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Date: 7/31/2015
WESTFIELD – Baystate Noble Hospital is among a select group of hospitals and transplant centers nationwide recognized by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for reaching gold, silver, or bronze levels of achievement by conducting activities that promoted enrollment in state organ donor registries.
The hospitals are part of the national Workplace Partnership for Life (WPFL) Hospital Campaign, sponsored by HHS’s Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
Baystate Noble Hospital’s awareness and registry campaigns educated staff, patients, visitors, and community members on the critical need for organ, eye, and tissue donors and thereby increased the number of potential donors on the state’s donor registry. The hospital earned points for each activity implemented during Phase IV of the campaign, between Aug. 1, 2014 and April 30, and was awarded Gold recognition by HRSA.
Of the 1,658 hospitals and transplant centers enrolled in the campaign, 736 were awarded recognition during this phase of the campaign. These numbers represent a 29 percent increase in enrollment and a 56 percent increase in recognition over Phase III, and, according to HRSA, are “a tribute to the work that so many have dedicated to this effort. Most important, since launching in 2011, the campaign has added more than 350,000 donor enrollments to state registries around the country, far surpassing the original goal of 300,000.”
This campaign is a special effort of HRSA’s WPFL designed to mobilize the nation’s hospitals to increase the number of those registered as potential organ, eye, and tissue donors. The campaign unites donation advocates at hospitals with representatives from their organ procurement organizations, Donate Life America state teams, and state hospital associations. Working together, teams leverage communications resources and outreach efforts to proactively promote the critical need for donors.
For more information about Baystate Noble Hospital’s participation in this campaign, please contact Allison Gearing-Kalill, vice president of Community Development at agearingkalill@noblehealth.org or 568-2811, ext. 5573.
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Baystate Noble Hospital also recently accepted the 2014 Financial Improvement Performance award at the 2015 MedAssets Healthcare Business Summit.
Every year, this award is presented to a healthcare organization that achieved significant financial improvement and realized substantial cash acceleration in 2014.
MedAssets is a performance improving company that focuses on helping providers understand financial and operational gains so they can effectively serve the needs of their community.
Their main focus is the healthcare industry and their core values include compassion, character, confidence, and commitment. MedAssets values people who are committed to supporting their clients in upholding their cherished healthcare missions. They have a passion to improve healthcare and find it essential to value relationships with organizations such as Baystate Noble Hospital.
“This award helps to validate all the hard work we have put into it and that we are on the right track,” Cristina Fialho, revenue coordinator at Baystate Noble Hospital, said.