LAMMICO Patient Safety Award and Grant
LAMMICO Patient Safety Award and Grant
The 2023-2024 Patient Safety Award and Grant program focuses on falls prevention. This program promotes patient/resident safety initiatives optimized via LAMMICO risk management and patient safety education.
Preventing patient/resident falls is a top priority for patient/resident safety, patient/resident satisfaction, quality reputation and cost reduction. Patient/resident falls may result in injuries such as lacerations, fractures, intracranial bleeding and death. Compared to patients/residents who do not suffer falls, patients/residents with fall-induced injuries stay in the hospital longer and incur higher hospital costs. To decrease patient/resident falls in the hospital, ambulatory surgery center (ASC) or long-term care (LTC) setting, a multifaceted approach with standardized and customized interventions is needed. Developing an evidence-based falls prevention program is essential.
EDUCATION
LAMMICO’s learning management system includes these educational activities. To access a learner activity, please use the following links:
“Falls Prevention for All Hospital Staff”
“Falls Prevention for Nurses”
“Falls Prevention in LTC”
All educational activities are offered free of charge to eligible facilities. These activities focus on information about falls, recommended interventions for falls prevention programs, and how staff can help prevent patient/resident falls.
AWARD
The award is open to hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and long-term care facilities in Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas and Tennessee. Applicants are not required to be underwritten by LAMMICO to participate.
The hospital, ASC or LTC facility that demonstrates the best improvements (in policies, procedures, protocols and/or processes) related to a reduction in patient/resident fall rates will be awarded:
- A $10,000 grant to the winner to be used for nursing professional development
- One-year risk manager membership to the American Society for Health Care Risk Management (ASHRM) or LTC state association membership
- One-year complimentary membership to Medical Interactive Community for all employees to access our risk management CME/CNE/MOC courses online
- A $5,000 grant to the second place participant to be used for nursing professional development
- One-year risk manager membership to the American Society for Health Care Risk Management (ASHRM) or LTC state association membership
- One-year complimentary membership to Medical Interactive Community for all employees to access our risk management CME/CNE/MOC courses online
Completed applications are due May 31, 2024.
Please contact LAMMICO’s Hospital Risk Management Specialist, Lynne Vega, BSN, RN, CNOR (E) at lvega@lammico.com or 504.841.2738 for additional inquiries and to submit your application.
2022-2023 Recipient
St. Bernard Parish Hospital in Chalmette, LA
2022-2023 Second Place Recipient
St. Charles Parish Hospital in Luling, LA
2021-2022 Recipient
Bienville Surgery Center in Vancleave, MS
2020-2021 Recipient
St. Bernard Parish Hospital in Chalmette, LA
2019-2020 Recipient
Lafayette Surgical Specialty Hospital in Lafayette, LA
2018-2019 Recipient
Jennings American Legion Hospital in Jennings, LA
2017-2018 Recipient
Specialists Hospital Shreveport in Shreveport, LA
2016-2017 Recipient
Jennings American Legion Hospital in Jennings, LA
2015-2016 Recipient
Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in Lafayette, LA
