Riddle Hospital receives NICHE/ABIM Trailblazer Award, recognized for longstanding commitment to improving care for older adults
Riddle Hospital, part of Main Line Health, was awarded the 2020 Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE) and ABIM Foundation Choosing Wisely®️ Trailblazer Award. The award recognizes clinical teams for their outstanding achievement in improving the quality of care for older adults by reducing tests and treatments that have little or no benefit, prioritizing patient safety and preferences, and improving care coordination.
Riddle’s clinical team was specifically recognized in two areas: the reduction of emergency department readmissions and callbacks to patients 75 and over following discharge, and the success of its Sleep Protocol Program, which encourages reducing lights and noise in a care environment to create a healthy sleep environment and promote healing.
“The Sleep Protocol Program has been a key part of Main Line Health’s efforts to reduce the incidence of delirium among senior patients. This is a collective honor for our staff who have committed to this protocol and made it such a success,” says Brian Duke, System Director of Senior Services at Main Line Health.
While Main Line Health has been a NICHE-designated health system since 2016, Riddle Hospital was inducted as a NICHE hospital in 2010. In recognition of the hospital’s decade-long commitment to senior care, NICHE recently named Riddle among its Legacy Hospitals.
“To be named a Legacy Hospital affirms the pioneering role which Riddle’s team had in being the first hospital with NICHE designation at Main Line Health,” says Duke. “We are proud of all that we have done to be a leader in senior care and a resource for seniors and their loved ones in our community, particularly in establishing an Education of Nurses for Gerontology Certification, which has helped Riddle and the entire Main Line Health system as we improve the care of older adults.”
Main Line Health is committed to serving seniors, their families and caregivers by providing free information and friendly assistance. Learn more about senior care offerings at Main Line Health, including our Senior Care Line.
About Riddle Hospital
Founded in 1963, Riddle Hospital is recognized among the top hospitals in the region for high-quality, patient-centered care. Located in Delaware County, the hospital provides comprehensive services, including orthopaedic, maternity, cardiovascular, cancer and stroke care, as well as emergency and outpatient services such as imaging, audiology and sleep studies. Riddle is known for providing advanced treatment options and innovative approaches, including cutting-edge technology for robotic surgery, cardiac care and cancer care. Neonatologists from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia provide specialized newborn and neonatal intensive care in our level II neonatal intensive care unit.
About Main Line Health
Main Line Health® is a not-for-profit health system serving the greater Philadelphia region. The System comprises five hospitals, seven health centers, more than 160 outpatient and physician practice locations, over 14,500 employees and more than 2,200 employed and independent physicians and advanced practice providers.
Founded in 1985, Main Line Health includes four of the region’s most respected acute care hospitals — Lankenau Medical Center, Bryn Mawr Hospital, Paoli Hospital and Riddle Hospital — as well as Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, one of the nation’s premier facilities for rehabilitative medicine. The System also includes Mirmont Treatment Center, which provides treatment and support for substance use disorders; Main Line Health HomeCare & Hospice; Main Line HealthCare, its employed multispecialty physician network; Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, a leading biomedical research organization; and Main Line Health Centers offering primary and specialty care, lab, radiology and other outpatient services in Broomall, Collegeville, Concordville, Devon, Exton, King of Prussia and Newtown Square.
Main Line Health brings together physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, researchers and other healthcare professionals across a broad network of inpatient, outpatient, home-based and community-based services. Through this integrated approach, the System delivers high-quality, comprehensive care across the continuum — from primary care and preventive services to complex specialty, surgical, trauma, emergency, rehabilitative, behavioral health, home care and hospice services — with a focus on making care accessible in the communities where people live and work.
Main Line Health also collaborates with leading clinical partners to expand access to specialized care. Through its affiliation with Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, pediatric care is provided at select Main Line Health locations, including neonatal intensive care units at its acute care hospitals and Bryn Mawr Hospital’s Inpatient Pediatric Unit and Emergency Department. Jefferson Health neurosurgeons and neurointerventionalists also provide 24/7 specialized care, including neurointervention and lifesaving stroke care.
Contact
Phil Ellingsworth, Jr.Director, Communications
Office: 484.580.1182
EllingsworthPh@mlhs.org