The North Pinellas
HEARTBEAT
LEADERSHIP UPDATES PAGE 1
TOP GENERAL HOSPITAL PAGE 3
IN THIS ISSUE
CEO ADDRESS
HOSPITAL UPDATES
TOP GENERAL HOSPITAL
HOSPITAL EVENTS
DECEMBER 2017 VOL 1 ISSUE 3
CEO ADDRESS A s we approach the holiday season and the end
of 2017, I would like to reflect on the last month and share what you can look forward to throughout the next few weeks. In this issue of the North Pinellas Heartbeat, you will learn more about some of the events we have held at the hospital, as well as meet two new faces of our Leadership team, Hollie Steele, Director of Emergency Services, and George Malone, Director of Pharmacy. You will also hear about three very exciting awards that we are very proud to have received this year. We were recently named for the second consecutive year a Top General Hospital and were recognized by the Women’s Choice Awards America’s Best Hospitals for both Heart Care and Patient Safety. Don’t forget to join us at our 2nd Annual Holiday Brunch in the AllSpice Cafe on Friday, December 8th from 6:30am to 9:00am. We hope to see you and your families there! I wish you and your loved ones a wonderful holiday season and look forward to serving with you in 2018. Yours in Service,
Patricia Williams President and CEO
LEADERSHIP UPDATES
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lorida Hospital North Pinellas has named two new Directors to our Leadership team. Hollie Steele has been promoted to Director of Emergency Services. Hollie previously served as the Emergency Department Manager at Florida Hospital North Pinellas ,and we are very excited to support her in her new role. George Malone has recently joined the Florida Hospital North Pinellas family as the Director of Pharmacy. George replaces Gary Avila, who retired in September of this year. We are thrilled to welcome George to the team and can’t wait to watch him lead the Pharmacy department.
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HOSPITAL UPDATES THANK YOU TO OUR FHNP FOUNDATION Thank you to the Florida Hospital North Pinellas Foundation for contributing over $335,000 to the FHNP Imaging department for new x-ray machines. This donation has allowed us to purchase new machines with the below benefits: • Fastest acquisition to display time • Improved Turn-around-times. (Order > Complete > Dictate) • Less maintenance. (Malfunctioning CR Readers > Broken CR Cassettes) • Consistency across platforms for technical staff; same software. • Improved safety (Lower exposure; technical staff stays w/patient) • Increased customer satisfaction (internally & externally) • Visually pleasing
EMPLOYEES OF THE QUARTER
Betty Ferencsik Central Sterile Processing
Carli Prudente TCU
Gary Randolph Food Service
WE’VE EARNED TOP GENERAL HOSPITAL AWARD FOR QUALITY FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR Highlighting its nationally recognized achievements in patient safety and quality, Florida Hospital North Pinellas was named a Top General Hospital by The Leapfrog Group for the second time, the only Tampa Bay area hospital to receive the award for the past two years. The Top Hospital designation is awarded by The Leapfrog Group, an independent hospital watchdog organization, and only 45 hospitals nationwide received the 2017 Top General Hospital distinction.
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“We are extremely proud to have earned the prestigious Top General Hospital award for the second consecutive year and achieve an honor awarded to only 45 hospitals throughout the nation,” said Tricia Williams, Florida Hospital North Pinellas President and CEO. “This achievement would not be possible without the focus and dedication our staff and physicians have for providing our patients with the highest level of quality care.” The Leapfrog Top Hospital award is widely acknowledged as one of the most competitive honors American hospitals can receive. Performance across many areas of hospital care is considered in establishing the qualifications for the award, including infection rates, maternity care, and the hospital’s capacity to prevent medication errors. The rigorous standards are defined in each year’s Top Hospital Methodology.
WOMEN’S CHOICE AWARDS 2018
Florida Hospital North Pinellas is proud to announce that we have been
recognized by the Women’s Choice Awards America’s Best Hospitals for Patient Safety and Heart Care. This is the second consecutive year FHNP was awarded for Heart Care. Thank you to all of our staff for providing award winning care to our patients.
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HOSPITAL EVENTS 3RD ANNUAL EMPLOYEE CORN ROAST W
e had so much fun at our 3rd Annual Employee Appreciation Corn Roast on November 9th. Thank you to everyone who came out! We hope you enjoyed the live music, 4Rivers catering, games, facepainters and balloon artists. We were so happy to see so many of our employees and their families at the event, and we hope to see all of you next year!
Please Join Us
Holiday Brunch Friday, December 8, 2017 AllSpice Cafe 6:30am - 9:00am
COMMUNITY EVENTS 5TH ANNUAL GIRL TALK F
lorida Hospital North Pinellas hosted its 5th Annual Girl Talk event on November 15th at Innisbrook Golf Resort and Spa. This year over 1,200 community members and vendors came out for an evening of shopping, screenings, a physician panel and more. We are very grateful to be able to reach such a large group of cmembers in our communities and answer the questions they may otherwise be afraid to ask their doctors. Thank you to Christine Longley for always putting on such a wonderful event!
LIGHTS OF LOVE
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ur 31st Annual Lights of Love program was held on Monday, December 4th and is our annual Christmas program put on by our Hospital Auxilliary. For the past few months, the Auxilliary has been raising money through donations for ornaments to be placed on our Lights of Love tree in the hospital lobby. Community members can make a donation in memory or in honor of a veteran, loved one, or pet.
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