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Louisiana Society for Respiratory Care

• Hospital of the Year Award
• How it encourages
• Best Practices

Shantelle Graves, BS, RRT LSRC Vice President
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Most states have well known hospitals that does
it allMost respiratory therapy departments
have a couple of star therapistsBut what
happens when that therapist is not on shift or
the patient is not at that hospital
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What is the HOTY award?

• The Hospital of the Year award is an award that
  was designed to increase
• AARC membership
• RRT credential
• competency levels amongst RTs
• Specialized credentials certifications
• critical thinking by therapists
• services offered by the respiratory departments
• ABG lab proficiency management
• Working conditions for therapists
• Teamwork between other healthcare professionals

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What is the goal here?

• To encourage best practice amongst the entire
  state
• To have more patients in Louisiana get quality
  treatment using best practices at more hospitals
• To advance competency levels and increase
  knowledge base amongst all respiratory
  therapists, not just a select few

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How did we get started?

• The application was placed on the LSRC website,
  and all chapter presidents across the state
  informed their area hospitals of the opportunity.
  
• Two committees formed (submission and the panel)
• The application were submitted to the submission
  committee, and ALL identifying information was
  removed, and the application was sent to the
  panel.

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The Decision trying to be objective

• The panel looked at all nine categories, and
  ranked each applicant accordingly
• Categories were weighted based on importance
• Winner was determined by each panel member
  (decision was unanimous)
• Awards presented at the LSRC state conference
• Advertised award in newspaper AARC Times

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Weighted Scoring Tool Weighted Scoring Tool Weighted Scoring Tool Weighted Scoring Tool Weighted Scoring Tool Weighted Scoring Tool
LSRC Hospital of the Year Award 2010 LSRC Hospital of the Year Award 2010 LSRC Hospital of the Year Award 2010 LSRC Hospital of the Year Award 2010 LSRC Hospital of the Year Award 2010 LSRC Hospital of the Year Award 2010

Less than 200 beds Less than 200 beds Less than 200 beds Less than 200 beds Less than 200 beds Less than 200 beds
  weighted Hosp A Hosp B Hosp C Hosp D
of staff with RRT credential 15 4 1 2 3
of saff that are AARC members 15 4 2 2 3
of staff with specialized credentials 15 1 2 3 4
presence and use of TDP 15 4 0 4 0
blood gas lab efficiency safety 5 3 4 4 3
services offered at facility 5 4 4 2 3
of staff maintaining advanced competency 15 4 1 2 3
Retenion rate of RT department 5 3 4 4 4
Interdisciplinary relationship (physician/nursing) 10 4 2 2 3
Total 100 3.45 1.7 2.65 2.75



Greater than 200 beds Greater than 200 beds Greater than 200 beds Greater than 200 beds Greater than 200 beds Greater than 200 beds
  weighted Hosp A Hosp B Hosp C  
of staff with RRT credential 15 3 1 2  
of saff that are AARC members 15 1 2 3  
of staff with specialized credentials 15 3 1 3  
presence and use of TDP 15 3 1 2  
blood gas lab efficiency safety 5 3 2 3  
services offered at facility 5 3 2 1  
of staff maintaining advanced competency 15 2 1 3  
Retenion rate of RT department 5 3 1 2  
Interdisciplinary relationship (physician/nursing) 10 2 1 3  
Total 100 2.45 1.25 2.55 0
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Award Winners of 2009

• gt200 bed facility
• 100 AARC membership
• Many TDP with decision making ability
• 2 CAP inspectors on staff
• 93 retention rate
• 94 ACLS and 45 PALS certified
• 100 competent in advanced procedures
• lt200 bed facility
• 87 RRT credential
• 83 AARC membership
• Process for paid continuing education
• 100 ACLS certified
• 100 competent in advanced procedures

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How has this Award affected the Respiratory
Therapy practice in Louisiana?

• It has provided a competitive nature between RT
  departments
• It has involved the Medical Director, CEO, and
  nursing administration
• It has increased the pressure on RT managers
• Given Louisiana RT departments well deserved
  recognition

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How does this award encourage best practices?

• RT managers/directors like to have departmental
  recognition because
• The value of the department is increased
• Increases job security
• Better hospital/department reputation
• Minimizes staffing shortages
• RT managers must demonstrate best practices
  within the department to compete

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What were the outcomes?

• Respiratory Therapy recognition
• Managers Respiratory Therapists being held
  accountable
• Manager Breakout Session at LSRC meeting
• 28 Managers/Directors attended
• Pharmacists position on TDP
• Evaluating misallocated therapy
• Evaluation of staffing level for minimal needs
  (therapist bed ratio)

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Future Plans

• In this world of threatened healthcare, we want
  to demonstrate the value of a respiratory
  therapist, and how therapists can benefit
  patients and hospitals.
• We want physicians, patients, nurses, etc to ask
  for the respiratory therapists opinion.
• Magnet status has been thought of???

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We want them to believe that
We are Respiratory Therapists
And they would be blue without us