2008 Cardinal Health Patient Safety Grant Recipients

Cardinal Health Awards $1 Million to Fund Patient Safety Initiatives

According to the Institute of Medicine, medication mistakes injure more than 1.5 million patients each year, causing nearly 100,000 deaths and costing the health care industry more than $3.5 billion. The 34 grant recipients are tackling these and other quality issues to improve patient safety.

Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center	Cambridge Health Alliance
Catholic Healthcare Partners	Children’s Hospital Central California
Wayne State University, Children’s Hospital of Michigan	Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Community Medical Centers	DCH Regional Medical Center
Fairmont General Hospital	Geisinger Clinic
Holy Cross Hospital	Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Indianapolis Health Information Exchange	Lee Memorial Health System Foundation
Mackinac Straits Hospital and Health Center	MeritCare Health System
Montefiore Medical Center	Nationwide Children's Hospital Foundation
New York Presbyterian Hospital	North Shore – Long Island Jewish Health Care
Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center	Palomar Pomerado North County Health Development
Providence Hospital	Rady Children’s Hospital – San Diego
Rush University Medical Center	Saint Barnabas Medical Center Foundation
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Foundation	Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Foundation
Sunrise Community Health	University Medical Center of Southern Nevada
University of California at San Diego	University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
Wellmont Health System	Whidbey General Hospital Foundation

In addition to the corporate commitment to patient safety, the Cardinal Health Foundation has provided more than $10 million for significant health-care initiatives since its inception in 2002. Many of these have a special focus on patient safety including:

Serving as a lead sponsor for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s 100,000 Lives and 5 Million Lives Campaigns.
Funding important patient safety initiatives in partnership with leading national and regional organizations, such as the National Quality Forum, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and the Maryland Patient Safety Center.
Development of a national poison prevention campaign focused on medication safety in partnership with SafeKids Worldwide