In a recent press release, HSHS St. Anthony’s was recently recognized by a number of organizations for its performance excellence and patient safety.
They were recently named one of the Top 100 Rural & Community Hospitals in the United States by The Chartis Center for Rural Health, as well as were recognized for their commitment to patient safety and quality with the Illinois Health and Hospital Association (IHA) Innovation Challenge: Partners in Progress Award from IHA’s Institute for Innovations in Care and Quality.
Now, Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) and St. Anthony’s are taking another step in a demonstration of their commitment to patient safety with an investment in new hand hygiene monitoring technology. HSHS has selected SwipeSense Electronic Hand Hygiene Monitoring System as the hospital’s technology partner to reduce the potential for Hospital Acquired Infections by standardizing hand hygiene performance. HSHS and St. Anthony’s become one of the first hospitals in the state of Illinois to adopt electronic hygiene improvement tools.
President and CEO of HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital Theresa Rutherford said, “High quality health care and safety are core to our Mission at St. Anthony’s. We have always been diligent with hand hygiene compliance across our organization. This new monitoring technology is just another way to increase our transparency with hand hygiene to ensure our patients are as safe as possible while in our care.”
“Electronic hand hygiene monitoring is a new toolset that has become critical to improving patient outcomes, reducing costs and increasing patient satisfaction” said Mert Iseri, CEO of SwipeSense. “We are thrilled to have St. Anthony’s join our growing family of health systems who are focused on zero harm”.
Iseri and his co-founder, Yuri Malina, launched SwipeSense in 2011 to focus on eliminating preventable deaths caused by poor hand hygiene. SwipeSense is now installed in over 20 health systems nationwide and expects its footprint to more than double in 2019. Over 300 colleagues at St. Anthony’s will all wear a badge that automatically registers hand washing compliance. SwipeSense works in the background so staff and patient care are not disrupted.