2018

Idaho

• Clearwater Valley Hospital & Clinics (Orofino)
  Team-Based Chronic Opioid Patient Care
• St. Luke’s Meridian Medical Center (Meridian)
  Quality-Driven Medication Reconciliation
• Bonner General Health (Sandpoint)
  Antibiotic Stewardship: Creating a Program in a Critical Access Facility
• St. Luke’s Health System (Boise)
  Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH) Care Map: A Tool for System-wide, Integrated Care of Hip Dysplasia

To read more about this year's Idaho award winners, download the brochure.

Washington

• Harborview Medical Center/UW Medicine (Seattle)
  Implementation and Evaluation of a Multidisciplinary Discharge Program
• Kaiser Permanente Washington (Renton)
  Collaboration between Pharmacy and Care Management to Expand the Medication Reconciliation Program to Improve Health Outcomes
• Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center (Vancouver)
  Reducing Readmissions from the Emergency Department
• The Everett Clinic (Everett)
  Opioid Safety

To read more about this year's Washington award winners, download the brochure.

2017

Idaho

• Kootenai Health (Coeur d’Alene)
  Colorectal Enhanced Recovery Program
• Madison Memorial Hospital (Rexburg)
  Quality-Driven Medication Reconciliation
• Bonner General Health (Sandpoint)
  Code Stork
• Terry Reilly Health Services (Nampa)
  Implementing Medication-Assisted Therapy
• Kindred Nursing and Rehabilitation—Mountain Valley (Kellogg)
  Improving Resident Quality of Life by Decreasing Moderate-to-Severe Pain in Long-Term Care

In addition, we recognized Richard "Dick" Armstrong with a special award for his leadership of the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.

To read more about this year's Idaho award winners, download the brochure.

Washington

• Harborview Medical Center (Seattle)
  Improving Diabetes Self-Management with Limited-English-Proficient Patients Using Bilingual/Bicultural Diabetes Navigators
• Issaquah Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (Issaquah)
  Reducing Antipsychotic Use in Dementia Patients
• Kelley-Ross Pharmacy Group (Seattle)
  “Heart 2 Heart,” Improving Outcomes and Decreasing Readmissions for Heart Failure Patients through Integrated Pharmacist Home Visit Model
• Mason General Hospital–Olympic Physicians (Shelton)
  Improving the Rate of Colon Cancer Screening in a Rural Underserved Population—Patients 50–75 Years Old
• Swedish Medical Group (Seattle)
  Effectiveness of an Electronic Medical Reminder for Hepatitis C Screening
• Virginia Mason Medical Center (Seattle)
  Journey to “Never” Land—A Project to Eliminate Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections
• Virginia Mason Medical Center (Seattle)
  Early Recognition and Treatment of Sepsis

To read more about this year's Award of Excellence in Healthcare Quality winners of Washington, download the brochure.

2016

Idaho

• St. Joseph Regional Medical Center (Lewiston)
  Reducing Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Readmissions: An Evidence-Based Quality Improvement Project
• St. Luke's Rehab–Elks Subacute Unit (Boise)
  Falls Reduction
• Bonner General Health (Sandpoint)
  Stroke Alert
• Heritage Health (Coeur d'Alene)
  Kroc Rx

To read more about this year's Award of Excellence in Healthcare Quality winners of Idaho, download the brochure.

Washington

• Issaquah Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (Issaquah)
  Reducing Falls in a Skilled Nursing Facility
• UW Neighborhood Clinics (Seattle)
  Integrating Behavioral Health into Primary Care
• Providence St. Peter Hospital (Olympia)
  A Collaborative Transitions of Care Program for Heart Failure Patients
• Virginia Mason Medical Center (Seattle)
  A Clinical Decision Support Tool for Hospitalists: A Simple, Low-Cost Way to Improve Care for Patients Hospitalized with Myocardial Infarction
• Verdant Health Commission (Snohomish County)
  Community Paramedicine: Improving Care and Connections for Vulnerable Populations

To read more about this year's Award of Excellence in Healthcare Quality winners of Washington, download the brochure.

