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MOST RECENT AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE FOR LEE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM

Lee Memorial Health System has a goal of being the best patient-centered health care system in the state of Florida. Independent entities below have confirmed Lee Memorial Health System's commitment to the community.

MOST RECENT AWARD RECOGNITIONS

October 2009

VHA's Bright Ideas Award                                    LMHS received a 2009 Bright Ideas Award from VHA Southeast. Our System was recognized as the top health system in the category of Financial/Operational Improvement for our Cost Savings/Revenue Enhancement initiative that we launched last year, which resulted in $65 million in cost savings and revenue enhancement.

September 2009

LMHS Named 2nd by AARP                                LMHS has been named second in the nation by AARP as one of the "50 Best Employers for Workers Over 50". This is the fifth consecutive year LMHS has been in the top 10.

September 2008

LMHS Recognized Again by AARP
LMHS has been named fifth in the nation of AARP's "50 Best Employers for Workers Over 50". The award was established by AARP to honor employers showing a commitment to an aging workforce. LMHS was named to the top ten in 2005, 2006 and 2007.

May 2008

LMHS Earns National Recognition for Visioning Project
The National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems announced LMHS earned Honorable Mention in the category of "Community Engagement" for the System's Community Health Visioning 2017 project which was launched in the spring of 2007 after the purchase of SWFRMC and GCH. The purpose of the Visioning was to create a shared vision for the future of health care in our area.

LMHS Honored by the Florida Nurses Association with the 2008 Frances Smith Clinical Excellence Award. Criteria for this recognition include conference participation in the way of nominations, sponsorships, attendance and how the facility creates an environment that encourages nurses to become clinically excellent.

February 2008

LMHS Among Top 100 Integrated Healthcare Networks
LMHS ranks among the "Top 100 Integrated Healthcare Networks" (IHNs) in the country. Verispan's report - regarded as the nation's premier rating system - evaluates IHNs on performance and degree of integration. Hospitals making the "Top 100" list possess critical success factors and have the ability to operate as a unified organization in eight categories. The categories are integration, integrated technology, contractual capabilities, outpatient utilization, financial stability, services and access, hospital utilization and physicians. You can find a complete list of the "Top 100" IHNs at www.verspan.com.

September 2007

LMHS receives, for the third consecutive year, AARP Best Employer for Workers over 50 award. LMHS has been selected as one of the top 10 employers n the nation...not just health systems buy among all employers...

May 2007

LMHS receives VHA Leadership Award for Clinical Excellence for its implementation of rapid response teams, or MET Team, which is a highly trained team of clinicians who bring critical care expertise to the bedside. (www.vha.com)

September 2006

National Research Corporation's Consumer Choice Award: 2006/2007 NRC Healthcare Market Guide
Lee Memorial Health System
For the ninth consecutive year, community members named Lee Memorial Health System a Consumer Choice Award winner. In the National Research Corporation's annual Healthcare Market Guide® study, consumers ranked LMHS the highest in our area for providing quality healthcare services.

August 2006

LMHS has been named 2nd in the nation of AARP's 50 Best Employers for Workers Over 50. The award, now in its sixth year, was established by AARP to honor employers showing a commitment to an aging workforce. To be recognized a second time by AARP is an amazing accomplishment. The AARP Magazine will feature the Best Employer winners in its November-December issue.

March 2006

LMHS has been notified it is the recipient of the 2006 VHA Leadership Award for Operation Excellence which will be announced at the 2006 VHA Leadership Conference on May 22. This award honors organizations that have differentiated themselves around national performance standards by achieving exceptionally high levels of performance which was demonstrated through our Employer of Choice designation in 2005.(www.vha.com)

February 2006

LMHS Among Top 100 Integrated Healthcare Networks
As reported in Modern Healthcare, February 6, 2006, page 28, Lee Memorial Health System is ranked #29 of the 100 best-performing integrated healthcare networks in the country. There are only 2 other healthcare delivery systems in Florida named in the 100 best. The commitment to continued improvement of the quality of service, continuity of care, and connectivity is how LMHS made the list. Accolades to the physicians, employees and volunteers who are committed to ensuring our patients have the highest chance of a great outcome. Click here for more info.

November 2005

VHS (Voluntary Hospital Association) awards LMHS special recognition of Safety Improvement from VHA-Southeast.
Based upon a Falls Prevention Program developed by Lee Memorial Home Health, this highly successful program has previously been recognized by Florida Medical Quality Assurance and has been identified as a best practice to be duplicated by other home health agencies around the nation. This innovative program has saved lives and reduced injuries for patients served.

October 2005

LMHS Selected as 2005 winner of Solucient 100 Top Hospitals "Cardiovascular Benchmarks for Success" award.
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September 2005

Donna Giannuzzi, Chief Nurse Executive, LMHS honored with 'OVERAL LEADERSHIP' award.
The Florida Organization of Nurse Executives (FONE) Region II presented its "Overall Leadership" Award to Donna Giannuzzi, Chief Nurse Executive, Lee Memorial Health System (LMHS). To earn this award, recipients must illustrate nursing leadership abilities as a visionary and as a leader; maintain professional and community involvement; have an impact on practice environment; be an active mentor and role model; and be consistently compassionate and caring. This award is the most prestigious of the five awards given annually by FONE.

Lee Memorial Health System Receives Leadership Award From VHA, Inc.
VHA, Inc., a national health care provider alliance based in Irving, Texas, has recognized Lee Memorial Health System with its 2005 Leadership Award for operational excellence. Lee Memorial Health System is one of only 32 VHA member hospitals nationwide to receive this prestigious honor. The 2005 Leadership Award for operational excellence is given to member organizations who have distinguished themselves by going the extra mile to pursue excellence. There are several nationally-recognized programs that have set the standards for quality including Employer of Choice®. Lee Memorial Health System is an Employer of Choice award winner.

