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New year, new award for GRMC
Hospital receives the America's Best Hospitals for Patient Safety Award By Darren Dunn
(Seguin) -- Guadalupe Regional Medical Center has started the new year off with a bang. The hospital announced on New Year's Day that it has been named one of America’s Best Hospitals for Patient Safety by the Women’s Choice Award. The Women's Choice Award is known as a top referral source for women. It works to empower women and help them make informed and smart healthcare decisions by identifying the country's best healthcare institutions. This year, GRMC is being honored with the Best Hospitals for Patient Safety Award®. GRMC officials say this is a significant honor for the hospital. They say the award signifies that GRMC is in the top eight percent of the more than 4,800 hospitals evaluated in the United States. GRMC's success goes well beyond that criteria and it actually falls into the top percent of hospitals when it comes to patient safety. GRMC CEO Robert Haynes says this is another indication that the hospital continues to provide quality care for the people it serves in this region. “This national recognition from the Women’s Choice Award signifies that GRMC is one of 379 award recipients representing the hospitals that have met the highest standards for patient safety in the U.S. by the Women’s Choice Award”,
said Haynes. “This award confirms our testament to the high standard of care provided to patients every day by the staff at GRMC and to our dedication in providing highquality, safe care to every life we are privileged to touch.” To receive the award, hospitals must also use an Inpatient Safe Surgery Checklist to assess effective communication and safe practices during three perioperative periods: prior to administration of anesthesia; prior to skin incision; and prior to the patient leaving the operating room or procedural area. Rhonda Unruh, GRMC vice-president of quality, says this award is a big deal to those who work inside the hospital, but she says it may be even more significant to the patients they serve. She says it demonstrates the hospital's commitment to provide quality service to their patients and their families. "So what I think I would want the public to understand from this award, is that GRMC is a place that they can trust; because we are putting processes and practices in place to make sure that while you are here under our care, that you are receiving the best qaulity care possible and the safest care possible. We really want to make sure that healthcare reduces suffering and that patients feel safe. So I think that this is what that award should mean to them. They can trust GRMC," said Unruh. See GRMC, page 2