INTRODUCTION: Award incentives encourage higher standards of personal performance, which closely reflects the quality of patient care. We report the development, implementation, and success of our internal medicine department awards program. MATERIALS AND METHODS: An anonymous pre award survey collected responses to understand the need for an awards program in our department. Five awards were celebrated. An anonymous post award survey collected responses to evaluate the effectiveness of the program. RESULTS: A total of 69% (175/253) of pre award survey responses were collected. Among those, 100% (175/175) agreed that employee recognition was important. 68% (119/175) felt that performance should be the deciding criteria for employee recognition. There was a winner in each award category. Post award survey showed 78% (102/130) agreed that the award ceremony incentivized them to increase quality of personal performance. CONCLUSION: In summary, we feel that this transparent, objective, and peer-nominated awards program could serve as an incentivized model for healthcare providers to elevate the standards of personal performance, which in turn will benefit the advancement of patient care.
INTRODUCTION: Award incentives encourage higher standards of personal performance, which closely reflects the quality of patient care. We report the development, implementation, and success of our internal medicine department awards program. MATERIALS AND METHODS: An anonymous pre award survey collected responses to understand the need for an awards program in our department. Five awards were celebrated. An anonymous post award survey collected responses to evaluate the effectiveness of the program. RESULTS: A total of 69% (175/253) of pre award survey responses were collected. Among those, 100% (175/175) agreed that employee recognition was important. 68% (119/175) felt that performance should be the deciding criteria for employee recognition. There was a winner in each award category. Post award survey showed 78% (102/130) agreed that the award ceremony incentivized them to increase quality of personal performance. CONCLUSION: In summary, we feel that this transparent, objective, and peer-nominated awards program could serve as an incentivized model for healthcare providers to elevate the standards of personal performance, which in turn will benefit the advancement of patient care.
Authors: Naomi S Bardach; Jason J Wang; Samantha F De Leon; Sarah C Shih; W John Boscardin; L Elizabeth Goldman; R Adams Dudley Journal: JAMA Date: 2013-09-11 Impact factor: 56.272
Authors: Zia Mohiuddin; Laura Rosemary Sanchez; Jose Manuel Alcantra; Waqas Shuaib Journal: Qual Manag Health Care Date: 2014 Apr-Jun Impact factor: 0.926
Authors: Anthony Scott; Peter Sivey; Driss Ait Ouakrim; Lisa Willenberg; Lucio Naccarella; John Furler; Doris Young Journal: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Date: 2011-09-07
Authors: Karen L Cropsey; Saba W Masho; Rita Shiang; Veronica Sikka; Susan G Kornstein; Carol L Hampton Journal: J Womens Health (Larchmt) Date: 2008-09 Impact factor: 2.681