Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital Employees Receive Hospital’s 2015 Healthcare Excellence Awards - Atascocita
Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital Employees Receive Hospital’s 2015 Healthcare Excellence Awards - Atascocita
Published: Jul 02, 2015, 11:00am
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Four Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital
employees received the hospital’s 2015 Healthcare Excellence Awards for
their clinical expertise, leadership, attention to quality and superior
patient care. The Memorial Hermann Northeast Pharmacy Team was
recognized with the Team Award for delivering quality, compassionate and
personalized care and education to patients and staff.
Jason Warshaw received the Ancillary Clinical Staff Award; Brenda
Walker, PCA, won the Unlicensed Clinical Caregiver Award; Barbara Evans,
RN, was honored with the Support Services Award; and Aaron Garza, RN,
won the Nursing Award.
Warshaw, the lead special procedure technician in the new
Catheterization Lab/Hybrid Operating Room Suite, received the Ancillary
Clinical Staff Award for his organizational capability, cooperative
attitude and readiness to provide quality care, and for demonstrating
healthcare excellence. Warshaw played a key role in the successful
opening of the innovative endovascular hybrid suite, designed
specifically for vascular and cardiovascular patients.
Walker received the Unlicensed Clinical Caregiver Healthcare Award for
patient care. Walker, who holds certifications as a rehabilitation
restorative aide and medical assistant, also volunteers as a youth
chaperone and is a member of the bereavement committee at her church.
Evans, a clinical informaticist with the Information Systems Department,
received the Support Services Award for her focus on safe patient care,
ability to integrate technology for hospital and medical staff, and for
maintaining patient safety while implementing programs that advance the
quality of care.
Garza, a nurse in the Cardiac Catheterization Lab, received the Nursing
Award for his exceptional nursing and leadership skills. As a member of
the Chest Pain Committee, Peer Review Committee, Resuscitation Committee
and Catheterization Lab Council, Garza conducts patient assessments and
reviews patient information to ensure patient safety.
The Pharmacy Team received the Team Award for its patient safety
efforts. The team was cited for its meticulous commitment to ensuring
the integrity of Memorial Hermann Northeast’s medication process by
collaborating with clinical teams throughout the campus, providing
education at unit staff meetings, and identifying trends that impact the
medications given to patients.
Healthcare Excellence Award recipients are nominated by their fellow
employees and chosen by a special employee selection committee that
recognizes them at a reception during Hospital Week, May 10-16.
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