HCA Healthcare Awards of Distinction 2023 - Innovators Award Recipient

Описание: HCA Healthcare was founded with the goal of unlocking numerous possibilities for patients, colleagues and communities. Created in 2010, the HCA Healthcare Innovators Award recognizes innovative thinkers, like the organization’s founders Dr. Thomas F. Frist, Sr., Mr. Jack Massey and Dr. Thomas “Tommy” Frist, Jr., who help to improve nursing operations, engage physicians and generate growth. The Innovators Award recipient receives a $10,000 cash gift and a $10,000 donation to the charity of the recipient’s choice.

The 2023 Innovators Award recipient is Judy Kitchens, a perinatal quality manager at St. David’s North Austin Medical Center in Austin, Texas. Her unique use of technology has been critical to the success of St. David’s Women’s Center of Texas, a part of St. David’s North Austin Medical Center. Using her diverse background in analytics and healthcare administration, Kitchens created the Women’s Center Daily Dashboard, a customizable daily report that compiles important unit data and trends. The tool allows both clinical and non-clinical leaders to quickly assess throughput of the busy women’s center, allowing for higher predictability of delivery volumes and a more informed use of clinical resources.

“Like many great companies, HCA Healthcare is consistently looking for ways to evolve and improve the experiences of our patients and colleagues,” said Bill Rutherford, executive vice president and chief financial officer of HCA Healthcare. “Through Judy’s work, her hospital has benefited from quicker, data-driven decision-making that helps improve patient care.”