Downtown Hospital Wins Patient Safety Award

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	Downtown Hospital Wins Patient Safety Award Downtown Hospital wins Patient Safety Award from NY State Department of Health. The award was presented in recognition of Downtown Hospital's efforts to reduce the number of patients who experience falls while in the Hospital. Downtown Hospital will receive $200,000 as part of this recognition. “This comprehensive initiative has fostered the development of quality assurance measures which build on New York's reputation as a national leader in patient safety,” said the State's Health Commissioner, Antonia Novello, M.D., M.P.H., D.P.H. Dr. Novello explained that the award was highly competitive, with many hospitals submitting their safety programs for blind review by experts from Duke University and Johns Hopkins University. Downtown Hospital was able to reduce its inpatient fall rate by about 47% through a comprehensive program that included enhanced assessments and interventions by the Nursing Department to identify patients at highest risk for falls; implementation of strategies to make sure that patients' fall risk was communicated in a consistent manner; and better assurance that interventions to reduce falls were maintained shift-to-shift and day-to-day. Downtown Hospital won the award – one of only two such awards presented for 2006 – in the category of hospitals with under 200 beds. For more information on New York's patient safety initiatives, health care facilities and related healthcare topics, you can visit the New York State Department of Health's web site. Breakthrough Project Enhances Care, Improves Patient Satisfaction Downtown Hospital Appoints Jeffrey Menkes As New President and Chief Executive Officer Downtown Hospital Celebrates 150 Years of Quality Health Care Downtown Hospital Residents Recognized by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine Downtown Hospital Rings Opening Bell at New York Stock Exchange Expanded Visiting Hours Jeffrey Menkes, President and CEO, Announces Joint Commission Accreditation Ms. Lai appointed Director of Patient Advocacy New Centers and Services at Downtown Hospital NEW YORK DOWNTOWN HOSPITAL CELEBRATES CHINESE NEW YEAR A Message from Jeffrey Menkes President and CEO of New York Downtown Hospital Downtown Hospital Presents the International Emergency Preparedness Symposium Fourteenth Annual Gala Dinner Dance Grand Opening of New Emergency Center Nursing Awards THE 14TH ANNUAL GALA DINNER DANCE NEW YORK DOWNTOWN HOSPITAL 14th ANNUAL GALA Wall Street Journal: Hospitals Step Up Disaster-Preparedness - 9/06/06 Advance For Nurses: A New Era: Life after 9/11 - 9/04/06 The Lehman Brothers Emergency Center NY Sun: City Releases Guidelines for Treating Trade Center-Related Illnesses - 9/1/06 NY1 News: NY Downtown Hospital Restructures With Lessons Learned On 9/11 - 8/28/06 LA Times: At N.Y. Downtown Hospital, 9/11 Is Still Raw - 8/28/06 Breakthrough Project Enhances Care, Improves Patient Satisfaction

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