THIE Announces Patient Safety Grant Recipients
As part of its ongoing commitment to improving patient safety and promoting risk management, the Texas Hospital Insurance Exchange has awarded three grants of $5,000 each to subscriber hospitals for projects to improve upon or implement new patient safety policies and/or procedures targeted at reducing hospital readmissions occurring within 30 days of discharge. See the recipients below.
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Limestone Medical Center in Groesbeck
Limestone Medical Center opened |
 Pictured left to right are Tess Frazier, THIE president/chief executive officer; Michael Williams, LMC chief financial officer; Debbie Beaver, LMC business office manager; Larry Price, LMC assistant administrator; and, Liz Jennings, THIE senior director of marketing. |
| Parmer Medical Center in Friona received a $5,000 grant to implement a new patient discharge education program designed to improve disease management and reduce readmissions by educating patients about their medical conditions and how to manage them. |
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| Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital in Sweetwater received a $5,000 grant to implement medication management/reconciliation software that will help the hospital reduce readmissions by improving the process for medication reconciliation at the time of patient discharge. |
 Pictured left to right are Tess Frazier, THIE president/chief executive officer; Donna Boatright, RN, administrator of Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital; and, Liz Jennings, THIE senior director of marketing. |
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