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Nominations Open for 2024 Advancing Safe Care Award

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mha advancing safe care awardThe MHA is accepting nominations for its annual Advancing Safe Care Award to recognize Michigan hospitals that are tackling issues daily to make care safer and more dependable. Eligible nominees include teams from hospitals across the state dedicated to transparency regarding the quality of care provided to their patients and providing unmatched care to different patient populations. Nominations for the 2024 award will be accepted through April 26.

The award honors teams within MHA-member hospitals who are committed to providing quality care to diverse socioeconomic populations, promoting transparency within organizations, leading the charge for quality improvement and achieving better outcomes due to strong culture of safety. The award does not limit the number of team members who can be included in the nomination.

Judging for this award is based on four criteria:

  • Reducing health disparities among specific patient populations.
  • Supporting a learning culture committed to trust, feedback and higher problem-solving.
  • Evidence of transparency among care teams, with patients and families and with community stakeholders.
  • Improving safety by creating high degrees of psychological and physical safety.

Members seeking more information on nominating a team for the Advancing Safe Care Award may contact Erica Leyko at the MHA.

Henry Ford Kingswood Hospital Receives MHA Advancing Safe Care Award

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Emily Sexton, director of hospital operations, Henry Ford Kingswood Hospital, receives the Advancing Safe Care Award.

The MHA announced the winner of its 2023 Advancing Safe Care Award June 29, honoring the dedicated team at Henry Ford Kingswood Hospital in Ferndale. The award was announced during the association’s Annual Membership Meeting.

The MHA Advancing Safe Care Award honors healthcare teams within MHA-member hospitals that demonstrate a fierce commitment to providing care to different patient populations, show evidence of an improved safety culture, lead the charge for quality improvement, and demonstrate transparency in their efforts to improve healthcare.

Henry Ford Kingswood Hospital created and maintained an inpatient psychiatric unit for patients who tested positive for COVID-19 that provided equitable inpatient psychiatric care in comparison to those patients who tested negative for COVID-19. The unit met all Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for healthcare isolation and provided patients with uninterrupted access to psychiatric providers, social work and activity therapists, group therapy and an interactive milieu. As a result of this unit, patients avoided an estimated additional stay of at least three to five days in the hospital.

Since the onset of the pandemic, 484 patients who tested positive for COVID-19 have received equitable inpatient psychiatric care through the unit. The unit allowed the hospital to provide care in an appropriate setting while avoiding increased lengths of stay and risks of adverse events that can occur with medical hospitalization. In fact, the care on the unit achieved the hospital’s highest unit rating in patient satisfaction in 2022.

For more information on the Henry Ford Kingswood Hospital COVID-19 inpatient psychiatric unit, contact Emily Sexton, director of hospital operations, Henry Ford Kingswood Hospital, at (248) 691-4922.

MHA Monday Report March 6, 2023

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MHA Monday Report

capitol buildingHealthcare Workforce Supplemental Passed by Michigan Legislature

During the week of Feb. 27, the Michigan Legislature passed a supplemental appropriation bill that included $75 million to help address the ongoing staffing crisis in hospitals. The appropriation was part of House Bill 4016. …

Application Period Begins for Michigan Opioid Treatment Access Loan Repayment Program

Applications for the Michigan Opioid Treatment Access Loan Repayment Program (MIOTA) will be accepted from Feb. 27 through March 13. MIOTA is a medical education debt repayment program focused on incentivizing healthcare providers to begin …

mha advancing safe care awardNominations Being Accepted for 2023 Advancing Safe Care Award

To recognize Michigan hospitals that are tackling issues daily to make care safer and more dependable, the MHA is accepting nominations for its annual Advancing Safe Care Award. Eligible nominees include teams from hospitals across …

Registration Open for MHA Human Resources Member Forum

The MHA will host an in-person Human Resources Member Forum at the MHA Headquarters in Okemos from 8:30 a.m. to noon April 26, with a virtual option available as well. The forum is structured as …

AMN Healthcare B.E.SmithUsing Interim Leadership to Strengthen Organizational Agility

AMN Healthcare / B.E. Smith has a track record of success in providing experienced interim leaders to fill open positions while clients conduct searches for a replacement. An additional item, AMN Leadership / B.E. Smith is excited to offer is …

MHA CEO Report — The Challenges for Rural Hospitals

Having just returned from the annual American Hospital Association Rural Health Care Leadership Conference, where I was joined by a strong contingent of MHA members and staff, the future of our rural hospitals has been top of mind.

