Wilkes-Barre General Hospital Recognized for Excellence in Patient Safety
11/8/2021
Seventeen hospitals honored statewide for achieving low rates of health care-associated infections
Commonwealth Health Wilkes-Barre General Hospital is being recognized by The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) for stellar performance ensuring patients’ safety.
The hospital is among 17 statewide to receive HAP’s Excellence in Patient Safety Recognition for 2021. Now in its third year, the program honors Pennsylvania’s top-performing hospitals that have demonstrated low rates of health care-associated infections.
“We are honored to receive this recognition for the third year in a row,” says Dale Johns, CEO of Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. “This distinction is a testament to Wilkes-Barre General Hospital’s ongoing commitment to providing high-quality care and excellence in patient safety.”
HAP identifies the top-performing hospitals using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Healthcare Safety Network. To be recognized, hospitals must perform better than the mean standardized infection ratio in three key measures: central line-associated bloodstream infections, catheter-associated urinary tract infections, and Clostridioides difficile infections. The program is open to all hospitals across the commonwealth.
“Hospitals across Pennsylvania make delivering safe and high-quality care to all patients their top priority,” said HAP President and CEO Andy Carter. “This recognition honors those hospitals that have taken extraordinary steps to improve patient-safety outcomes, even as they contend with intensified challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.”
The 2021 Excellence in Patient Safety Recognition recipients are:
- Allegheny Valley Hospital (Natrona Heights)
- Bryn Mawr Hospital (Bryn Mawr)
- Einstein Medical Center Montgomery (East Norriton)
- Holy Redeemer Hospital (Meadowbrook)
- Jefferson Health - Northeast (Philadelphia)
- Lehigh Valley Hospital - Hazleton (Hazleton)
- Lehigh Valley Hospital - Pocono (East Stroudsburg)
- Meadville Medical Center (Meadville)
- Mount Nittany Medical Center (State College)
- Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center (Camp Hill)
- Riddle Hospital (Media)
- St. Luke's Hospital - Anderson Campus (Easton)
- St. Luke's University Hospital - Bethlehem Campus (Bethlehem)
- UPMC Lititz (Lititz)
- UPMC Magee - Womens Hospital (Pittsburgh)
- UPMC Williamsport (Williamsport)
- Wilkes-Barre General Hospital (Wilkes-Barre)
To learn more about the Excellence in Patient Safety program visit: https://www.haponline.org/Quality-Safety/Making-Excellent-Better/Excellence-in-Patient-Safety-Recognition-Program
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