSF because its series of editorials best exemplified Nursing Economic$’ mission to advance nursing leadership in health care by providing information and thoughtful analyses of current and emerging best practices in health care management, economics and policymaking. The series of articles were published in issues of Nursing Economic$ in 2002 and 2003. Titles were:
“Safety Technology: Solutions or Experiments” by Richard I. Cook, MD, Assistant Professor, University of Chicago, Cognitive Technologies Laboratory
“Low Health Literacy: What Do Your Patients Really Understand?” by Joanne G. Schwartzberg, MD, Director, Aging and Community Health and Consultant, Health Literacy, American Medical Association
“Patient Safety: An Ethical Imperative” by Gladys B. White, PhD, RN, Director, Center for Ethics and Human Rights, American Nurses Association
“Needs Assessment for Patient Safety Education: Focusing on the Nursing Perspective” by Patricia Sokol, RN, JD, Interim Program Manager, NPSF, and Deborah Cummins, PhD, Senior Program Manager, NPSF.
“Lessons in Patient Safety from ‘A Beautiful Mind’” by Anthony F. Grasha, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Cincinnati
“Is Six Sigma the Answer for Nursing to Reduce Medical Errors and Enhance Patient Safety?” by Beth Lanham, BSN, RN; and Pamela Maxson-Cooper, MHA, BSN, RN, Vice President, Patient Care Services, Froedtert Hospital and Vice Chair, Wisconsin State Board of Nursing
“The Role of Nursing Leadership in Establishing a Safety Culture” by Mark A. Callahan, MD, Associate Professor of Public Health and Medicine; Chief, Division of Outcomes and Effectiveness Research Department of Public Health, Weill Medical College of Cornell University; and Director of Outcomes Research, New York Presbyterian Healthcare Network; and Hirsch Ruchlin, PhD, Professor of Public Health, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
“Facility Designing around Patient Safety and Its Effect on Nursing” by John Reiling, President/CEO, St. Joseph’s Community Hospital of West Bend, a Member of Synergy Health; and other contributors
“Medical Librarians: Improving Access to Information for Nurses” by Lorri Zipperer, Cybrarian, Zipperer Project Management; and Linda Williams, RN, MSI, Veterans Health Administration, National Center for Patient Safety
“Lessons From Aviation: Teamwork to Improve Patient Safety” by Eric J. Thomas, MD, MPH; Gwen Sherwood, PhD, RN, FAAN; and Robert L. Helmreich, PhD
“Patient Safety: A Critical Issue,” a 20-minute video training program for healthcare staff education, won two awards, the Platinum Best of Show Aurora Award and an Aegis Award. Created with a grant from 3M Corporation and produced in partnership with Envision Inc. and the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC), this video covers the guidelines of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and the Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which mandate that all healthcare facilities make patient safety a top priority.
This educational video includes commentary from highly respected professionals in the healthcare field, including Donald J. Palmisano, MD, JD, President, American Medical Association, and NPSF Board Member; Mary Foley, MS, RN, Immediate Past President , American Nurses Association, and NPSF Board Member; David R. Page, President and CEO, Fairview Health Services, and NPSF Board Member; Robert E. Krawisz, Executive Director, NPSF; William W. Stead, MD, Associate Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; John A. Jernigan, MD, MS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD, Vice President of Legal Services, Memorial Hospital of Union County.
The Platinum Best of Show is the highest honor given in the Aurora Awards, which recognize excellence in film and video through international competition. Judging is performed by panels of film and video professionals and looks at technical aspects, writing and creativity. The Aegis Awards recognize excellence the video industry and are judged on production elements. “We are happy to accept these awards in recognition of NPSF’s efforts to further the cause of patient safety,” said Robert E. Krawisz, Executive Director of NPSF.
“And we are committed to continuing our programs to build awareness and to improve the safety of patients in all healthcare settings.”
About the National Patient Safety Foundation
The National Patient Safety Foundation was founded in 1996 by the American Medical Association, CNA HealthPro, 3M and contributions from the Schering-Plough Corporation. The NPSF is an independent, nonprofit research and education organization. It is an unprecedented partnership of healthcare practitioners, institutional providers, health product providers, health product manufacturers, researchers, legal advisors, patient/consumer advocates, regulators and policy makers committed to making health care safer for patients. Through leadership, research support, and education, the NPSF is committed to making patient safety a national priority. For more information, about the NPSF, visit www.npsf.org.
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