2015

Idaho

• Kindred Nursing and Rehabilitation (Kellogg)
  Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement: from Theory to Practice, Implementing the Five Elements to Fall Reduction
• Clearwater Valley Hospital and Clinics (Orofino)
  Case Management of High Utilization Emergency Department Patients
• Kootenai Health (Coeur d'Alene)
  Safe Specimen Labeling
• St. Luke's Treasure Valley (Boise)
  Project Zero / Joint Replacement Program

To read more about this year's Award of Excellence in Healthcare Quality winners of Idaho, download the brochure.

Washington

• Puyallup Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (Puyallup)
  Reducing Prevalence of New or Worsening Pressure Ulcers in Nursing Home Residents
• Whitman Hospital & Medical Center (Colfax)
  Readmission Reduction
• Northwest Kidney Centers (Seattle)
  Improving Kidney Transplantation Initiative
• UW Medicine–Harborview Medical Center (Seattle)
  Improving Chronic Care and Reducing Readmissions in a Highly Vulnerable Heart Failure Safety Net Population
• UW Medicine–Harborview Medical Center, Northwest Hospital & Medical Center, University of Washington Medical Center and Valley Medical Center (Seattle)
  An Enterprise Approach to Evidence-based Performance Improvement for Central Venous Catheter (CVC) Associated Complications
• Virginia Mason Medical Center (Seattle)
  Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis Journey
• Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital (Yakima)
  Meds to Beds; Your Prescription Delivered to Your Bedside

To read more about this year's Award of Excellence in Healthcare Quality winners of Washington, download the brochure.

2014

Idaho

• Saint Alphonsus Health System (Boise)
  Safety: Every Patient, Every Time. Building a Culture of Safety
• St. Luke's Children's Hospital (Boise)
  Protecting the Most Vulnerable: Reducing CLABSIs in a Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Population
• St. Luke's Magic Valley Medical Center (Twin Falls)
  Antimicrobial Stewardship

Honorable mentions were also provided to:

• Kindred Nursing and Rehabilitation–Mountain Valley (Kellogg)
  Reduction of Falls
• St. Luke's Hospital (Boise)
  ICU Progressive Mobility

To read more about this year's Award of Excellence in Healthcare Quality winners of Idaho, download the brochure.

Washington

• Fort Vancouver Convalescent Center (Vancouver)
  A Multidisciplinary Approach to Preventing Rehospitalizations in the Skilled Nursing Setting
• Harborview Medical Center (Seattle)
  Fast Track for Burn Care
• Morton General Hospital (Morton)
  Safe Transfers and Reduced Time Loss (STARTL)
• Providence St. Mary Medical Center (Walla Walla)
  Discharge Redesign with Implementation of a Transition of Care Pharmacist
• University of Washington Medical Center (Seattle)
  A Care Pathway and Diuretic Protocol to Decrease Length of Stay, Mortality and Costs on the UWMC Advanced Heart Failure Service
• Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital (Yakima)
  Reduce Waste: Multi-Dose Medication for Home Use

To read more about this year's Award of Excellence in Healthcare Quality winners of Washington, download the brochure.

2013

Idaho

• Clearwater Valley Hospital and Clinics (Orofino)
  Improved Patient Outcomes Through Tele-Psychiatry Access in Frontier Communities
• Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center (Boise)
  Time is of the Essence: Hourly Rounding to Prevent Falls
• Saint Luke's Health System (Boise)
  Transitions of Care: Something to ToC About
• St. Luke's Health System (Wood River, Ketchum)
  Diabetes Care Improvement Project

To read more about this year's Award of Excellence in Healthcare Quality winners of Idaho, download the brochure.