Workforce Development Award given to LMHS Human Resources Department
Each year, the SW Florida Workforce Development Board recognizes the accomplishments of individuals, events or organizations that clearly demonstrate success in achieving a quality workforce for Southwest Florida, with the Champion Award. This year, the Human Resources Department at Lee Memorial Health System is recognized with the Champion Award. The recognition is for efforts made by LMHS to achieve workforce development. The P C T (patient care technician) to C N A (certified nursing assistant) Training Grant, and the C N A to P N (Licensed Practical Nurse) grants were honored. Both grants helped staff meet their career development goals while providing the community with quality healthcare professionals.

"Outstanding Florida Council of Aging Member" Award
LMHS Gerontology Business Leader for Older Adult Services, Sue Maxwell, has been awarded the Dr. Carter Osterbind Outstanding Florida Council of Aging Member Award. She has also been chosen as an at-large representative for the upcoming 2005 White House Conference on Aging in Washington, DC, to be held in December 2005.

August 2005

An "AARP Best Employer for Workers over 50" Winner
LMHS is 10th in the nation. This award is given to employers who have exemplary practices and recognize the great value of older employees as a key resource in their organizations. Our over-50 workers provide knowledge and skills to the workplace that sometimes only years of experience can bring.

June 2005

2005 AMERICAN BUSINESS AWARDS - STEVIE AWARD
Jon C. Cecil, Chief Human Resources Officer, won a Stevie Award for Best Human Resources Executive at The 2005 American Business Awards. Hailed as "the business world's own Oscars" by the New York Post (April 27, 2005), the American Business Awards are the first national, all-encompassing business awards program honoring great performances in the workplace. Click here for further info.

May 2005

Florida Nurses Association 2005 Nurse Exemplar Awards
LMHS swept the top three spots in this year's District 7 Clinical Recognition Program. The Top Nurse Exemplar was Mary Taylor, Cape Coral Hospital; runners-up were Kathy Ormandy, HealthPark and Marva Pharis, LMH. The focus of the FNA Clinical Excellence Recognition Program is to publicly value excellence in nursing practice. It also recognizes the nominated nurses as experts in a given clinical situation or setting.

2005 DISTINGUISHED HOSPITAL AWARD FOR PATIENT SAFETY
This award is based on our performance in thirteen patient safety indicators developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. This was achieved by the dedication and teamwork of staff, physicians and volunteers; each with a commitment to excellence and to patient safety.

NATIONAL 2005 VHA LEADERSHIP AWARD FOR OPERATION EXCELLENCE
This award honors organizations that have differentiated themselves around national performance standards by achieving exceptionally high levels of performance. As an employer of choice for two consecutive years, LMHS achieves the VHA Leadership Award for Operational Excellence. This award means that LMHS achieves exceptionally high levels of performance nationally. Curt Nonomaque, CEO of VHA, Inc., states, "Congratulations on this achievement! This high level of performance evidences your organization's efforts and commitment to excellence."

2005 ASTER AWARD
"Connected" Newsletter Wins National Award. LMHS' very own employee newsletter is in the national spotlight. "Connected" won an Aster Award in the category of internal publication/newsletter for a healthcare system. The Aster Awards program provides national-level recognition for healthcare organizations and advertising agencies who strive for excellence in medical marketing. The May issue of Marketing Healthcare Today will publish a complete list of winners.

April 2005

FRANKLIN AWARD OF DISTINCTION -
#1 In the Nation
Care Management Program Led by Chris Nesheim-Plonski and Dr. Mark Greenberg, this stellar team was recognized for their "commitment to a collaborative philosophy and an interdisciplinary process for case management." According to L. Greg Cunningham, CEO of The American Case Management Association, "Lee Memorial Health System demonstrates what is possible in patient care when leadership and medical staff make a solid commitment to case management services." This award is named the Benjamin Franklin, the co-founder of the first organized hospital in the U.S. It speaks to leadership and forward thinking, collaboration with medical staff, system leadership, and to our overall team approach to effective case management. LMHS has received calls and emails from all over the nation with congratulations and with questions so that other health care delivery systems will be able to duplicate the LMHS program.

2005 BEST PRACTICES AWARD
Award Recognizes Outstanding Achievement in Women's HeartAdvantage Initiative. This award was presented to Lee Memorial Health System for its effective use of communications channels to further the cause of health care around our nation's leading cause of death - heart disease. The Women's HeartAdvantage Initiative, VHA, is taking the lead in making a difference for women and heart disease by asking women to "Take Care. Take Charge. Take Heart" of the risks and threat of heart disease. This campaign is a call to action for women of SW Florida. Women's HeartAdvantage is the first hospital-based program to address women and heart disease by teaching women how to identify heart attack symptoms; encouraging women to seek immediate medical attention; facilitating hospital development of cardiac programs specifically designed for women; and improving clinical outcomes. Women are particularly at risk; more women than men have died of cardiovascular diseases every year since 1984. LMHS is honored to be recognized nationally for outstanding achievement in the Women's HeartAdvantage program.

March2005

GOLD SEAL OF APPROVAL DISEASE-SPECIFIC CERTIFICATION
Lee Memorial Health System has earned the Gold Seal of Approval for health care quality for two of its programs. The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations awarded LMHS Disease-Specific Care Certification for the Lee Diabetes Care and Lee Congestive Heart Failure Care Programs. The certification is effective for two years until January, 2007. The certification means that the Diabetes and CHF programs are in compliance with consensus-based national standards. The programs maintain an effective use of established clinical practice guidelines that manage and optimize care and the performance measurement and improvement activities meet national standards.

 

 

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