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ST. LOUIS - A record number of employees and physicians -- more than 400 of them - from across SSM Health Care gathered Oct. 29 to share best practices for improving patient care at SSM's 2009 Showcase for Sharing.

"It takes a village to put on a Showcase," said Eunice Halverson, corporate vice president - SSM's Quality Resource Center.

With the theme “SSM's Got Talent," the daylong event featured about 20 break-out sessions by talented caregivers and the practices they intiaited to provide exceptional care to patients. Among the session topics were  reducing patient falls and managing patient wait times in the emergency department; diabetes education for young people and their families; a docudrama on end-of life issues for families and caregivers; and relationship-based care.

Some sessions also focused on being good stewards of SSM financial resources.

"We do this for our patients," Halverson added. "All the presentations we're doing can be related back to patient care."

During the Showcase, SSMHC also announced the winners of its handwashing video contest and recognized graduates of its CQIplus project team leader training. View a list of graduates.

Winners of the "Lights, Camera, Scrub!" handwashing video contest were:

Grand prize: SSM St. Joseph's Hospital West - Lake Saint Louis, Mo. Their winning video was called "Get Smart, Get Clean!"

Second place: "Foam in, Foam out" by St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City.

Other contest honorees were Gordon Yenzer, St. Anthony Hospital, Oklahoma City, named best actor for "Foam in, Foam out"; Teri St. Clair, SSM Physician Organization, best actress for "Wash Your Hands"; SSM of Wisconsin and Steve Van Dinter for "Going with the Flow" for best short video; and SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center, St. Louis, and Bob Davidson for "We'd Rather You Lather" for best use of hands.

 Watch a few submissions from our employee handwashing video contest and a montage of all the entries, which spotlighted the role of handwashing in preventing the spread of disease.

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