Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has been named a winner of the 2016 National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) Award for Outstanding Nursing Quality by Press Ganey Associates, Inc. HMC has won awards for both its Mental Health Service and
Rumailah Hospital.
Selected from over 1,900 hospitals affiliated with the NDNQI, HMC was the only award recipient located outside the United States and is among an elite group of six hospitals that received the national award for 2016 during a ceremony held in Orlando, Florida.
The NDNQI Award for Outstanding Nursing Quality is bestowed annually to the best performing hospital in each of six categories: academic medical centre, teaching hospital, community hospital, paediatric hospital, rehabilitation hospital and psychiatric hospital. In order to be eligible for the award, hospitals must have submitted data on a minimum number of measures in 2015.
Ghaya al-Tamimi, director, nursing at Rumailah Hospital, said she is very proud of the award and is honoured to be part of such an outstanding group of nurses.
“I am extremely glad and proud that we have received this award. This award represents the high quality care that patients at Rumailah Hospital receive from a group of dedicated nurses,” said al-Tamimi.
Hoda Salam Nakhla, acting director of nursing with HMC’s Mental Health Service, said the award is an important achievement for HMC and its patients.
“It is an honour to receive this prestigious award and the momentum within the mental health nursing team is very high because of this international
recognition,” said Nakhla.
The NDNQI Award for Outstanding Nursing Quality recognises hospitals that have achieved excellence in overall performance in nursing quality indicators. HMC’s The Cuban Hospital won the same award last year.
Ghaya al-Tamimi and Dr Steven Beaumont, Rumailah Hospital, with NDNQI award. Right: Hoda Salam Nakhla and Deborah Nelson, Mental Health Service, HMC, with NDNQI award.
