Awards/Recognition
Norman Regional Health System celebrates Gold National Safe Sleep Hospital Certification through Cribs for Kids. The National Safe Sleep Hospital Certification Program was created by Cribs for Kids®, a national infant safe sleep organization. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, Cribs for Kids is dedicated to preventing infant sleep-related injuries and deaths due to SUID and accidental suffocation. As a Nationally Certified Safe Sleep Hospital, Norman Regional is recognized for following the safe sleep guidelines recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and providing training programs for healthcare team members, and safe sleep education to family and caregivers.
“Sleep-Related Death (SRD) results in the loss of more than 3,500 infants every year in the U.S.,” said Michael H. Goodstein, M.D., neonatologist and medical director of research at Cribs for Kids®. “We know that modeling safe infant sleep in the hospital and providing education to families has a significant effect on infant mortality. Cribs for Kids Hospital Certification Program is designed to recognize those hospitals that are taking an active role in reducing these preventable injuries and deaths.”
GOLD Requirements:
- Implement hospital or hospital system-wide Infant Safe Sleep Policy.
- Promote safe sleep education on the hospital website
- Promote hospital-wide infant safe sleep imagery
- Provide safe sleep training to staff caring for infants < 1 year
- Provide safe sleep education to family/caregivers of infant < 1 year
- Identify families needing a safe sleep space and provide resources
- Implement Quality Improvement measures based on compliance audits
- Use AND/OR gift wearable blankets OR Assign Cribs for Kids Hospital-wide Training Module to every hospital employee
- Identify at-risk family/caregivers in need of infant safe sleep spaces and distribute safe sleep spaces before discharge.
- Engage in a minimum of 2 community outreach initiatives to educate the community on infant safe sleep.
Gold Level Spotlight Hospital in Perinatal Care
The Oklahoma Perinatal Quality Improvement Collaborative (OPQIC) seeks to recognize hospitals that are creating a culture of excellence in perinatal care for Oklahoma mothers and newborns. Oklahoma birthing hospitals meeting criteria were recently recognized as bronze, silver and gold level “Spotlight Hospitals”. Criteria includes:
- Early Elective Delivery rates
- Breastfeeding practices
- Safe Sleep Certification
- Oklahoma Mothers and Newborns affected by Opioids (OMNO) participation
- TeamBirth participation
- Joint Commission Perinatal Care Certification
- Newborn Screening-Transit Times
- Newborn Screening - Unsatisfactory rates
Norman Regional is honored to be selected as one of this year’s gold-level hospitals and proud of the dedication of our entire perinatal care team that made this possible.
Women's Choice Award Best Hospital in Obstetrics
The Women’s Choice Award® identifies America’s Best Hospitals & healthcare facilities across our nation based on robust criteria that includes relevant clinical performance, patient satisfaction and appropriate accreditations to help women make smart healthcare choices. Being treated with the proper level of care impacts your health, well-being and healing, so our goal is to simplify your choice by identifying those hospitals that have demonstrated the highest level of quality care to their patients, with a special focus on the female experience.
