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Roxborough Memorial Hospital honored encouraging organ donation
Philadelphia, PA (12/15/2023) –Recently, the Gift of Life Donor Program – the organ procurement organization for the eastern half of Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware and the Hospital Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) Southeast Connect honored Roxborough Memorial Hospital with a 2013 Gift of Life Platinum Award.
The challenge was held during April to coincide with National Donate Life Month. Hospital activities were captured on a scorecard and assigned titanium, platinum, gold, silver, and bronze-level recognition.
“Everyone at Gift of Life Donor Program applauds the tremendous innovation and hard work of Roxborough Memorial Hospital in making the HAP Donate Life Pennsylvania Hospital Challenge such a force in promoting donation and transplantation,” said Howard M. Nathan, president and CEO, Gift of Life Donor Program. “Roxborough Memorial Hospital hosted multiple events and implemented many new programs to foster a growing culture of donation. It is this strong, shared commitment to best practices, outreach and education that enables us to save and enhance thousands of lives each year. Thanks to these partnerships, Gift of Life leads the nation in the number of organ donations and transplants.”
“We are honored to be recognized by Gift of Life for our commitment to organ donation education,” said Michael Rogozinski, CNO of Roxborough Memorial Hospital. “As health care providers, we understand our unique role and responsibility to provide exceptional care and education to our patients about the difference that their donation can make.”
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About Roxborough Memorial Hospital: Roxborough Memorial Hospital is a 131-bed community hospital. The hospital has been serving the medical and health care needs of the Roxborough, Manayunk, East Falls and northwest section of Philadelphia communities for more than a century, having first opened its doors in 1890. Roxborough Memorial Hospitals School of Nursing has been educating nurses since 1898. The hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the nation’s oldest and largest hospital accreditation agency. As part of Prime Healthcare Services, headquartered in Ontario, California, Roxborough Memorial Hospital is focused on becoming one of the leaders in technology.
About Prime Healthcare and Prime Healthcare Foundation: Prime Healthcare is an award-winning health system operating 44 hospitals and more than 300 outpatient locations in 14 states, providing over 2.6 million patient visits annually. It is one of the nation’s leading health systems with nearly 50,000 employees and physicians dedicated to providing the highest quality healthcare. Fourteen of the Prime Healthcare hospitals are members of the Prime Healthcare Foundation, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit public charity. Based in Ontario, California, Prime Healthcare is nationally recognized for award-winning quality care and has been named a Top 10 and Top 15 Health System by IBM Watson Health. Its hospitals have been named among the nation’s “100 Top Hospitals” 58 times and have received more Patient Safety Excellence Awards from Healthgrades than any other health system in the past six years. To learn more, please visit www.primehealthcare.com