PRI Cites Mercy Medical Center, Rockville Centre, for Risk Management and Patient Safety “Best Practices” Award

Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center Earns Honorable Mention

 

“We are proponents of creative, aggressive approaches to achieving excellence
in patient care. The Patient Safety Award gives us the opportunity to
publicly acknowledge some of the best practices taking place in the field
and gives others an opportunity to learn more by facilitating the exchange of information. We are proud to be associated with these well-run institutions.”

• Anthony J. Bonomo, CEO of the Company, PRI

 

Roslyn, N.Y.— Physicians’ Reciprocal Insurers (PRI) presented Mercy Medical Center, Rockville Centre, New York its Risk Management and Patient Safety Best Practices Award for 2015. Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center won Honorable Mention. PRI, New York’s second largest medical professional liability insurer, established the awards in 2011 to promote the knowledge and adoption of best practices to benefit the health- care industry as a whole. The awards were made during a ceremony held today at the company’s Roslyn, New York headquarters attended by medical professionals from many segments of the field.

According to Mr. Anthony J. Bonomo, CEO of
the Company, PRI seeks to encourage the health care
community to adapt creative, proactive innovations
in the delivery of quality care. “We are proponents of
creative, aggressive approaches to achieving excellence
in patient care. The Patient Safety Award gives us the
opportunity to publicly acknowledge some of the best
practices taking place in the field and gives others an
opportunity to learn more by facilitating the exchange of information. We are proud to be associated with these well-run institutions,” Mr. Bonomo stated.

First place honors went to Mercy Medical Center, a member of Catholic Health Services of Long Island for their “Code STEMI” project, an initiative that significantly decreased the amount of time it takes the emergency room to diagnose, treat and transfer patients with chest pain. The award, presented by Jeanne Braun, Executive Vice President of Hospitals and Special Programs, PRI, was accepted by Kurt Dischner, MD, Assistant Director of Emergency Services Mercy Hospital. Honorable Mention was accorded to Anthony Lechich, MD, Chief Medical Officer, ArchCare at Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center. The winning entry, “The ArchCare Hospitalist/ Nursing Home Attending Physician Collaboration” dis- played promising strategies for minimizing patient readmissions from the nursing home setting.

PRI, through its hospital risk management program, led by Ms. Dawn Lewis, has received numerous plaudits for innovation and for the expansion and adoption of its risk management education programs.

The awards for excellence encourage higher standards of risk awareness and risk management in the delivery of care, a founding principle of PRI. Physicians’ Reciprocal Insurers is a leading provider of professional liability insurance to physicians and medical facilities. As the second largest medical malpractice insurer in New York State and one of the top ten in the country, PRI is recognized as one of the most respected names in medical mal- practice insurance. Founded in 1982 by doctors to serve the healthcare industry and its professionals, PRI continues to be a leader providing coverage and innovative products that anticipate the needs and further the financial goals of policyholders, and offers key services to help improve the liability environment for doctors, chiropractors, dentists and healthcare facilities. [IA]