Magnet® Recognition : Highland Department of Nursing |
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The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) granted Highland Hospital Magnet® status in May 2011 for excellence in nursing. Magnet® recognition is the top nursing honor in the country, and one that only about 6 percent of hospitals receive.
Highland, a University of Rochester Medical Center affiliate, was the first hospital in the Rochester area to receive Magnet® status under new and more rigorous ANCC standards based on patient outcomes criteria. Studies show patients benefit from hospitals with Magnet® status. Recognized hospitals report better patient outcomes and improved patient satisfaction. Because of their demonstrated commitment to excellence, Magnet hospitals have greater success at recruitment and retention of nurses, physicians and other medical professionals.
The ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® recognizes health care organizations that provide the best in nursing care and professionalism in nursing practice. The term “Magnet Status” originates from a group of 41 hospitals during a national nursing shortage in the 1980s that nonetheless was able to recruit and retain nurses, serving as a “magnet” for the profession.
Department of Nursing at Highland
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Joint Commission Certification: Evarts Joint Center |
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Highland Hospital’s Evarts Joint Center earned the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval™ for the second time in March 2011. The recertification demonstrates the center’s continued adherence to nationally recognized patient safety and quality standards. The Joint Commission, a national, not-for-profit health accrediting organization, initially awarded the Evarts Joint Center its Disease-Specific Care Certification for knee and hip replacement in 2008.
To earn this distinction, the Evarts Joint Center volunteered to undergo an extensive, on-site evaluation. A Joint Commission reviewer judged the center’s performance in meeting the Joint Commission’s rigorous quality and safety standards and in demonstrating its ability to continuously evaluate and improve care. The reviewer interviewed staff members, as well as patients, to gather information: she quizzed staff on the center’s patient care protocols, sought patient opinions on their care and examined the center’s clinical practice guidelines and patient documentation to gauge staff’s adherence to quality standards.
The Joint Commission will re-examine the Evarts Joint Center every two years for it to re-qualify for certification.
Evarts Joint Center at Highland
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Joint Commission Certification: Geriatric Fracture Center |
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Highland’s Geriatric Fracture Center received The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval™ in March 2011 by demonstrating compliance with national standards for health care quality and safety in caring for older adults with fractures.
Following a rigorous on-site evaluation, the Geriatric Fracture Center earned Disease-Specific Care Certification by demonstrating that doctors and staff follow national patient-care standards; use evidence-based guidelines to deliver high-quality outcomes; and use performance measures and improvement initiatives to continually improve care.
The GFC is dedicated to the care of elderly patients who suffer fractures. Since the program was implemented at Highland in 2004, doctors have improved patient outcomes and helped hospitals in the United States and internationally to adopt their model. Their approach focuses on co-management of patients by the orthopaedic surgeon who repairs the fracture and a geriatrician or internal medicine specialist who cares for the overall health of the patient.
Geriatric Fracture Center at Highland
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Accredited Bariatric Center: Bariatric Surgery Center |
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Highland Hospital is the only hospital in the region that has earned the designation as an “Accredited Bariatric Center” by the American College of Surgeons. As a “Level 1” rated facility, Highland’s Bariatric Surgery Center is recognized for providing high-quality, complete bariatric surgical care and has a high-volume practice that can manage the most challenging and complex patients. As the recognized leader in bariatric surgery, surgeons at the Bariatric Surgery Center at Highland Hospital perform more gastric bypass and lap band procedures than any other hospital in the area.
Bariatric Surgery Center at Highland
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Beacon Award for Nursing Excellence: Intensive Care Unit |
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For the second consecutive year, Highland Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit received the prestigious Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence for being one of the top units in the nation. Awarded by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), the Beacon Award recognizes critical care units that achieve the highest quality outcomes. Highland is the only adult critical care unit in the Rochester area to have been granted the Beacon Award twice.
The Beacon Award is given to ICUs that have exhibited high quality standards, exceptional care of patients and their families, as well as healthy work environments. The award is increasingly linked to patient safety initiatives, as it provides a way for units to measure their systems, outcomes, and environment. Highland Hospital received its first Beacon Award in the spring of 2007.
There are an estimated 6,000 ICUs in the United States. Only 120 of them have ever received the Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence, and only 19 of those have ever been selected multiple times like Highland Hospital.
Highland Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
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NICHE Nursing Accreditation: Acute Care for Elders Unit |
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Originally awarded a Nurses Improving Care for Health System Elders (NICHE) designation in 2006, Highland Hospital recently received re-designation until 2010. NICHE began in 1992 and is a national geriatric nursing program of The John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing. The program is focused on supporting nursing's pre-eminent role in the care of hospitalized older patients and provides structured training, essential tools and evidence based resources, improved protocols and broad implementation of best practices to help Highland’s staff to provide the best of care for geriatric patients throughout the hospital.
Acute Care for Elders (ACE) at Highland
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American Stroke Association: (GWTG–Stroke) Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award |
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Highland Hospital received the 2010 American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award. The distinction is the highest honor of its kind and recognizes Highland’s commitment and success in implementing excellent care for stroke patients, according to evidence-based guidelines.
To receive the award, Highland met and exceeded national standards in treating stroke patients. The hospital followed Stroke Performance Achievement guidelines 85 percent of the time or more for at least two consecutive years. The “Plus” recognition represents a 75 percent or higher compliance with five out of eight Stroke Quality Measures. These include aggressive use of medications, such as tPA, antithrombotics, anticoagulation therapy, DVT prophylaxis, cholesterol reducing drugs and smoking cessation, all aimed at reducing death and disability and improving the lives of stroke patients.
Highland Stroke Center
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American College of Radiology -Designated Breast Imaging Center of Excellence |
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Highland Breast Imaging Center was recently designated a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology’s (ACR) Commission on Quality and Safety and the Commission on Breast Imaging for a three-year term as a result of a recent survey by the ACR.
To attain this designation, Highland Breast Imaging had previously achieved accreditation by the ACR in stereotactic breast biopsy, breast ultrasound and ultrasound-guided breast biopsy, and mammography. The ACR Breast Imaging Center of Excellence designation signifies that Highland Breast Imaging provides these services to the Rochester community at the highest standards of the radiology profession.
Highland Breast Imaging Center
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