The Keckley Report

Paul KeckleyStrategery in Healthcare: Are Insiders Prepared to Shift?

“Healthcare’s insiders talk good games but default to incrementalist’ strategery not because the future is an unknown. It’s because many boards are uncomfortable with ‘too much’ change or, in some cases, executive comp is geared to risk avoidance and short-term financial success. Often, excuses masquerade as reasons. That’s why outsiders are gaining ground on insiders.

Healthcare’s future is not a repeat of its past. Strategery in every organization needs a fresh look– especially among its insiders.“

Paul Keckley, Feb. 27,2023

News to Know

  • The MHA is offering its popular Healthcare Leadership Academy program on March 13-15 and May 15-16.
  • Registration is now open for the MHA Keystone Center Safe Patient Handling Conference.

Nominations Being Accepted for 2023 Advancing Safe Care Award

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MHA Advancing Safe Care Award

MHA Advancing Safe Care AwardTo recognize Michigan hospitals that are tackling issues daily to make care safer and more dependable, the MHA is accepting nominations for its annual Advancing Safe Care Award. Eligible nominees include teams from hospitals across the state dedicated to transparency regarding the quality of care provided to their patients and providing unmatched care to different patient populations. Nominations for the 2023 award will be accepted through March 24.

The award honors teams within MHA-member hospitals who are committed to providing quality care to diverse socioeconomic populations, promoting transparency within organizations, leading the charge for quality improvement and achieving better outcomes due to strong culture of safety. The award does not limit the number of team members who can be included in the nomination.

Judging for this award is based on four criteria:

  • Reducing health disparities among specific patient populations.
  • Supporting a learning culture committed to trust, feedback and higher problem-solving.
  • Evidence of transparency among care teams, with patients and families and with community stakeholders.
  • Improving safety by creating high degrees of psychological and physical safety.

For more information on nominating a team for the Advancing Safe Care Award, contact Erica Leyko at the MHA.

Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services Receives MHA Advancing Safe Care Award

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advancing self care awardThe MHA announced the winner of its 2022 Advancing Safe Care Award June 30, honoring a dedicated team at Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services in Grand Rapids. The award was announced during the association’s Annual Membership Meeting.

The MHA Advancing Safe Care Award honors healthcare teams within MHA-member hospitals that demonstrate a fierce commitment to providing care to different patient populations, show evidence of an improved safety culture, lead the charge for quality improvement, and demonstrate transparency in their efforts to improve healthcare.

Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services set up a special care unit in 2020 for behavioral health patients who tested positive for COVID-19 and a residential unit for COVID-19-positive patients in the adult foster care system. Pine Rest was the only behavioral health facility in West Michigan accepting psychiatric patients with COVID-19 and one of only a few in the state. Inspired by healthcare workers serving the sickest COVID-19 patients, Pine Rest employees sought to ease their burden while providing high-quality behavioral healthcare.

Mark Eastburg, PhD, president and CEO, Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services, receives the MHA Advancing Safe Care Award.
Mark Eastburg, PhD, president and CEO, Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services, receives the MHA Advancing Safe Care Award.

The hospital renovated space for the unit and trained staff to use telehealth equipment, allowing patients to virtually attend groups and classes from their rooms. Clinical and nonclinical staff were trained on wearing personal protective equipment, which had previously been rarely needed. The infection prevention and risk teams developed protocols for testing patients and staff. All nurses in the special care unit were trained in collecting samples for testing, and a performance improvement project boosted their ability to assess and manage patients’ pain.

Pine Rest developed a COVID-19 Dashboard, keeping staff aware of positive patients and staff members. Information was regularly shared with the Kent County Health Department, area hospitals and statewide behavioral health units to coordinate efforts.

For more information on the Pine Rest Special Care Unit, contact Harmony Gould, vice president of hospital and residential services, at Pine Rest at (616) 455-5000.