Hotel Dieu Hospital earns gold award for quality healthcare workplace

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Hotel Dieu Hospital earns gold award for quality healthcare workplace
(Kingston, ON, Nov. 9, 2015) Hotel Dieu Hospital has won a top award from the Ontario Hospital Association
and the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care for its achievements in creating an excellent work environment.
The 2015 Quality Healthcare Workplace Award—Gold Level honours Hotel Dieu for its continuous efforts to
improve the workplace in ways that contribute to a quality work life for employees and, in turn, to the quality of
care for patients and families in our region.
A wide variety of workplace practices, events and initiatives helped the hospital to score Gold this year, only
the second time Hotel Dieu has vied for the quality workplace honour. Last year it picked up a Silver award.
A panel of quality workplace experts applauded Hotel Dieu for notable successes in creating an ideal working
environment including achieving very high scores on employee workplace surveys, ensuring a close alignment
between staff and corporate values, introducing safety and Senior Leadership Team walkabouts to improve
communication and consultation, and taking a comprehensive approach to promoting health in the workplace
through interactive displays, presentations and events such as the annual Workplace Wellness Week. Among
eligible teaching hospitals, Hotel Dieu scored the highest in terms of health and safety.
“The standards for these awards are constantly being raised and so the criteria become increasingly rigorous
as an organization moves upward through four different levels,” says Scott MacInnes, Chief Human Resources
Officer at Hotel Dieu.
“We actively aim for a high-calibre workplace that makes our staff positive and proud, and it’s gratifying to be
acknowledged as a healthcare setting that ensures staff are well supported to provide the best care possible.”
Hotel Dieu picked up the award at the OHA’s HealthAchieve 2015 on Nov. 3. The hospital’s commitment to
staff well-being was also acknowledged recently with a Workplace Wellness Gold Award from KFL&A Public
Health.
Hotel Dieu Hospital is the ambulatory care teaching and research hospital for Kingston and Southeastern Ontario,
affiliated with Queen’s University. We provide expert care to more than 500,000 people in the region through specialized
programs including pediatrics, medicine, ophthalmology, cardiology, urology, surgery, mental health, oncology and urgent
care. We deliver quality, safe health care, while advancing innovative research and educating the health care
professionals of the future.
Leading the transformation of ambulatory care
L'Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu est l'établissement de soins ambulatoires universitaire pour Kingston et le Sud-Est de l'Ontario affilié
à l’Université Queen's. Il fournit des soins spécialisés à plus de 500 000 personnes de la région. Parmi ses services
spécialisés, mentionnons les services de pédiatrie, de médecine, d’ophtalmologie, de cardiologie, d’urologie, de
chirurgies, de santé mentale, d’oncologie et de soins d'urgence. L'hôpital fournit des services de soins de santé sûrs et de
qualité tout en menant des recherches novatrices et en formant les professionnels de la santé de demain.
Chef de file pour la transformation des soins ambulatoires
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