The Indiana Patient Safety Center (IPSC) has established the annual Patient Safety Awards to recognize individuals, groups and organizations who have helped bring Indiana closer to the goal of zero patient harms. These awards will honor commitment and enthusiasm for improving patient safety in hospitals and communities across the state.

The Patient Safety Service & Leadership Award recognizes an individual who has shown exemplary service and has gone above and beyond to improve patient safety within his or her hospital, health system, regional patient safety coalition or professional organization. Winners will demonstrate exceptional dedication to patient safety through strong involvement in their organization’s initiatives, the ability to rally others in their organization to participate in patient safety initiatives or other significant contributions to decreasing patient harms and readmissions.

Submit your nomination by filling out the following form and submitting a brief narrative. Supporting documents may be attached to enhance your nomination.

The nomination period is open from Feb. 25 to April 8. Nominations will be carefully considered by a committee of health care professionals and patient safety advocates, with winners announced at the Patient Safety Summit June 4.

Dr. Time Hobbs, Executive Vice President for Clinical Transformation at Community Health Network, received the 2018 Patient Safety Service & Leadership Award for over forty years of advancing quality improvement within health care. As Community Health Network's Executive Vice President for Clinical Transformation, Dr. Hobbs has led a network-wide approach to safety and quality improvement efforts from the Board of Directors to front line providers. Dr. Hobbs' efforts have created hardwired processes that have engaged caregivers in developing systems based improvements to advance patient care, reduce unnecessary costs, and save lives.