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“Catholic Health continues to be patient-centered and focused on quality outcomes,” said Catholic Health President and CEO Patrick O’Shaughnessy, DO, MBA. “We are committed to our goal of becoming the safest, most reliable, health care system on Long Island.”

Catholic Health presented its 2021 Annual Pinnacle Award for Quality & Patient Safety to Good Samaritan Hospital and Catholic Home Care. The Catholic Health Pinnacle Award, now in its seventh year, was held in a virtual ceremony that was broadcast across the health system.

“Catholic Health continues to be patient-centered and focused on quality outcomes,” said Catholic Health President and CEO Patrick O’Shaughnessy, DO, MBA. “We are committed to our goal of becoming the safest, most reliable, health care system on Long Island.”

In the acute care category, Good Samaritan won with its project Reduction in readmission rate for open heart surgery and TAVR. To decrease unnecessary readmissions, each patient went home with a rubber bracelet that had the unit’s contact number, and they were encouraged to call the team with any issues or questions. This simple solution decreased Open Heart surgery and TAVR readmissions from 10.02% to 6.56%, enhancing quality of care and patient satisfaction.

Catholic Home Care won in the continuing care category with its submission, The Catholic Health virtual COVID-19 home program. The team arranged virtual physician visits, home nursing visits and remote patient monitoring for oxygen-dependent COVID-19 patients who were discharged from Catholic Health hospitals.

In the special projects category, Catholic Health Physician Partners was named Best Ambulatory Quality Initiative for Improving patient outcomes through annual wellness visits by RNs. Catholic Health’s Patient Experience team won Best System Transformation Project for its Implementing a patient experience program.  

St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center’s® Chief Nuclear Technologist Jaison Matthew won the Patient Safety Hero award for his use of the safeguarding tool, “concern, uncomfortable, stop the line” (CUS) when interacting with a patient in distress.

“We’re proud to celebrate and recognize the individuals playing a leading role in promoting quality of care improvements throughout our system,” said Catholic Health Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Jason Golbin, DO, MBA. “Through efforts such as these, together we’re fulfilling our commitment to provide exceptional care for every patient, every encounter, every time.”

To learn more about the quality and safety initiatives in place at Catholic Health, please visit https://www.chsli.org/quality-safety.

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