Beryl Institute awards $1,000 grants to health care organizations

As part of its commitment to supporting efforts to improve the patient experience in healthcare, The Beryl Institute has awarded $1,000 grants to ten health care organizations that are exploring effective methods for addressing patient experience issues.

The winners of the 2010 Beryl Institute Patient Experience grants are:

• Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, CT – Impact of Post Discharge Phone Calls to Readmissions of Patients with Congestive Heart Failure
• Exempla St. Joseph Hospital, Denver, CO – Effectiveness of the Patient Navigator Role with the Inpatient Cardiovascular Population
• Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA – Strengthening Communication Between Patients, Families and Care Providers
• Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown, NJ – Standardizing the Approach to Communication and Patient Family Care in Adult ICU
• Roper Saint Francis Healthcare, Charleston, SC –Restructuring New Hire Orientation Processes on Employee Engagement and Patient Experience
• Saint Joseph Orange Hospital, Orange, CA – Spotlighting: An Innovative Approach to Bring "Sacred Encounters" Alive in the Patient Experience
• Saint Thomas Hospital, Nashville, TN – Strategies to Improve Nurse to Family Member Communication about Critically Ill Patients
• Salem Hospital Foundation, Salem, OR – Caring for Patients at End of Life - "One Size" Doesn't Fit All
• Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Foundation, Tallahassee, FL – Translation of Survey Forms to Measure Spanish-only Speaking Patient Experience and Satisfaction
• The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano, Plano, TX – The Effect of Nursing Intervention to Reduce Noise in Critical Care Patient Rooms to Improve Patient Satisfaction and Outcomes