Bill Aston Award for Quality
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In 2010, the Texas Hospital Association established the Bill Aston Award for Quality through an endowment of the Baylor Health Care System. The Bill Aston Award honors a hospital’s measurable success in improving quality and patient outcomes through the sustained implementation of a national and/or state evidence-based patient care initiative.
The award is named in honor of Bill Aston, Baylor Health Care System board member, former Texas Healthcare Trustees chairman, and long-time leader in and champion for quality and patient safety.
THA congratulates the two 2012 winners of the Bill Aston Award: Methodist Health Care System of San Antonio (Academic/Large Teaching Hospital/Health Care System) and Medical Center of Lewisville (Non-Research/Non-Teaching Hospital/Health Care System).
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The Methodist Healthcare System of San Antonio has received the Texas Hospital Association’s 2012 Bill Aston Award for Quality in the Academic/Large Teaching Hospital/Health Care System category in recognition of its implementation of an innovative cardio-hospitalist program. The ability to treat cardiac patients more quickly is one of many advantages Methodist Healthcare System of San Antonio discovered after implementing its cardio-hospitalist program. Methodist Hospital worked with a large cardiology group to create this leading-edge program featuring round-the-clock in-hospital coverage and seamless outpatient cardiac care. The advantages are many: Costs have decreased, length of stay is shorter, readmission rates are lower, and most importantly, in-hospital mortality rates have dropped. |
In recognition of dramatically improving its emergency department turnaround time, Medical Center of Lewisville has been named the 2012 recipient of the Texas Hospital Association’s Bill Aston Award for Quality in the Non-Research/Non-Teaching Hospital/Health Care System category. In January 2010, MCL set a lofty goal of improving emergency department turnaround time to 130 minutes or less. Through a hospital-wide, multi-disciplinary team approach, all the organization’s leaders were tasked with helping meet this goal. Within seven months, they met the 130-minute benchmark and have sustained it ever since. MCL has led the HCA North Texas Division in meeting or exceeding ED throughput goals for the last 29 months and is currently ranked in the top 10 within HCA nationwide for high-performing emergency departments. |
Eligibility and Nomination Process
All THA active institutional members, their medical staff members and staff are eligible. Nominated projects must demonstrate improved outcomes in patient care, and be related to a national or state standard for improved patient care. Projects must demonstrate ongoing involvement by both physicians and trustees.
