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May 3, 2006 -- Maggie Short, administrator of U.Va.
Health System's Continuum Home Health Care program and
Nursing Operations & Development has won the 2006 Governor's
Award for Public Service by State Employees, along with
other distinguished colleagues around the state.
Gov. Tim Kaine will present the award on Thursday,
May 4, from 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., at the Science Museum
of Virginia on Broad Street.
Short directs the UVa Continuum home health program
and has helped to build the program from its inception
12 years ago. The Continuum program has received recognition
for its innovative care and improvements in patient outcomes.
Continuum assists patients who have recently been released
from the hospital and need medical assistance during their
recovery period and helps provide skilled care needed to
help keep patients out of the hospital. She also
serves as administrator for the U.Va. Staffing Resource
Office, the IV Team, Geriatric Services, Social Work and
Clinical
Administrative Support, among other areas.
One of her innovations was to build a wound care team for
home health. Wound care comprises a large percentage of
home care service (46%). Many of these patients have medical
and social needs that are greater and different from others
who need home health. Short worked to increase patient
and family participation and compliance in Continuum's
wound care program in order to maximize good healing outcomes.
She recently earned another reward: the Continuum program
recently earned perfect evaluations during site surveys
conducted both by the Joint Commission for the Accreditation
of Healthcare Organizations and the federal Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid, which accredit or certify hospitals
and health organizations. This achievement of perfect scores
from both these organizations is virtually unheard of in
today's demanding regulatory environment.
In addition to her leadership in home health care, Short
also is the U.Va. Medical Center representative on the
Provost's Committee to address homeless population issues
in the
Charlottesville area and is lending her expertise to the
Jefferson Area Board for Aging to plan a care program for
seniors in central Virginia.
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