Washington

• EvergreenHealth (Kirkland)
  Delirium Impact Reduction Project
• UW Medicine Harborview Medical Center (Seattle)
  Emergency Department High Utilizer Program: Case Management to Improve Care, Outcomes, and Cost
• Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital (Spokane)
  Discharge Planning: A Proactive Team Based Approach
• Providence St. Mary Medical Center (Walla Walla)
  Rapid reduction of Clostridium difficile infection rates through multidisciplinary tactics, spearheaded by antimicrobial stewardship team development
• Swedish Medical Center (Seattle)
  Management of Upper Gastrointestinal (UGI) Hemorrhage

To read more about this year's Award of Excellence in Healthcare Quality winners of Washington, download the brochure.

2012

Idaho

• Clearwater Valley Hospital and Clinics (Orofino)
  Three-Part Aim: Improved Healthcare for Individuals, Better Health for the Community, Lower Per-Capita Costs
• Bonner General Hospital (Sandpoint)
  Patient Safety
• Kindred Nursing and Rehabilitation—Mountain Valley (Kellogg)
  Organizational Culture
• Kootenai Health (Coeur d’Alene)
  Infection Prevention
• St. Luke’s Health System (Boise)
  Clinical Care Improvement
• Representative John M. Rusche, MD
  Exemplary Contributions to Healthcare Quality in Idaho

To read more about this year's Award of Excellence in Healthcare Quality winners of Idaho, download the brochure.

Washington

• Hall Health Primary Care Center (Seattle)
  Innovation
• Harborview Medical Center (Seattle)
  Three-Part Aim: Improved Healthcare for Individuals, Better Health for the Community, Lower Per-Capita Costs
• Harborview Medical Center (Seattle)
  Innovation
• Multicare Health System (Tacoma)
  Innovation
• Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (Seattle)
  Innovation
• Swedish Health Services (Seattle)
  Three-Part Aim: Improved Healthcare for Individuals, Better Health for the Community, Lower Per-Capita Costs

To read more about this year's Award of Excellence in Healthcare Quality winners of Washington, download the brochure.

2011

Idaho

• Madison Memorial Hospital (Rexburg)
  Preventing Medication Errors
• Saint Alphonsus Health System (Boise)
  Hand Hygiene
• Saint Alphonsus Health System (Boise)
  Preventing Patient Falls
• St. Luke's Wood River Medical Center (Ketchum)
  Healing Touch
• Teton Valley Health Care (Driggs)
  Medication Reconciliation

Idaho Consortium for Healthcare Performance Improvement Award

Winner

• St. Luke's Internal Medicine (Boise)
  Pneumococcal Immunizations

Honorable Mention

• Kaniksu Health Services (Sandpoint)
  Pneumococcal Immunizations

To read more about this year's Award of Excellence in Healthcare Quality winners of Idaho and the winner and honorable mention of the Idaho Consortium for Healthcare Performance Improvement Award download the brochure.

Washington

• Columbia Basin Health Association (Othello)
  Improving Tdap Vaccinations in Postpartum Patients
• Group Health Cooperative (Tukwila)
  Medication Reconciliation by Ambulatory Clinical Pharmacists Post Hospital Discharge
• Harborview Medical Center (Seattle)
  Code Sepsis: Improving Survival in Sepsis with Early Identification and Activation of a Critical Care Team
• Providence Regional Medical Center Everett (Everett)
  Implementation of Antimicrobial Therapy Monitoring Service
• Puget Sound Healthcare (Olympia)
  Pressure Ulcer Reduction
• Swedish Health Services (Seattle)
  Reducing Sepsis Mortality through Improved Patient Transitions from Emergency Department to Intensive Care Unit
• University of Washington Medical Center (Seattle)
  Infection Control Breakthrough Goal Project: A Systems-Level Approach to Eliminating Healthcare-Acquired MRSA, CLABSI, Respiratory Virus Infections, VAP and CAUTI
• Virginia Mason Medical Center (Seattle)
  Improving the Safety, Efficiency and Effectiveness of the Medication Administration Process
• Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital (Yakima)
  Outpatient Infusion Care—Throughput Workout

