Main Line Health Receives System Magnet® Designation
Summary
“While Magnet is a standard for nursing excellence, providing a superior experience and exceptional patient care represent the core focus for every staff member throughout MLH.With this designation, Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital becomes the fourth acute rehabilitation facility in the country, and the only on the East Coast, to receive Magnet recognition.“This designation is a direct reflection of the superior care that we provide at Main Line Health,” says Barbara Wadsworth, Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, Main Line Health.The ANCC’s new submission guidelines, released in 2014, presented the opportunity for each MLH hospital to demonstrate a larger number of patient-centered outcomes to validate the nursing excellence of each hospital and the HomeCare & Hospice division.“Magnet designation provides a benchmark for patients and their families to measure the superior quality of care they can expect at Main Line Health,” says Jack Lynch, President and Chief Executive Officer, Main Line Health.“While Magnet is a standard for nursing excellence, providing a superior experience and exceptional patient care represent the core focus for every staff member throughout MLH.Main Line Health is among the area’s leaders in medicine, providing advanced patient-centered care, education and research to help our community stay healthy.