Quality Award Winners:

Finalists:

• Gold Award Winner:
  The Urology Group -
  Using Six Sigma Methods to Reverse a Decreasing Revenues Trend

• Silver Award Winners:
  Drake Center -
  Applying the IHI Ventilator Bundle in a Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
  
  Mercy Hospital Anderson -
  Modified Early Warning System

• Bronze Award Winner:
  The Christ Hospital -
  Minimizing Time to PCI in a Community Hospital

• Honorable Mention:
  The Mental Health Recovery Services of Warren and Clinton Cos.
  Substance Abuse Monitoring Services On-Site Now

Runners Up:

• Mercy Hospital Fairfield (3 projects) -
  1) Improved Patient Flow in a Community Hospital
  2) Reduction in Healthcare Acquired Pressure Ulcers
  3) Perinatal Care Improvement Project

• St. Elizabeth's Medical Center -
  Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections and Savings Lives Through Building and Sustaining a Culture of Excellence

• Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services -
  Improving Response to and Effectiveness with Incarcerated Persons with Severe Mental Illness

• MedPlus -
  Quality Indicators During Testing

For additional information contact Bruce W. Johnson, Chairman, at brucej@jcsconsultants.com