Read more about the winners

See the list of nominees

2010

Idaho

• Bingham Memorial Hospital (Blackfoot)
  Implementing a Clinical Pharmacy Anticoagulation Service (CPAS)
• Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center (Idaho Falls)
  Participating in the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Web & Action Program
• Guardian Home Care and Hospice (Nampa)
  Decreasing Acute Care Hospitalizations
• Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center (Boise)
  Reducing Pressure Ulcers
• St. Luke's Heart and St. Luke's Idaho Cardiology Associates, St. Luke's Health System (Boise)
  Using STEMI to Improve Door to PCI

To read more about this year's Award of Excellence in Healthcare Quality winners of Idaho, download the brochure.

Washington

• Harborview Medical Center (Seattle)
  Safe in Our Hands
• Providence ElderPlace (Seattle)
  Fall Prevention Program
• Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center (Spokane)
  Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers
• Virginia Mason Medical Center (Seattle)
  Heart Failure Care Transitions
• Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital (Yakima)
  Emergency Department Throughput
• Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital (Yakima)
  Glycemic Control Per Pharmacy

To read more about this year's Award of Excellence in Healthcare Quality winners of Washington, download the brochure.

2009

Idaho

• Portneuf Medical Center (Pocatello)
  Improving Medicare Core Measures Performance
• Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center (Boise)
  Improving the Health and Outcomes of Patients Admitted to Critical Care Units
• Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center (Boise)
  Reducing Patient Mortality Rates under the 5 Million Lives Campaign
• St. Luke's Children’s Hospital/NICU (Boise)
  Decreasing Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) in Preterm Infants
• St. Luke's Health System (Boise)
  Reducing the Rate of Drug Barcode Overrides
• St. Luke's Magic Valley (Twin Falls)
  Decreasing Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Surgical Site Infections
• St. Luke's Wood River Medical Center (Ketchum)
  Developing a Rapid Response Protocol to Decrease Code Blue Events

Washington

• Hall Health Primary Care Center (Seattle)
  Acute Pharyngitis/Sore Throats
• Harborview Medical Center (Seattle)
  Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcer Tracking Program
• Multicare Health System (Tacoma)
  Urinary Tract Infection Reduction Program
• Providence St. Peter Hospital (Olympia)
  AMI Door to Dilation
• Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma)
  Low-Risk Chest Pain Process Improvement Initiative
• Virginia Mason Medical Center (Seattle)
  Health Maintenance Module
• Virginia Mason Medical Center (Seattle)
  Resident Handoffs

To read more about this year's Award of Excellence in Healthcare Quality winners of Washington, download the brochure.

2007/2008

Idaho

• Caribou Memorial Hospital (Soda Springs)
  Implementing Shared Governance in the Nursing Department
• Helping Hands Home Health (Pocatello)
  Reducing Acute Care Hospitalizations
• Pocatello Family Medicine (Pocatello)
  Quality of Culture Project
• Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center (Boise)
  Creating a Multidisciplinary Diabetes Management Plan and Reducing MRSA Infections
• Trinity Mission Health and Rehab of Holly, LP (Nampa)
  Implementing a Team Approach to Wound Management

Washington

• Hillcrest Manor and Rehabilitation Center (Sunnyside)
  The Effect of Staff Turnover and Absenteeism on Elder Care
• Lincoln Hospital (Davenport), Northwest MedStar (Spokane Valley) and Sacred Heart Medical Center (Spokane)
  AMI Level 1 Cardiac Protocol
• Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories (PAML) (Spokane)
  Driving Quality Through Implementation of Unique Middleware Solutions
• Providence Hospice and Home Care of Snohomish County (Everett)
  Bereavement Counseling Intern Program
• Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children’s Hospital (Spokane)
  Eliminating Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) in the PICU
• Walla Walla General Hospital (Walla Walla)
  Achieving Top Performance with Core Measures

To read more about this year's Award of Excellence in Healthcare Quality winners of Washington, download the brochure.

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