These awards honor organizations that have differentiated themselves around national performance standards by achieving exceptionally high levels of performance in clinical excellence, operational excellence and supply chain management improvement. Heritage Valley has met this high standard through performing at the 90 percent or above level on clinical core measures.
The Sewickley campus was recognized for surgical complications and infection prevention, the continued control and prevention of blood stream infection cases and the successful implementation and results of a rapid response team. The Beaver campus was recognized for performing at the 90 percent or above on clinical core measures for acute myocardial infarction. Representatives from Heritage Valley attended the VHA Awards banquet in Denver in May.
"The VHA Leadership Award is an honor to win," said Rosemary Nolan, chief operating officer of Heritage Valley Beaver. "It exemplifies the commitment of our physicians and staff in these departments and their care efforts to every patient who visits any of our facilities."
Dan Brooks, MD, chief operating officer of Heritage Valley Sewickley added, "We focus on clinical quality every day, and these awards are a testament not only to our processes, but to our extraordinary staff who executes these processes on a daily basis."
Representing the health system at the conference were Susan Jackson, Director of Nursing Services for the Emergency Department at Heritage Valley Beaver; Susan Scherfel, Director of Cardiology for Heritage Valley Health System; Dwayne Wright, Critical Care Unit Nurse, Heritage Valley Sewickley; Shawn Smith, Lead Respiratory Therapist, Heritage Valley Sewickley; and Sarah Patterson, Five Central Med Surg Nurse, Heritage Valley Sewickley.
Heritage Valley Health System provides comprehensive health care for residents of Allegheny, Beaver, Butler and Lawrence counties, in Pennsylvania; eastern Ohio; and the panhandle of West Virginia. In partnership with more than 500 physicians, Heritage Valley offers a broad range of medical, surgical and diagnostic services at its two hospitals, Heritage Valley Sewickley and Heritage Valley Beaver; in physician offices; and community satellite facilities. For more information about Heritage Valley Health System, please visit http://www.heritagevalley.org.
