Tampa General's Executive Vice President,
Chief Physician Executive and Chief Medical Officer is recognized
by Becker's Hospital Review for excellence in patient experience
and clinical advancement.
TAMPA,
Fla., April 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Tampa
General Hospital's (TGH) Executive Vice President, Chief Physician
Executive and Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Peggy Duggan, has been recognized on Becker's
Hospital Review's list of "180 Hospital and Health System Chief
Medical Officers to Know" for 2024, which highlights exemplary and
innovative clinical leaders, and this latest accolade marks her
third consecutive recognition by Becker's on this list.
Since joining Tampa General in 2021, Duggan has played an
integral role in the academic health system's continued growth and
strategic initiatives to advance world-class clinical care, patient
safety, and outcomes through her leadership with the organization.
With the recent integration of the Bravera Health Network, now TGH
North, her CMO role has expanded to include the entire Tampa
General enterprise, in addition to the academic medical center.
"Peggy's national recognition for her leadership is a testament
to her unwavering dedication to not only delivering exceptional
care driven by compassion and innovation to our community but
helping to set the agenda for what that should look like at an
academic health system," said John Couris, president and CEO
of Tampa General. "Her innovative mindset, collaborative approach
and unparalleled passion for patient care have been instrumental in
propelling Tampa General forward."
Notably, Duggan led Tampa General's initiative to leverage the
academic health system's CareComm Command Center technology to
predict the onset of sepsis, reduce the time to diagnosis, and
provide medical intervention. As a result of this effort, the
sepsis early death rate was nearly cut in half from 6.1 percent to
3.1 percent. This accounts for approximately 220 lives saved
annually and is a major contributor to Tampa General being a top
performer in decreasing mortality nationally.
Under her leadership, Tampa General continues to explore
additional applications for this technology to improve care
coordination and, in turn, patient outcomes systemwide.
Through this ongoing work, Duggan's team has developed new pathways
to discharge patients back to their homes more quickly without
compromising their safety or quality of care, including through the
academic health system's TGH at Home program, which allows patients
to receive hospital-level care from the comfort of their own home,
freeing up hospital beds for patients with complex care needs and
conditions.
Additionally, she currently leads Tampa General's initiative to
become a Collaborative High Reliability Organization®
and established the organization as the first academic health
system and Level I trauma center to receive two key qualifications
— Collaborative Just Culture Program® and Reliability
Management Team™.
Duggan also created a multidisciplinary utilization management
system to identify and address opportunities to reduce the waste of
resources. Through this project, the academic health system has
standardized practices and indications, monitored resource use and
waste, and improved communication and education to clinical teams
to drive more appropriate utilization. This initiative demonstrates
her commitment to streamlining processes and reducing the cost of
health care to drive improvements in care delivery and patient
experience, complementing the efforts she has led to introduce new
staffing models to improve capacity management and efficiency.
"It's an immense privilege to be acknowledged in the company of
outstanding peers from respected health care institutions across
the country," said Duggan. "I consider it an honor to work
alongside our extraordinary team members and physicians each day
and this recognition was made possible by their support of, and
enthusiasm for my work, each other and our mission."
As Tampa General continues its growth trajectory and
transformation journey, Duggan will leverage her leadership
skills, rooted in empathy and collaboration, to align Tampa General
with physician leaders who share the academic health system's
commitment to advancing cutting-edge research and training the next
generation of health care professionals.
Becker's Hospital Review is a leading source of
hospital business news and analysis for the health care industry.
The full list of this year's "180 Hospital and Health System Chief
Medical Officers to Know" honorees can be found here.
ABOUT TAMPA GENERAL
HOSPITAL
Tampa General Hospital, a 981-bed, not-for-profit,
academic health system, is one of the largest hospitals in America
and delivers world-class care as the region's only center for Level
l trauma and comprehensive burn care. Tampa General Hospital is the
highest-ranked hospital in the market in U.S. News & World
Report's 2023-24 Best Hospitals, with six specialties ranking among
the top 50 best hospital programs in the
United States. Tampa General Hospital has been designated as
a model of excellence by the 2022 Fortune/Merative 100 Top
Hospitals list. The academic health system's commitment to
growing and developing its team members is recognized by two
prestigious Forbes magazine rankings – in the top 100 nationally in
the 2023 America's Best Employers for Women and top 25 in
Florida in the 2023 America's Best
Employers by State. Tampa General is the safety net hospital for
the region, caring for everyone regardless of their ability to pay,
and in fiscal year 2021, provided a net community benefit of
approximately $240.3 million in the
form of health care for underinsured patients, community education,
and financial support to community health organizations in
Tampa Bay. It is one of the
nation's busiest adult solid organ transplant centers and is the
primary teaching hospital for the USF Health Morsani College of
Medicine. With six medical helicopters, Tampa General Hospital
transports critically injured or ill patients from 23 surrounding
counties to receive the advanced care they need. Tampa General
houses a nationally accredited comprehensive stroke center, and its
32-bed Neuroscience, Intensive Care Unit is the largest on the West
Coast of Florida. It also is home to the Muma Children's
Hospital at TGH, the Jennifer Leigh Muma 82-bed neonatal intensive
care unit, and a nationally accredited rehabilitation center. Tampa
General Hospital's footprint includes TGH North which is comprised
of three hospitals and several outpatient locations in Citrus and Hernando counties, 17 Tampa General Medical
Group Primary Care offices, TGH Family Care Center Kennedy, TGH
Outpatient Center, TGH Virtual Health, and 21 TGH Imaging
outpatient radiology centers throughout Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas and Palm
Beach counties. Tampa Bay
area residents also receive world-class care from the TGH
Urgent Care powered by Fast Track network of clinics. To see a
medical care professional live anytime, anywhere on a smartphone,
tablet or computer, visit Virtual Health | Tampa General Hospital
(tgh.org). As one of the largest hospitals in the country, Tampa
General Hospital is the first in Florida to partner with GE Healthcare and open
a clinical command center that provides real-time situational
awareness to improve and better coordinate patient care at a lower
cost. For more information, go to www.tgh.org.
Media Contact: Beth Hardy,
APR
Assistant Manager
Publications & Physician Communications
(727) 510-6363 (cell)
ehardy@tgh.org
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