RiverView Health recently received the Minnesota Hospital Association’s Patient Safety Improvement: Calls to Action – Small Hospital Category Award for their efforts to improve patient safety in the operating room. General Surgeon Dr. Idatonye Afonya and Director of Surgical Services Cindy Bruun accepted the award on behalf of RiverView at a banquet held in Minneapolis.
Last fall, the Minnesota Hospital Association kicked off a patient safety campaign focusing on counting and accounting for surgical items used in the operating room. The SAFE ACCOUNT initiative works to prevent such objects from being unintentionally left behind in patients. RiverView’s Surgical Services team began working on the initiative as soon as it became available and had the department’s policies and procedures in place by March 1.
“I am very proud to be a part of an organization that is so quick to respond to opportunities to improve patient care,” said RiverView’s Chief Nursing Office Vicky Korynta. “This recognition shows RiverView’s ongoing commitment to quality care for our patients.”
“RiverView’s efforts exemplify the kind of first-rate attention to quality that Minnesota hospitals are known for,” said MHA President and CEO Lawrence Massa.
The honor was one of 18 individual and group awards bestowed by MHA. The organization’s annual program recognizes caregivers, administrators and others whose contributions kept the bar high at Minnesota hospitals last year.
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RiverView Health recently received the Minnesota Hospital Association’s Patient Safety Improvement: Calls to Action – Small Hospital Category Award for their efforts to improve patient safety in the operating room. General Surgeon Dr. Idatonye Afonya and Director of Surgical Services Cindy Bruun accepted the award on behalf of RiverView at a banquet held in Minneapolis.
Last fall, the Minnesota Hospital Association kicked off a patient safety campaign focusing on counting and accounting for surgical items used in the operating room. The SAFE ACCOUNT initiative works to prevent such objects from being unintentionally left behind in patients. RiverView’s Surgical Services team began working on the initiative as soon as it became available and had the department’s policies and procedures in place by March 1.
“I am very proud to be a part of an organization that is so quick to respond to opportunities to improve patient care,” said RiverView’s Chief Nursing Office Vicky Korynta. “This recognition shows RiverView’s ongoing commitment to quality care for our patients.”
“RiverView’s efforts exemplify the kind of first-rate attention to quality that Minnesota hospitals are known for,” said MHA President and CEO Lawrence Massa.
The honor was one of 18 individual and group awards bestowed by MHA. The organization’s annual program recognizes caregivers, administrators and others whose contributions kept the bar high at Minnesota hospitals last year.
