Codman Best Practices

The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety annually publishes profiles of the Joint Commission Ernest Amory Codman Award recipients.

2008

• "Early Goal-Directed Therapy: Improving Mortality and Morbidityof Sepsis in the Emergency Department"
  Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, North Carolina
  Hospital Category
  
  
• "Reducing Surgical Site Infections at a Pediatric Academic Medical Center"
  Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati, Ohio
  Hospital Category
  
  
• "Rescue Me: Saving the Vulnerable Non–ICU Patient Population"
  Mission Hospital Mission Viejo, California
  Hospital Category
  
  
• "A Comprehensive Hand Hygiene Approach to Reducing MRSA Health Care–Associated Infections"
  Novant Health Winston-Salem, North Carolina
  Multiple Organization Category
  

2007

• “Improving Treatment Engagement in Opioid-Dependent Outpatients with a Motivated Stepped-Care Adaptive Treatment Model”
  Addiction Treatment Services of John Hopkins Bayview
  Behavioral Health Care Category

   

• “Improving Outcomes in Pediatric Procedural Sedation”
  Broward General Medical Center
  Hospital Category

   

• “Improving Care of the Sepsis Patient”
  Christiana Care Health Services
  Hospital Category

   

• “Reducing Anticoagulant Medication Adverse Events and Avoidable Patient Harm”
  Saint Joseph HealthCare
  Hospital Category

   

• “Enhanced Toileting Program Decrease Incontinence in Long Term Care”
  Sea View Hospital Rehabilitation Center and Home
  Long Term Care Category

   

• “The Road to Zero Preventable Birth Injuries”
  Seton Family of Hospitals
  Multiple Organization Category

2006

• “Improving Pediatric Immunization Rates in a Safety-Net Delivery System: Serving the Vulnerable Populations”
  Denver Health and Hospital Authority Community Health Services
  Ambulatory Care Category

   

• “Building a System of Perfect Depression Care in Behavioral Health”
  Henry Ford Health System Behavioral Health Services Division
  Behavioral Health Care Category

   

• “Creating a Continuum of Care for Children Identified as Chronically Underserved”
  Grandfather Home for Children
  Behavioral Health Care Category

   

• “Elimination of Perinatal Transmission in HIV Infected Pregnant Women Enrolled in the HUG-Me Program”
  The Howard Phillips Center for Children and Families
  Hospital Category

2005

• “Evidence-Based Practice to Reduce Central Line Infections”
  Greater Cincinnati Patient Safety ICU Collaborative
  Multiple Organization Category

   

• “Managing Capacity to Reduce Emergency Department Overcrowding and Ambulance Diversions”
  Shady Grove Adventist Hospital
  Hospital Category

2004

• “Reducing Adolescent Clients’ Anger in a Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Facility “
  Sundown Ranch
  Behavioral Health Care Category

   

• “Using Six Sigma to Reduce Medication Errors in a Home-Delivery Pharmacy Service”
  Medco Health Solutions, Inc.
  Home Care Category

   

• “Decreasing Mortality for Patients Undergoing Hip Fracture Repair”
  Staten Island University Hospital
  Hospital Category

   

• “Intensive Glycemic Management in Critically Ill Patients”
  Stamford Hospital
  Hospital Category

   

• “Developing an End-of-Life Program for Long Term Care Residents”
  Life Care Center of Sarasota
  Long Term Care Category

   

• “Reduction in Anticoagulation- Related Adverse Drug Events Using a Trigger-Based Methodology “
  Novant Health
  Multiple Organization Category