2008: Time Magazine names Johns Hopkins critical care specialist Peter Pronovost as one of the 100 most influential people in the world for his groundbreaking work in patient safety. In September, Pronovost also receives a prestigious MacArthur Fellowship in recognition of his contributions to the field. He is perhaps best known for developing a checklist of simple practices that has reduced catheter-related bloodstream infections in intensive care units. For details click here.
2007: The Joint Commission bestows its Codman Award upon the Addiction Treatment Services program at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center to recognize its use of outcome measurements to improve care for recovering substance abusers. Read more here.
2006: The American Society of Health System Pharmacists awards its Best Practices Award to a Johns Hopkins Hospital team that reduced continuous infusion medication errors in pediatric patients.
2005: Hopkins anesthesiologist Peter Pronovost wins the coveted John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award for Research Achievement. This award, presented by the National Quality Forum and the Joint Commission, was presented for research demonstrating that staffing intensive care units with physicians and nurses specializing in intensive care medicine significantly improves patient outcomes. In addition, Pronovost developed a patient safety program that has greatly reduced the number of medication errors, patient length of stay in the ICU, and bloodstream infections acquired by patients while hospitalized.
2005: Johns Hopkins Community Physicians wins the Cheers award from Institute for Safe Medication Practices. The award goes to organizations that “have set a superlative standard of excellence for others to follow in the prevention of medication errors and adverse drug events.”
2004: The American Hospital Association honors Hopkins Hospital for its leadership and innovation in quality, safety and commitment to patient care with one of its coveted Quest for Quality prizes. The prize encourages innovative patient safety programs that other hospitals can emulate.
2004: The Risk and Safety Management Alert System (RASMAS), which was designed in part by Johns Hopkins’ Center for Innovation in Quality Patient Care, receives the Best New Patient Safety and Disclosures Award from the Health Care Research and Innovations Congress. The Center for Innovation worked with Mitretek, a nonprofit research and engineering company, to create a database that quickly alerts health care organizations to product recalls on medical devices. Click here to learn more.
