Florida State Hospital Awards
CARF Accreditation (September 2015)
Florida State Hospital is the first state mental health treatment facility in Florida to receive accreditation, as well as the first to receive the Governor's Sterling Award.
CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities) is a three-year accreditation.
Florida State Hospital Receives Historic Preservation Award
Florida State Hospital was awarded a 2014 Florida Preservation Award for Meritorious work in the preservation of Florida’s Heritage. This award recognized the adaptive use and transformation of the old Powder Magazine that was part of the Mount Vernon Arsenal (in later years the Apalachicola Arsenal) to a functioning conference center and future museum on the hospital campus. The award was presented by the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation at their 35th Annual Preservation Awards Ceremony held at the landmark Tampa Theater on May 16, 2014. Accepting the award for the hospital and the Department of Children and Families (DCF) were Jim McKnight, Assistant Hospital Administrator, and Avi Wygodski, AIA, Assistant Staff Director for DCF’s Office of Design and Construction. Assistant Administrator McKnight said, "It was truly my honor to accept this award on behalf of the hospital and the countless number of community members, current and former administrators and the staff who have worked on this project over the last 18 years. This was team work at its best, with members contributing by: obtaining the grant funding, performing skilled work (hospital maintenance and Aramark in later years) and the manual labor provided by the Department of Corrections."
The conference center opened in January of this year and plans are underway to develop the museum.
State-Wide Special Recognition
- Florida Governor's Sterling Challenge (1998)
- Florida Governor's Sterling Award Recipient (1999)
- State of Florida Interagency Advisory Council on Loss Prevention Loss Control Management (1993-1999)
- Florida Department of Labor and Employment Security, Division of
- Safety Award (1993-1999)
National Recognition
- Excellence in Healthcare Risk Management Modern Healthcare Magazine and MMI
Companies, Inc. (1993 and 1998) - U.S. Department of Energy- Best in Category- Energy Conservation (1995)
- Best Workers' Compensation and Disability Management Program in the Public Category,
Risk & Insurance Magazine, Horsham, PA (2004)
Davis Productivity / Florida Tax Watch
- Streamlining MPR's Process
- Reduction of Postage
- Safety Culture Change
- Atypical Drugs
- Mail Courier Savings
- Surplus is a Big Plus
- Medication Education
- Reduction of Workers' Compensation Claims
- Energy Conservation Program
- Chlorine Contact Chamber
- Canteen Draw System
- Custodial Mobile Crew
- Vocational Horticulture Program
- Cost Savings Agencies Partnership
- Mental Health Cost Reduction through Partnership
- Improvement of ID System
- Improved Employee Morale, Customer Satisfaction and Hospital Performance
- Implemented Cost Management Savings for Maintenance Coverage
- Food Service Streamline-Reorganization Workgroup
- Reduced Radiology Maintenance and Repair Services
- Relocated Active Medical Records from Decommissioned Hospital Facility
- Modified Dental Casting Machine for New-Style Crucibles
- Implemented Web Based Service Planning Information Program
- Produce Sewing/Upholstery Items for Special Individuals in Need
- Adapted Resident Tracking System into Treatment Monitoring Tool
- Researched/Assembled Video Editing Equipment for Video Services
- Increased Quality Patient Medical Care and Reduced Cost
- Sustained Exemplary Performance by an Individual Employee
- Reduced Number of Workers' Compensation Claims
- Developed a Canteen Point of Sale/Inventory Management System
- Florida State Hospital Energy Conservation Team
- Simplified Graphing of Mental Health Outcome Data
- Leap Process Management (Developed and Implemented Comprehensive Web Based Discharge Planning)
- Saved Money and Resources by Designing New Program
- Streamlined a Computer Process to Replace Manual Workload
- Secured Salaries to Teach Residents Educational Skills
- Reduced Total Food Cost for Florida State Hospital
- The Preventive Measure Team
- Computer Utilization Team
- Improved Quality of Care and Life for Patients
- Used Expertise to Prevent High Dollar Revenue Loss
- Saved Salary Dollars by Strategic Use of Interns
- Expedited Discharges to Facilitate Unit Closure
- Dennis, Katrina, and Wilma Disaster Teams
- Increased Efficiency of Payments to Vendors
- Reduced the Use of Psychiatric Seclusion and Restraint
- Increased Number of Civil 916 Discharges
- Reduced Use of Seclusion/Restraints in Civil Services
- Recognition of Long Time Nominator
- Improve Residents' Attendance in Recovery Classes
- Implemented Countermeasures to Lower Resident Physical Aggression Events
- Implemented Scheduling Techniques to Reduce Overtime
- Computer Utilization Team
- Increase Number of Persons Served
- Improved Quality and Quantity of Treatment Services
- Fostered One Woman Psychology Department
- Improved Medical Practices and Saved Taxpayer Dollars
- Negotiated Reduced Rates with Outside Medical Vendors
- Increased Accuracy and Timeliness of Recovery Services
- Expedited Hospital Wide Screening to Identify Substance Abuse Needs
- Reduction of Workers Compensated Incident
- Initiated and Promoted Practice of Hospital Employee Recognition
- Overpayment Collection Team / Developed Refund for Overpayment Process
- Going Green Team / Reduced Hazardous Waste on Hospital Grounds
- Electronic Therapeutic Services Referral Team
- Pharmacy Therapeutic Treatment Interchange Team
- Promoted Vaccine Savings Through Syringe Change
- Reduced Labor / Cost of Sputum Collection
- Contract for Biomedical Engineering Company
- Legal Research/Law Library Cost Savings
- Energy Conservation Program
- Installation of Vent Condenser in Deaerator Exhaust Stack
- Reduction of Postage
- Reduction of Printing Cost (NCR Paper)
- Canteen Draw System
- Atypical Drugs Cost Saving Team
- The FSH Strategic Planning Process
- Streamlining Monthly Performance Reviews by Reducing Copying Costs
- Medication Education & Certificates of Achievement
- Placement of Operating Procedures on Computer Network
- Diagnostic Testing Feeds Reduced by 29%
- Implementation of Digital ID System
- Custodial Mobile Work Crew
- Inpatient Suicide Prevention
