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Hospital honoured for second year

Penticton Regional Hospital is the first facility in B.C. to win consecutive BC Patient Safety and Quality Council Awards of Excellence, Hon. Colin Hansen, Minister of Health Services said.

“Time and again we hear stories about the exceptional staff and physicians at Penticton Regional Hospital,” said Bill Barisoff, MLA Penticton. “It truly is their leadership that makes PRH such an outstanding health care facility and we are thankful to have them.”

The hospital’s renal team won the 2010 Excellence in Quality and Patient Safety, Living with Illness Award in recognition of their Involved Care Project.

This program allows hemodialysis patients to set their own individual goals for self care and promotes independent dialysis, both in hospital and at home. The Involved Care Project offers the tools and support for patients to manage their own health care to the greatest degree possible.

In 2009, PRH’s Falls Prevention Team also won an Excellence in Quality and Patient Safety award for developing a falls prevention program that other facilities in Interior Health are now following.



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