The 35-member obstetrical team at Battlefords Union Hospital have been honoured for the second year in a row for their participation in the "Managing Obstetrical Risk Efficiently" patient safety program, or MORE.
They have been recognized for "outstanding performance in the application of knowledge, communication and teamwork in order to make patient safety the priority and everyone's responsibility."
The team achieved 100 per cent participation in all aspects of Module 2, with training in the module beginning last March. All unit staff and physicians successfully completed six specific educational, implementation and practice requirements of the program, with the BUH MORE team meeting and surpassing the necessary 80 per cent target for each component.
Patients will see the improvements in patient safety as the program has enhanced the ability of the team "to really come together, the focus being on patient safety," said Shelly Horsman, director of acute care services at BUH.
"We are very pleased with the progress of the team through the last two years and we're really excited to be going into our third year," she said.
