Aurora Health Care Food Service Executive Named 2007 Premier Illuminating Excellence Award Winner.John Riegler Cited for Exceptional Leadership in Healthcare Foodservice CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- John Riegler, Regional Director of Foodservice Management, St. Luke's St. Luke's or St Luke's can refer to:
Some or all of this information may be speculative, and the content may change as building construction begins. and manages operations for five, is the winner of the 2007 Premier Illuminating Excellence Award for his exceptional leadership in the healthcare foodservice field. The award was presented at the Premier alliance's annual Foodservice Forum, held in conjunction with its annual Breakthroughs Conference and Exhibition, which drew more than 3,000 healthcare system and supplier attendees to Orlando from June 19-22. Riegler was cited "for his successes in eliminating agency hours, dramatically decreasing foodservice employee turnover, and reducing overtime significantly as well as special contributions promoting Aurora's Planetree hospital model of patient-centered healing environments Healing environment, for healthcare buildings describes a physical setting and organizational culture that supports patients and families through the stresses imposed by illness, hospitalization, medical visits, the process of healing, and sometimes, bereavement. ," said Debby Kasper, manager of clinical nutrition Clinical nutrition The use of diet and nutritional supplements as a way to enhance health prevent disease. Mentioned in: Naturopathic Medicine at Premier. The nine finalists were Jewel Buchanan, East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika, Ala.; Tonya Burnett, St. Rita's Medical Center St. Rita's Medical Center is a large hospital serving a 70-mile radius of Lima, Ohio, United States. It was started in 1918 by Sisters of Mercy, an order of Catholic women founded by Catherine McAuley in Dublin, Ireland in 1831. , Lima, Ohio Lima (IPA pronunciation: [laɪmə]) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Allen CountyGR6. ; Julie Carrigan, Garden City Hospital, Garden City, Mich.; Stephen Clark, St. Ann's Community, Rochester, N.Y.; Lisette Coston, St. Francis Health System, Tulsa, Okla.; Stan Hodes, Baptist Hospital of Miami, Miami; Karen Klinkner, Avera Queen of Peace, Mitchell, S.D.; Steve Kramer, Laurel Health System, Wellsboro, Pa.; and Ron Rech, Resurrection Medical Center, Chicago, Ill. The Premier Illuminating Excellence Award recognizes accomplishments and improvements in operations including patient satisfaction scores and documented cost savings, activities that support the values and mission of the organization, participation in the Premier alliance, professional and community activities and personal achievements in the last year. From 2000 to 2005, Riegler decreased agency hours from more than 30,000 annually to none. In the past five years, he cut foodservice employee turnover in half from 43 percent to 21 percent and overtime was decreased from more than 23,000 hours to just 3,600. Employees identified $295,000 in patient saving ideas. The department serves 3.87 million meals - including 1,700 mobile meals a day. As part of their effort on behalf of Planetree, Riegler and his staff at West Allis West Allis, city (1990 pop. 63,221), Milwaukee co., SE Wis., a residential and industrial suburb of Milwaukee; inc. 1902. Mobile equipment, electronic products, generators, and heavy machinery are among its manufactures. Memorial Hospital partnered with local community members to create an aromatic organic culinary herb garden in a visible location on the hospital grounds. Under his direction, the department also developed the "Adopt-A-Floor" program. Through this program, the hospital's chefs, dieticians, nurse managers and other food operations staff (about 140 participants in all) are assigned to one of the hospital's 14 floors. Every day, for 15 minutes to an hour, they walk their floors and visit patients, asking them about their overall satisfaction with meals and other issues. The largest healthcare alliance in the U.S. dedicated to improving patient outcomes while safely reducing the cost of care, Premier is committed to a comprehensive approach to delivering member value through its Foodservice Program. With more than $1.9 billion in foodservice product and supply purchasing, the Premier Foodservice Program offers breakthrough savings and rebates to more than 1,500 hospitals and 46,500 other healthcare sites in all 50 states. About Premier, 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is given by the United States National Institute of Standards and Technology. Through the actions of the National Productivity Advisory Committee chaired by Jack Grayson, it was established by the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality recipient Serving 1,700 hospitals and more than 46,500 other healthcare sites, Premier is the largest healthcare alliance in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. dedicated to improving patient outcomes while safely reducing the cost of care. Owned by not-for-profit hospitals, Premier operates the nation's largest healthcare purchasing network, the most comprehensive repository of hospital clinical and financial information and one of the largest policy-holder owned, hospital professional liability risk-retention groups in healthcare. Headquartered in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , Premier has offices in Charlotte, N.C. and Washington. For more information, visit www.premierinc.com. |
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