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Bay Pines receives VA top honor
| Article published on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 |
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The Department of Veterans Affairs has selected the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System in St. Petersburg as this year’s recipient of the Robert W. Carey Trophy Award – the department’s top honor for quality achievement.
The award recognizes the healthcare system’s commitment to the veterans it serves, and its focus on improvements in healthcare. On Oct. 30, 2009, members of the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System Team accepted the prestigious award at a ceremony in Washington, D.C.
Bay Pines is a unique healthcare system with a 76-year history of serving veterans. The facility provides a full continuum of veteran centered care and has sustained the highest performance levels among complex VA medical centers while caring for more than 95,000 patients with more than 1.2 million outpatient visits annually.
Bay Pines holds accreditations and certifications from numerous organizations such as: The Joint Commission; Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities; Commission on Cancer; Society of Chest Pain Centers; American Diabetes Association; College of American Pathologists; National Committee for Quality Assurance; Association for Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs; and Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
In 2008, Bay Pines received the Secretary’s Robert W. Carey Performance Excellence Award.
Bay Pines’ workforce of more than 3,500 employees have taken part in a variety of projects, such as systems redesign, use of technology and “Go Green” chemicals and adoption of the American Heart/Stroke Association Get With the Guidelines program.
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Article published on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009
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