HCA Healthcare (NYSE: HCA) today presented the HCA Healthcare
Awards of Distinction to recipients at a ceremony in Nashville. The
HCA Healthcare Awards of Distinction include the Frist Humanitarian
Award, the HCA Innovators Award and the HCA Excellence in Nursing
Award. These annual awards celebrate employees, physicians and
volunteers who exemplify the company’s culture and values.
As part of today’s ceremony, HCA Healthcare presented a special
honorary Award of Distinction to Sunrise Hospital & Medical
Center in Las Vegas, Nevada for their response and courage on
October 1, 2017 when a gunman opened fire on a crowd of
concertgoers on the Las Vegas strip. As the closest trauma center
to the strip, Sunrise treated more than 200 victims in the first
hour alone.
“Our hospitals prepare for the worst scenarios imaginable, and
pray it never happens,” HCA Healthcare Chairman and CEO Milton
Johnson said. “The team at Sunrise reacted quickly and
professionally, working together to support each other, reunite
families, and save lives. I am incredibly proud of their efforts in
the face of overwhelming trauma.”
This mass casualty event was unprecedented in our nation’s
history. It was met with an outstanding effort from Sunrise
Hospital, as well as support from our entire HCA Healthcare
family.
Frist Humanitarian Award Recipients
The Frist Humanitarian Award, named in honor of one of HCA
Healthcare’s co-founders, Dr. Thomas F. Frist, Sr. (1910 – 1998),
was created in 1971. The award honors individuals within HCA
Healthcare who demonstrate a level of commitment and caring that
goes beyond everyday acts of kindness, and who inspire colleagues
with their compassion and dedication. Recipients of this award are
those employees, volunteers and physicians who epitomize the
humanitarian principles established by our company founders.
The Frist Humanitarian Award includes a $5,000 donation to the
charity of the recipient’s choice and $5,000 for the employee or
volunteer. The physician honoree receives a $10,000 donation to the
charity of his or her choice.
Recipients of the 46th annual Frist Humanitarian Award are:
Lorrie Sarver, BSN, RN, FCN, director of emergency services
for Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida; Sami Ismail,
MD, a neonatologist at TriStar Centennial Medical Center in
Nashville, Tennessee; and Doris Carson, a volunteer at
Regional Medical Center of San Jose in San Jose, California.
“As we celebrate our 50th year as a company, we are reminded of
the founding vision to provide the best possible care to patients,
with warmth and compassion,” Johnson said. “The recipients being
honored today exemplify that commitment and have done extraordinary
things through the care they provide and service to others. Put
simply, they represent the best of HCA Healthcare.”
Lorrie Sarver, BSN, RN, FCN Memorial Hospital
Jacksonville, Florida has been with HCA Healthcare since 2009. She
organizes a prison ministry at nine prisons and is passionate about
her volunteer work providing outreach to incarcerated individuals
and their children. Other community work includes administering
free HIV tests and providing education on the importance of early
detection of breast and colon cancer.
Sami Ismail, MD, is a neonatologist who has worked at
TriStar Centennial Medical Center in Nashville for 29 years. He
founded a neonatal intensive care unit in Aleppo, Syria where he
continues to assist with training and donation of medical equipment
and supplies. Locally, he provides support for NICU families
through the March of Dimes and Parents Reaching Out, a support
group for parents of hospitalized babies.
Doris Carson is a retired U.S. postal clerk and has been
volunteering at Regional Medical Center of San Jose, California for
15 years. As a volunteer, Doris spearheaded a clothing closet
program that provides new, clean clothing for homeless and
low-income patients with a goal of providing dignity to patients in
need. She also volunteers at the local library, teaching children
and adults how to read.
HCA Innovators Award Recipients
HCA Healthcare was created through the vision of founders Dr.
Thomas F. Frist, Sr., Mr. Jack Massey and Dr. Thomas “Tommy” Frist,
Jr., and 50 years later, HCA is a learning healthcare system that
continues to invent and develop systems to improve patient care, in
large part due to the innovative ideas of employees. The HCA
Innovators Award, established in 2010, continues the tradition of
recognizing innovative thinkers whose ideas improve patient
quality, service or the efficiency of operations. The HCA
Innovators Award winners receive $10,000.
