Awards
Hospital Awards
- U.S.News & World Report
U.S.News & World Report's publication of America's Best Children’s Hospitals 2010 placed Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital among the nation's best pediatric hospitals.
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Patient Safety Awards
- The Leapfrog Group
In the 2010 Leapfrog Hospital Quality and Safety Survey, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital received a rating of Fully Meet Standards for:- Appropriate ICU Staffing: Patients should choose a hospital with an intensive care unit (ICU) that is staffed by doctors and other caregivers who have special training in critical care medicine.
- Steps to Avoid Harm: Patients should choose a hospital that has a high Leapfrog Safe Practices Score. This means the hospital has put in place procedures to reduce 13 common preventable medical mistakes.
- Managing Serious Events: Patients should choose a hospital that has implemented Leapfrog's policy on managing serious events.
- 2007 RACE for Results Award
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital earned the Child Health Corporation of America's (CHCA) 2007 RACE for Results award for its success in implementing Rapid Response Teams. The teams consist of physicians, nurses and respiratory therapists, all working 24x7 to proactively evaluate subtle signs or symptoms in unstable patients and determine if immediate medical intervention is needed. This quick response to a patient’s changing condition has led to an 80% decrease in cardiorespiratory arrests outside of the ICU setting, and a 17% decrease in mortality across the entire hospital.
View press release - Excellence in Patient Safety & Health Care Quality Award
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital received the "Excellence in Patient Safety & Health Care Quality Award" in May 2006. The recipients of this award were picked by California’s four biggest health care plans. Aetna, Blue Shield of California, CIGNA HealthCare of California, and UnitedHealthcare used scores the hospitals earned on a voluntary survey conducted by the Leapfrog Group to determine who would be recognized. The 22 award-winning hospitals represent the top 10 percent of the 216 eligible hospitals.
View press release - Child Health Corporation of America (CHCA)
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital received the 2005 RACE for Results Award from the Child Health Corporation of America (CHCA). Packard Children's Hospital won the award for a program that significantly reduced the already low number of adverse drug events at the hospital by 70% over a two year period. Packard Children's entry for the CHCA award documented a three-pronged approach to reducing adverse drug events: streamlining medication ordering, implementing nationally recognized best practices around high-risk medications and promoting and enhancing a culture of safety.
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- The Joint Commission
In December 2007, Packard Children's Hospital had its triennial Joint Commission survey and was found to be in full compliance with all applicable standards.
Web Site Awards
- eHealthcare Leadership Awards
The lpch.org Quality pages won a 2009 eHealthcare Leadership Gold Award for Best Quality and Safety Communication for hospitals with 200-399 beds.
Our MD Portal Web site for referring physicians won a Gold award for Best Care/Disease Management Site.
The Packard Kids Connection Web site won Gold awards in 2007 and 2008 for Best Interactive Site among hospital subsites/Center of Excellence sites. - Child & Family WebGuide Selected Site Award Winner
LPCH.org was named a "Selected Site" by the Child & Family WebGuide. The WebGuide helps the public find trustworthy information by evaluating, describing and linking to Web sites with information on nearly 100 child and family topics. Each site listed in the Web guide passes a rigorous evaluation process.