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Patients Benefitting from
Enhanced Quality of Care at
St. John’s Episcopal Hospital
United Hospital Fund Recognizes Hospital Executive Del Joiner
for Improving Quality of Care at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital
St. John’s Episcopal
Hospital (SJEH) announced
today that Del Joiner,
Vice President and
Chief Quality Officer,
has been awarded the
United Hospital Fund’s
(UHF) Excellence in
Health Care Award. The
recognition signifies the
enhancements in quality
of care, patient safety, and
patient experience that
have taken place at SJEH
since Jerry Walsh took the
helm as Chief Executive
Officer in mid-2015.
“I am pleased that UHF has
recognized Mr. Joiner for his
contributions to developing,
leading, and implementing strong
customer-focused, organizationwide
performance improvements at
St. John’s,” says Walsh. “This award
is a result of our determination to
continuously improve to ensure that we
provide the best patient care possible.”
SJEH is seeing improvements in
patient care resulting in shortened
hospital stays in which admitted
patients receive needed care and
are able to go home or leave the
hospital in a shorter amount of
time than in the past; reductions in
patient readmissions for the same
illness; improvements in patient
satisfaction; and more.
In addition to the recognition
from UHF, the hospital has been
acknowledged by the American
Heart Association for providing
quality care, and received the
organization’s Get With The
Guidelines® - Stroke Gold Plus
award – an award recognizing
hospitals that apply the most upto
date treatment guidelines to
improve patient care and outcomes.
SJEH has also made great strides
towards becoming a
designated Baby-Friendly
Hospital through the
Baby-Friendly Hospital
Initiative (BFHI)–a global
program led by the World
Health Organization (WHO)
and UNICEF to promote
practices that protect and
support breastfeeding.
Additiona ll y, t h e
hospital is working towards
achieving Planetree
Certification for Excellence
in Person-Centered Care
– an accreditation that
represents the highest
mark of achievement for creating an
organizational culture that engages
patients, families, staff, and the
community to improve overall
health and well-being.
“Providing our patients with
the best health care possible is
our number one priority,” says
Donald Morrish, MD, who was
appointed the hospital’s Chief
Medical Officer in July of 2018.
“Within the past 3.5 years, we
have made tremendous strides in
improving the quality of care and
patient experience at St. John’s,
and we will continue to do so.”
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