The Ohio State University was among seven recipients of an “80% by 2018 National Achievement Award” from the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable. The award recognizes individuals and organizations who dedicate time, talent and expertise to advancing initiatives to reach the national goal of regularly screening 80 percent of adults age 50 or over for colorectal cancer. Ohio State’s Provider and Community Engagement (PACE) Program for Health Equity in Colorectal Cancer Prevention promotes screening in central Ohio and beyond. The program is led by Darrell Gray II, MD, MPH, of the OSUCCC – James.
The Sickle Cell Program at the OSUCCC – James in 2018 received the nation’s first disease-specific care certification in sickle cell disease from The Joint Commission following a two-day on-site survey that yielded no findings. The Joint Commission disease-specific certification initiative involves evaluation of clinical programs across the continuum of care for compliance with standardized requirements and expectations for ensuring quality care and patient safety.
The James Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) earned a three-year gold-level Beacon Award for Excellence from the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN). Gold is the highest level Beacon Award that can be achieved. The Beacon Award, considered to be a milestone on the path to exceptional patient care and healthy work environments, honors individual units that distinguish themselves by improving every facet of patient care.
The OSUCCC – James in November 2019 earned two national awards for excellence in patient care delivery from Press Ganey, a healthcare performance-improvement organization that works with more than 41,000 healthcare facilities. This is the fourth consecutive year The James has received a Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award, which recognizes top-performing healthcare organizations that have achieved the 95th percentile or above for performance in patient experience. In addition, The James received a 2019 Press Ganey Pinnacle of Excellence Award. This honor is given to top-three performing organizations in each award category. The award recognizes providers who have maintained consistently high levels of excellence over three years in patient experience, employee engagement, physician engagement and clinical quality improvement.
The James Cancer Hospital/Vizient Nurse Residency Program was awarded a three-year Accreditation with Distinction by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (AANC) Practice Transition Program (PTAP)™. The ANCC PTAP sets the global standard for residency or fellowship programs that transition registered nurses (RNs) and advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) into new practice settings that meet evidence-based standards for quality and excellence.
Ohio State’s cancer program has received two prestigious re-accreditations following separate site surveys by components of the American College of Surgeons (ACoS). The James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute earned a full three-year re-accreditation from the ACoS Commission on Cancer (ACoS-CoC), and the Stefanie Spielman Comprehensive Breast Center earned a full three-year re-accreditation from the ACoS National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (ACoS-NAPBC).