Cheers Awards Winners
The Cheers Awards honor individuals, organizations, and companies that have set a superlative standard of excellence for others to follow in the prevention of medication errors and adverse drug events. The winners of this year's awards are:
2011- Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), Nashville, TN
- Advocates to Address Drug Shortages (Bona Benjamin, Erin Fox, Valerie Jensen), ,
- Saint Vincent Hospital Med Safety Sub-Committee and Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, Worcester, MA
- National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention, Rockville, MD
- SCANA Pharmacy, Cayce, SC
- OhioHealth, Columbus, OH
- Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center SERIOUS Medication Reconciliation Clinic, Cleveland, OH
2010- Barbara Olson, RN, , Atlanta, GA
- Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
- Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE
- Lancaster General Health, Lancaster, PA
- PA Patient Safety Authority, , PA
- NC Center for QPS, Hosp Assoc, Board of Nursing, , NC
2009- Intermountain Primary Children's Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT
- Christina (Marucci) Michalek, RPh, Director of Pharmacy, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Bethlehem, PA
- Portage Health, Hancock, MI
- Giant Eagle, Inc, Pittsburgh, PA
- San Diego Patient Safety Taskforce, San Diego, CA
- Laura Bogdanski, PharmD, BCPS, Healthcare Associates, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
- Veterans Health Administration Bar Code Resource Office, Topeka, KS
2008- FDA Patient Safety News, Rockville, MD
- Sebastian Ferrero Foundation, Gainesville, FL
- Debora Simmons, RN, MSN, CCRN, CCNS, Texas A & M Health Sciences Center, Houston, TX
- UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA
- Community Health Network, Indianapolis, IN
- www.HealthInfoTranslations.org, Columbus, OH
2007- Walworth County Patient Safety Council, Elm Grove, WI
- Special Recognition- Robert W. K. Lam, RPh , Information Technology Specialist, ISMP Canada, Toronto, Canada
- Mercy Health Center, Oklahoma City, OK
- John F. Mitchell, Medication Safety Coordinator, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI
- Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
- Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC
- Timothy Vanderveen, PharmD, MS, VP, Center for Safety & Clinical Excellence, Cardinal Health, San Diego, CA
2006- Evans Army Comm Hosp Soldier Readiness Processing, Ft. Carson, CO
- Ilene Corina, Co-President New York, PULSE, Wantagh, NY
- Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), Nashville, TN
- Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital, Hollister , CA
- Joyce Genarali, Director of Drug Information, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
- Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, CA
- Therese Staublin, Drug Use Review Coordinator, St. Francis Hospital and Health Centers, Beech Grove, IN
- Univ. of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Shadyside , Pittsburgh, PA
- Univ of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian, Pittsburgh, PA
- KatrinaHealth.org, New York, NY
2005- John Gosbee, MD, MS, Director, Patient Safety Information Systems, National Center for Patient Safety, VHA, Ann Arbor, MI
- Joan Kramer, Staff Development Manager, Johns Hopkins Community Physicians, Baltimore, MD
- Lorri Zipperer, Cybrarian, Zipperer Project Management, Evanston, IL
- David Marx, JD, Outcome Engineering, Carrollton, TX
- Patient Safety Rounds Program at Dana-Farber Cance, Boston, MA
- The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland , OH
- Jenny Meslow, National Interdiscplinary Case Competition, CLARION, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
- Target Corporation, Minneapolis, MN
- Fostoria Community Hospital, Fostoria, OH
- St. John's Mercy Medical Center, St. Louis, MO
- Joanne Kowiatek, RPh, MPM, Manager, Medication Safety, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
- Association of Perioperative Registered NursesAORN, Denver, CO
|