YRMC celebrates innovation week and its Quality Hall of Fame
Yuma Regional Medical Center employees join innovation week and celebrate their Quality Hall of Fame
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - Yuma Regional Medical Center (YRMC) employees participated in their fourth annual innovation week and were able to share ways to improve care in our community.
YRMC employees had fun challenges and activities, including a Quality Hall of Fame and Shark Tank.
Their Shark Tank activity gave the employees a chance to pitch ideas on how to improve the patient experience, and care to a team of "sharks," says YRMC.
The sharks are members of the YRMC executive leadership and the Foundation Board who listened to seven pitches and chose projects that would receive funding and support says YRMC.
The Foundation funded about $62,000 between multiple projects on Thursday, including other projects needing review mentioned YRMC.
While the Quality Hall of Fame showcased more than 80 teams who submitted process improvement projects with work they've done to improve patient care in their specific areas.
These teams shared their project with 15 community judges with poster presentations says YRMC.
Here are the winners in the five categories, including two Grand Champions during the awards reception:
Quality Hall of Fame Award Winners
Listed by department - project
Grand Champion (clinical): YRMC Women’s Health Center - Improving Effective Perinatal Depression Screening
Grand Champion (non-clinical): Environmental Services – New Staffing Model
Category: Clinical Patient Safety Excellence
1st Place YRMC Women’s Health Center - Improving Effective Perinatal Depression Screening
2nd Place Emergency Department - Save Me I’m Septic
3rd Place Labor and Delivery & Mother Baby Unit - AIM: Management of Severe Hypertension in Pregnancy
3rd Place Quality - Notification of Positive MDRO Urine Culture Results
Category: Crisis Response
1st Place Human Resources - Crisis Labor Management
2nd Place Project Management - Managing the Census Crisis
3rd Place Nursing - Military Team Nursing
Category: Operational Excellence
1st Place Environmental Services – New Staffing Model
2nd Place YRMC Cancer Center - LDCT Lung Screening Program
3rd Place Diagnostic Imaging - Growing Our Own Tradition
Category: Patient Experience / Customer Service Excellence
1st Place Emergency Department - We Believe
2nd Place Cath Lab - Shockwave IVL Therapy
3rd Place Patient Experience - PXCA Unit Check-in
Category: Sustainability Excellence
1st Place Labor and Delivery & Mother Baby Unit - Emergency Preparedness for Management of Obstetrical Hemorrhage
2nd Place Quality - Deterioration Index – Identification of at risk patients
3rd Place YRMC Cancer Center - Oral Chemotherapy Collaboration