Becker's Healthcare October 17, 2024
Since elevating safety to its No. 1 priority, Springfield (Ill.) Memorial Hospital has launched several projects to protect its staff and patients.
The 500-bed medical center is part of Springfield-based Memorial Health, which operates five hospitals. In 2019, the system revised its values statement to have safety as its first goal, followed by integrity, quality and stewardship, the American Hospital Association said in an Oct. 16 news release.
This “Safety First” culture has manifested in these programs:
1. Great Catch Award: The hospital encourages its employees to report actual and near-miss events, and safety practices being followed, to its SENSOR tool (System for Event Notification to Support Organizational Reliability).
Leaders then compile these...
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