Recipients of this year’s HCA Innovators Award are: Aaron
Montlary, director of clinical development and innovation for
HCA Healthcare IT&S Donna Harrell, RD, LDN, CNSC,
division food and nutrition analyst and clinician nutrition lead
for HealthTrust; and David Chia, director of application
services for the Far West Division.
“Innovation is what continues to set our company apart, so we
celebrate the innovative ideas that are leading to better patient
outcomes, improved services, and greater efficiency,” HCA
Healthcare President and COO Sam Hazen said. “The recipients of
this award are problem solvers, who demonstrate a commitment to
improving their workplace and to improving patient care.”
Aaron Montlary received the HCA Innovators Award in the
service excellence category. Aaron led the “TV as a Platform”
initiative to provide an upgraded, more hotel-like in-room
experience for our patients. The new healthcare-grade televisions
allow patients to not only watch TV, but also view clinical
information and send non-clinical requests to caregivers.
Donna Harrell, RD, LDN, CNSC, received the HCA Innovators
Award in the quality and patient safety category. Along with her
colleagues, Donna streamlined the process to add nutrition
assessment data to physician notes, leading to improved
identification of malnutrition. This initiative has reduced length
of patient stay and reduced readmission rates.
David Chia received the HCA Innovators Award in the
financial impact category. Along with his colleagues, David piloted
Kronos Active Alerts to display employee information and trends.
This innovation aggregates information, making it easier to
evaluate and saving time for department directors.
HCA Excellence in Nursing Award Recipients
HCA Healthcare’s knowledgeable and compassionate nurses are on
the front line of patient care, every day. The HCA Excellence in
Nursing Award, created in 2014, recognizes the intrinsic value of
the nursing practice in accomplishing the company mission of
providing the highest quality of care to patients and communities.
With categories for mentoring and compassionate care, the HCA
Excellence in Nursing Award recipients receive $5,000 and a $5,000
donation to the charity of their choice.
Recipients of this year’s HCA Excellence in Nursing Award are:
Kerri Tillquist, BSN, RN, The Medical Center of Aurora in
Aurora, Colorado; and Edward Lee, BSN, RN, CEN, Medical City
McKinney in McKinney, Texas.
“We are fortunate to have so many dedicated nurses working every
day to improve the lives of our patients,” Senior Vice President
and Chief Nurse Executive Jane Englebright said. “The recipients of
this award are inspiring individuals who set the standard for the
way we should treat each patient, and each other.”
Kerri Tillquist, BSN, RN, received the HCA Excellence in
Nursing Award in the professional mentoring category. Kerri has
been with HCA Healthcare for more than 25 years and is dedicated to
developing others. She created the Dedicated Education Unit, a
collaborative orientation model, and Critical Care Passport, a
professional development tool for critical care nurses, which have
been used to train and develop nurses across the Continental
Division.
Edward Lee, BSN, RN, CEN received the HCA Excellence in
Nursing Award in the compassionate care category. As part of the
Texas Emergency Medical Taskforce, Edward led a 45-nurse team to
help care for 255 victims of Hurricane Harvey. Under his
leadership, employee engagement in the emergency room has improved
significantly, placing it in the 90th percentile of all ERs.
For more information about the HCA Healthcare Awards of
Distinction, please visit www.HCATodayBlog.com.
About HCA Healthcare
Nashville-based HCA Healthcare is one of the nation's leading
providers of healthcare services, comprising 178 hospitals and
approximately 1,800 sites of care, including surgery centers,
freestanding ERs, urgent care centers, and physician clinics, in 20
states and the United Kingdom. With its founding in 1968, HCA
Healthcare created a new model for hospital care in the United
States, using combined resources to strengthen hospitals, deliver
patient-focused care and improve the practice of medicine. HCA
Healthcare has conducted a number of clinical studies, including
one that demonstrated that full-term delivery is healthier than
early elective delivery of babies and another that identified a
clinical protocol that can reduce bloodstream infections in ICU
patients by 44 percent. HCA Healthcare is a learning healthcare
system that uses its more than 28 million annual patient encounters
to advance science, improve patient care and save lives. Please
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