(photo by Neil Brake)
Several departments, providers honored for high quality of care
Providers and clinical departments at Vanderbilt Medical Center have won 12 Top Performer Awards and 121 5-Star Awards in the 2008 Excellence in Healthcare Awards, sponsored by Professional Research Consultants Inc.
“I would like to thank and congratulate our 2008 award winners,” said Harry Jacobson, M.D., vice chancellor for Health Affairs. “Each is dedicated to providing the highest quality of care. These providers and departments know how to earn the trust and cooperation of our patients-something at the very heart of what we do here.”
The awards are based on patient responses to one survey question regarding their overall quality of care.
PRC conducts patient surveys nationwide and presents their findings to hospitals or health facilities for use in improving patient satisfaction.
Award eligibility is determined by the number of survey responses gathered by PRC. This year at Vanderbilt, all inpatient groups and most outpatient work groups were eligible.
Top Performer Awards go to professionals who score in the 100th percentile, while the 5-Star Awards go to those who score within the 90th to 99th percentiles. Providers are ranked against all eligible providers, but clinical services are ranked respective to their field.
These include emergency departments, home health programs, outpatient hospital services, primary care clinics, inpatient units, specialty clinics and urgent care.
For a complete list of Vanderbilt's award winners, go to the VUMC Reporter Web site, mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter and click on the June 13 issue.
PRC 2008 National Excellence in Healthcare Awards
Top Performers – Individual Providers
The following VMG providers ranked within the 100th percentile nationally:
Audrey Jane Case, F.N.P.
Rosemary Cope, L.P.C./M.H.S.P.
John Dixon, M.D.
Thomas Doyle, M.D.
William Michael Gregg, M.D., M.P.H.
Howard Jones, III, M.D.
Top Performers – Groups
The following work groups ranked within the 100th percentile nationally:
5S Neuro ICU
Addiction Medicine Outpatient Therapy
Cardiology Outpatient Cath Lab
Children’s Hospital NICU
Clinical Research Center
Pediatric Otolaryngology Day Surgery
5-Star Award – Individual Providers
The following providers ranked within the 90th to 99th percentiles nationally:
Christine Allocco, A.P.R.N.
Nancy Brown, M.D.
Raymond Burk, M.D.
Brenda Butka, M.D.
Benjamin Byrd III, M.D.
Warren Barton Campbell, M.D.
Audrey Case, F.N.P.
Phillip David Charles, M.D.
Keith Churchwell, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Thomas Cleveland, Ph.D.
Thomas Davis, M.D.
Debra A. Dodd, M.D.
James Duncavage, M.D.
Michael Ladd Edgeworth, M.D.
Darrel Ellis, M.D.
Sergio Fazio, M.D.
Susan Ficken, A.P.R.N.
Michael Fowler, M.D.
Catherine Gaeyln Garrett, M.D.
Waldon Garriss III, M.D., M.S.
Ana Grau, M.D.
John Greer, M.D.
David Hansen, M.D.
Helen Hatfield, M.S.N.
David Johnson, C.R.N.P.
Jill Jones, M.D.
Mark Kelley, M.D.
Andrew Hollis Lagrange, M.D., Ph.D.
Eric Shawn Lambright, M.D.
Julia Lewis, M.D.
Willie Melvin, III, M.D.
Nipun Merchant, M.D.
Richard Miller, M.D.
James Donald Moore, M.D.
John Oates, M.D.
Robert Ossoff, M.D.
Robert Piana, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Jan Price, M.D.
David Raiford, M.D.
Debra Rankin, M.D.
Russell Rothman, M.D., M.P.P.
William Russell Ries, M.D.
Elizabeth Ann Sastre, M.D.
David Schwartz, M.D.
Richard Shelton, M.D.
Deborah Snedegar, F.N.P.
Anderson Spickard III, M.D.
Simpson Bobo Tanner, M.D.
James Thomas, M.D.
Marc Tressler, D.O.
Julianne Wagnon, C.R.N.P.
Jason Wendel, M.D.
Ann Marie Vander Woude, M.S.N., A.P.R.N.
5-Star Award – Groups
The following work groups ranked within the 90th to 99th percentiles nationally:
Hospitals:
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
Adult inpatient units:
6 North
8 North
8 South
9 South
Children’s inpatient units:
6A, 6B, 6C
Ambulatory surgery, surgery, outpatient technical, and clinics:
4 South Surgery Unit
5 North Cardiovascular ICU
Adult Emergency Department
APN OB GYN Continuity Clinic
Bone Marrow Transplant Clinic
Cardiology Clinic
Cardiology Outpatient Echo Lab
Cardiology-Preventative Clinic
Cardiovascular Nuclear Studies
Center for Women's Imaging
Children’s Hospital Cardiac Surgery Clinic
Colorectal Day Surgery
Cool Springs Ambulatory Surgery Center
Cool Springs Oncology Clinic
Cool Springs Pediatric Endocrinology Clinic
Dermatology Clinic
General Adult Outpatient Therapy, PHV
GI Liver Transplant Clinic
Green Hills Practice
Hillsboro Medical Group
Midwifery Practice West End
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit VUH
Neuro Oncology Clinic
Nutrition Clinic
Ortho Hand Ambulatory Surgery Center
Orthopedics Franklin Physical Therapy
Otolaryngology Day Surgery
Otolaryngology Speech Therapy
Otolaryngology Voice Botox – Village at Vanderbilt
Patterson MOHS Dermatology Clinic
Pediatric Cardiology Clinic
Pediatric Cardiology Outpatient Echo Lab
Pediatric Critical Care Unit
Pediatric Diabetes Clinic
Pediatric Endocrinology Clinic
Pediatric Hematology Clinic
Pediatric MRI
Pediatric Neuro Oncology Clinic
Pediatric Physical Therapy
Pediatric Radiology GI/GU
Pediatric Radiology Nuclear Medicine
Pediatric Ultrasound Radiology
PET Radiology
Radiology MRI Neuro
Radiology Nuclear Medicine
Radiology Pediatrics CT
Renal Transplant Clinic
S3400 General Medicine Unit
S4400 Colorectal Unit
S5400 Orthopedics Unit
Speech Pathology
Speech Therapy Clinic
Sports Medicine Ambulatory Surgery Center
Thoracic Clinic
Ultrasound Radiology
Vanderbilt Children's Hospital ED
Vanderbilt Internal Medicine Suite III
Vascular Lab
Voice Center
Women's Health Center