HMC wins international nursing awards

Tribune News Network
Doha
Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has been named a winner of the 2016 Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) Award for Outstanding Nursing Quality by Press Ganey Associates Incorporation.
HMC has won awards for both its Mental Health Service and Rumailah Hospital.
Selected from over 1,900 hospitals affiliated with the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators, HMC was the only award recipient located outside of 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, recently.
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 of 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 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 Tamimi.
Nurses have a real and significant impact on their patients' healthcare experience and these awards are a celebration of HMC's nursing staff and the work they do on a daily basis.
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.