The American Hospital Association-McKesson Quest for Quality Past Honorees

Past Winners
Each year, the Quest for Quality committee chooses one winner, up-to-two finalists and citations of merit.

Learn more about past winners.

2010

View the DVD highlighting the 2010 honorees (video)
Overview of 2010 honorees

Winner:	McLeod Regional Medical Center (Florence, SC)

Finalist:	Henry Ford Hospital (Detroit, MI)
	Case Study 1: Combating Coagulation
	Case Study 2: Eliminating Harm in a Large, Integrated System
	Case Study 3: The "6 Ps" of Nursing


Citation:	Queens Hospital Center (Jamaica, NY)

2009
Overview of 2009 honorees

Winner:	Bronson Methodist Hospital (Kalamazoo, MI)
	Case Study 1: Reducing Staff Turnover
	Case Study 2: Using In-Home Telemonitoring to Reduce Rehospitalization
	Case Study 3: The ED Corrective Action Team
	Case Study 4: Call to Stop a Fall
	Case Study 5: Collaboration to Prevent Infections
	Case Study 6: Improving Care by Reducing VAP
	Case Study 7: Protecting Pediatric Patients
	Case Study 8: Reducing Pressure Ulcers
	Case Study 9: Washing Hands/Saving Lives

Finalist:	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston, MA)

Citation:	Duke University Hospital (Durham, NC)

2008

Overview of 2008 honorees

Winner:	Munson Medical Center (Traverse City, MI)

Finalist:	University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers (Ann Arbor, MI)

Citation:	Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center (Sioux Falls, SD)
	Case Study 1: Lean in the Lab, ED, Surgery and Housekeeping

Citation:	Saint Vincent Health Center (Erie, PA)
	Case Study 1: Implementing I-SBAR

2007

Overview of 2007 honorees

Winner:	Columbus Regional Hospital (Columbus, IN)

Finalist:	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles, CA)

Finalist:	Integris Baptist Medical Center (Oklahoma City, OK)


Citation:	Amarillo VA Health Care System (Amarillo, TX)


Citation:	McLeod Regional Medical Center (Florence, SC)

2006

Overview of 2006 honorees

Winner:	Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati, OH)

Citation:	Bronson Methodist Hospital (Kalamazoo, MI)
	Case Study 9:

Citation:	Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women (Memphis, TN)

2005

Overview of 2005 honorees

Winner:	North Mississippi Medical Center (Tupelo, MS)

Finalist:	El Camino Hospital (Mountain View, CA)
	Case Study 1: Monitoring Quality With Success

Finalist:	New York-Presbyterian Hospital (New York, NY)

Citation:	Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network (Allentown, PA)
	Case Study 1: Improving AMI in the ED

2004

Overview of 2004 honorees

Winner:	Sentara Norfolk General Hospital (Norfolk, VA)

Finalist:	The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore, MD)
	Case Study 1: Monitoring Hand Hygiene in the Ambulatory Setting
	Case Study 2: Radiology Hand Hygiene Compliance
	Case Study 3: Safeguarding Perioperative Handoffs Against Miscommunications and Reduced Teamwork: The Perioperative Handoff Protocol

Finalist:	Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital (Hastings, NE)

Citation:	Advocate Health Care (Oak Brook, IL)
	Case Study 1: The Right Patient All The Time
	Case Study 2: Streamlining GI Procedures
	Case Study 3: VSA to Improve Lab Turnaround Time
	Case Study 4: Improving Lab Turnaround Times
	Case Study 5: Rapid Improvement Events Improve ED
	Case Study 6: Green Dot to Move
	Case Study 8: Nurse Server Serving Nurses
	Case Study 9: ED Improvements Led By Team

2003

Overview of 2003 honorees

Winner:	Abington Memorial Hospital (Abington, PA)
	Case Study 1: A Creative, Data-Driven Hand Hygiene Campaign

Finalist:	Beaumont Hospitals (Royal Oak, MI)

Finalist:	University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics (Madison, WI)

Citation:	Olympic Medical Center (Port Angeles, WA)

2002

Overview of 2002 honorees

Winner:	Missouri Baptist Medical Center (St. Louis, MO)
	Case Study 1:Improving Medication Safety

Finalist:	Fairview Hospital (Great Barrington, MA)

Finalist:	Children’s Hospitals & Clinics (Minneapolis, MN)

Citation:	Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Boston, MA)