Hospital:North Memorial
Hospital:North Memorial
Hospital Contact
Name: Lori Wildman
Email:
LifeSource Contact
Name:Ann Lovdahl
Email:
Points Earned: 775
HOSPITAL COMMUNICATIONS AND EVENTS / POINTS / EARNEDHost a donor registry enrollment event in a high-traffic hospital area. / 65 / 65
Hold a flag-raising ceremony for employees. Invite community members. / 50 / 65
Hold a donor memorial service, candle lighting ceremony, Tree of Life planting or other recognition event. / 50 / 50
Share information and inspiration about donation on your internal cable channel. LifeSource has videos available here. / 30
Implement the Give 5 – Save Lives tactic. Learn more here. / 30
Hold an education event (e.g., Grand Rounds) and invite a guest to speak. LifeSource can help you identify a donor family member, transplant recipient or donation professional. / 30 each / 30
Deliver presentations about organ and tissue donation at department and physician meetings. Invite a LifeSource representative to attend and speak. / 30 each / 90
Display donation posters in public and employee areas. Download campaign materials here. / 15 / 15
Include donation education materials and registry opportunities in every employee orientation packet. / 15 / 15
Participate in Donate Life National Blue and Green Day on April 11, 2014. Find inspiration here. / 15 / 15
Place an online advertisement or banner on your intranet with a link to your state’s donor registry. / 15
Send email from hospital CEO, department head(s) or other leader(s) to staff, encouraging donor registration. / 15 each / 15
Include a positive donation message on all internal email signatures for the month of April. Find samples here forMN, NDand SD. / 15 each
Publish donation and transplantation articles in your hospital newsletter(s). Find samples and points to include here for MN, NDandSD. / 15 each
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND EVENTS / POINTS / EARNED
Partner with local EMS and other first responders in your community to promote donation and provide opportunities to register at local community health events. / 65 each
Implement and lead a registry challenge competition among area medical schools or local universities and colleges. / 65 each
Run public service announcements with local media. LifeSource has :15 and :30 ads available here. / 50
Partner with your hospital’s auxiliary to create wraps for the Wrapped in Hugs program.
Find more information here. / 50
Use the Let Life Bloom theme to promote donation in community parades, events, and health fairs. / 30 / 30
Send a letter or email from your hospital CEO to other hospital CEOs, vendors, or community organizations sharing their support of donation and challenging others to show their support as well. / 30
Pitch donation or transplantation stories from your hospital to local media. Find key messages and statistics here for MN, NDand SD. / 30 / 30
Use social media sites (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram) to highlight community donation events and encourage donor registration. / 30 / 30
Submit a letter to the editor of your local newspaper(s) urging donation registration. Include a link to your state’s registry. Find links here. / 30
Publish donation and transplantation articles in a newsletter that goes out to your community. / 30 each
PROCESS AND PRACTICE IMPROVEMENTS / POINTS / EARNED
Pledge to review and update your hospital’s organ donor management order sets every year in April. / 50 / 50
Create a donation resource team. / 50
Add a physician champion to your donation committee. / 50
Add donation information to your hospital’s online materials for end-of-life planning. / 50
Develop and implement one improvement idea from the 2013 Donate Life Symposium. Find presentations here. / 50
Use daily huddles or other hospital communications to promote donation. / 30
Dedicate nursing education sessions in April to donation related topics. / 30
Publicly announce your plans to develop a donor memorial in your facility. / 30 / 30
Publicly share your plans to develop a flag raising policy or bedside ritual that honors donors. / 30 / 30
Celebrate Doctor’s Day on March 30, 2014 with a message of gratitude to physicians for supporting organ and tissue donation. / 15
Create a mobile donation education experience in your facility (e.g., visit nursing units and other departments with a coffee cart that shares donation inspiration and resources) / 15 each unit/ dept visited / 26 unit visits/200
Create displays or education events to share information about tissue donation opportunities and the benefits of tissue. / 15 each / 15