Bridgeport Hospital Milford Campus Earns Award For Excellence

MILFORD, CT — The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses has recognized the Intensive Care Unit at Bridgeport Hospital Milford Campus with a gold-level Beacon Award for Excellence, the highest level a unit can achieve, according to a statement.

The national award recognizes unit caregivers who improve patient outcomes and align practices with the organization's six healthy work environment standards, which include skilled communication, true collaboration, effective decision-making, appropriate staffing, meaningful recognition, and authentic leadership.

“This recognition signifies exceptional care in a unit that puts patients first. It highlights our caregivers and our environment as well as the consistent approach to evidence-based care, culture, patient outcomes and our nursing workforce,” President of Bridgeport Hospital Anne Diamond said in a statement.

The award shows that the hospital has "an effective and systematic approach to policies, procedures and processes that include engagement of staff and key stakeholders; fact-based evaluation strategies for continuous process improvement; and performance measures that meet or exceed relevant benchmarks," according to the statement.

Vice President of Operations and Nursing at Bridgeport Hospital Joubin Bavarian said,“We are incredibly proud of our Milford Campus ICU for receiving the AACN Beacon Award for Excellence – one of very few ICUs in the state to achieve this prestigious designation and the first one to have met gold-level criteria. This award is a testament to our team’s dedication to providing compassionate, evidence-based care to our critically ill patients.”