Beacon Award for Excellence

Beacon Award for Excellence: For patients and their families, the Beacon Award signifies exceptional care in a unit that puts patients first. For nurses, this award can mean a positive and supportive work environment with greater collaboration, higher morale and lower turnover.

In 2024, the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) on UH Seidman Cancer Center Floor 7 achieved a silver status. This signifies an effective and systematic approach to policies, procedures and processes that include engagement of staff and key stakeholders; fact-based evaluation strategies for continuous process improvement; and performance measures that meet or exceed relevant benchmarks. UH Cleveland Medical Center's MICU was given this award by meeting the following evidence-based Beacon Award for Excellence criteria:

• Leadership structures and systems
• Appropriate staffing and staff engagement
• Effective communication, knowledge management, and learning and development
• Evidence-based practice and processes
• Outcome measurement