HMI Leaders Award 2015

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Alison Dougall, Dublin Dental University Hospital

Congratulations to Alison Dougall, Dublin Dental University Hospital on winning the HMI Leaders Award 2015.

Alison’s project was titled ‘Promoting improved access to dental care for people living with haemophilia in Ireland and encouraging a culture of oral health promotion within the teams that treat them’.

Photos from the HMI Leaders Award 2015 Final

Leo Kearns presenting the HMI Leaders Award to Alison Dougall

Finalists

DNE Region
Jennifer Wilson O’Raghallaigh & Mary Forry, Beaumont Hospital
“Better Health, Better Living”

Brian Cleary and Sharon Cooley, Rotunda Hospital
“”Thrombocalc” – Towards Novel Strategies in the Prevention of Thrombosis”
South Region
Paul Balfe, St. Luke’s General Hospital, Kilkenny
‘Establishment of the first 24 hour direct Acute Surgical Assessment Unit in Ireland with separation of Emergency and Elective General Surgical Practice’

Patricia O’Gorman, South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital
‘Setting up an Acupuncture Service to Treat Radiation-Induced Xerostomia (Dry Mouth) in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer’

DML Region
Alison Dougall, Dublin Dental University Hospital
‘Promoting improved access to dental care for people living with haemophilia in Ireland and encouraging a culture of oral health promotion within the teams that treat them’

Niamh Symth, Tallaght Hospital
‘Introduction of an electronic Ordering System for Enteral Tube Feeding products in a Teaching Hospital’
West Region
Maura Loftus and Elaine Prendergast Roscommon Hospital, SAOLTA University Health Care Group
“Regeneration Post Reconfiguration – A Team Approach”

Commendations

Mary Browne, Dr. Steevens Hosptial
‘Pressure Ulcers to Zero Collaborative’
Dolores Donegan, NMPD, Ardee and Siobhan Mc Elearney Assistant Director Public Health Nursing (ADPHN) Louth Primary Care
“Adapting a LEAN approach to stores supply within a primary care setting”
Ruth Buckley & Maureen Flynn, Mater Hospital
“Board on Board with Quality of Clinical Care”
Dr. Susan Hennessy, Judith McLucas and Caroline Dolan, Galway University Hospital
”MOVE – Mapping Outpatient and Validation Efficiencies”

Regional Finalists

Dublin Mid-Leinster Region

Sarah McCourt, National Maternity Hospital
”Back to Basics”
Mary Browne, Dr. Steevens Hospital
“Pressure Ulcers to Zero Collaborative”
Pauline Newnham
“Our Lady’s Hospice & Care Service Patient Priority Pledge”
Alison Dougall, Dublin Dental University Hospital
“Promoting improved access to dental care for people living with haemophilia in Ireland and encouraging a culture of oral health promotion within the teams that treat them”
Niamh Smyth, Tallaght Hospital
“Introduction of an electronic Ordering System for Enteral Tube Feeding products in a Teaching Hospital”
Jacqueline O’Toole, Naas General Hospital and Shirley Ingram, Tallaght Hospital
“Connecting Cardiology Services through Advance Nursing Practice within the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group in Ireland”
Suzanne Donnelly, Naas General Hospital
“The S.T.E.P.S. Programme(Stroke Unit, Treatment Plan, Early Discharge, Preventions of Admission, Support Service): Reducing the length of stay following stroke in Naas General Hospital: An alternative approach to Early Supported Discharge”

DML Region Judging Panel

Brian Kirwan, Children’s Hospital Group
Gordon Dunne, COO, East Hospitals Group
Ann Marie O’Grady, Chief Executive Officer, Leopardstown Park Hospital
Geraldine Mcguire, Quality Manager, National Maternity Hospital

Dublin North East Region

Natalie Sabine, Bon Secours Hospital
“Implementation of Transfusion guidelines and a Blood Sharing Agreement Improves Red Cell Utilisation in a small private hospital”
Dr. Jennifer Wilson O’Raghallaigh and Ms. Mary Forry, Beaumont Hospital
“Better Health, Better Living”
Maire White, Beaumont Hospital
“Patient-centred epilepsy care for people with intellectual disability”
Dolores Donegan, NMPD, Ardee
“Adapting a LEAN approach to stores supply within a primary care setting”
Brian Cleary, Rotunda Hospital
“”Thromboacalc” – towards Novel Strategies in the Prevention of Thrombosis”
Ruth Buckley, Maureen Flynn, Mater Hospital
“Board on Board with quality of Clinical Care”

DNE Region Judging Panel

Roisin Maguire, General Manager, Specialist Services for Older People, HSE, Dublin North East
Eileen Ruddin, General Manager, Acute Hospitals Division, HSE
Sharon Morrow, Chief Executive Officer, LauraLynn Ireland’s Children’s Hospice

South Region

Patricia O’Gorman, South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital
”Setting up an Acupuncture Service to Treat Radiation-Induced Xerostomia (Dry Mouth) in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer”
Dr. Caitriona Crowe, South Tipperary Mental Health Service
“The 5 Steps to Living Well with Dementia in South Tipperary”
Denise Blanchfield, St. Luke’s General Hospital, Kilkenny
“Advanced Nurse Practitioner led diabetes and Renal Impairment care challenging traditional boundaries of diabetes service delivery, a novel concept, but does it work?”
Mr. Paul Balfe, St. Luke’s General Hospital, Kilkenny
“Establishment of the first 24 hour direct Acute Surgical Assessment Unit in Ireland with separation of Emergency and Elective General Surgical Practice”

South Region Judging Panel

Dr. Ger O’Callaghan (Chair), COO, South/South West Hospital Group
Professor Geraldine McCarthy, Emeritus Professor University College Cork & Chair of South/South West Hospital Group
Anna Marie Lanigan, Area Manager South East Primary, Community & Continuing Care

West Region

Dr. Susan Hennessy, Galway University Hospital
“MOVE – Mapping Outpatient and Validation Efficiencies”
Alison Coleman/Nicola Purcell, Ability West
“End of Life Care Planning Training”
Sarah Watkins, UL Hospitals Group, Dooradoyle
“Nursing Assessment of Emergency Department Adult Patients Post Triage”
Maura Fitzgerald, UL Hospitals Group, Dooradoyle
“Patient Discharge/Transfer Summary Document, UL Hospitals Group, Limerick”
Maura Loftus, Roscommon Hospital, SAOLTA University Health Care Group
“Regeneration Post Reconfiguration – A Team Approach”

West Region Judging Panel

Adrian Ahern, Operations Manager, Ballinderry Nursing Home
Seamus Gallagher, HR Consultant and Life Coach
Annabel Ftizgerald, Trainer