Hospital Recognized for Organ Donor Enrollment Accomplishments

Frankfort Regional Medical Center was among a select group of hospitals nationwide recognized by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for reaching gold, silver, and bronze levels of achievement for conducting activities that promoted enrollment in state organ donor registries. The hospitals are part of a national hospital campaign, sponsored by HHS’s Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), which has added 327,659 donor enrollments to state registries nationwide since 2011, exceeding the goal of 300,000.

Frankfort Regional Medical Center conducted awareness and registry campaigns to educate staff, patients, visitors, and community members about the critical need for organ, eye, and tissue donors and, by doing so, increased the number of potential donors on the state’s donor registry. The hospital earned points for each activity implemented between June 2013 and May 2014 and was awarded gold recognition through the Workplace Partnership for Life Hospital Campaign.

Of the 1,228 hospitals and transplant centers participating in the campaign, 400 were awarded recognition during this phase of the campaign. Kentucky was represented with 34 hospitals (15 gold, 12 silver and seven bronze recipients).

See the full list of hospitals recognized here.

“Organ and tissue donation is a very important and personal decision that can greatly affect and improve the lives of others,” said Chip Peal, Chief Executive Officer of Frankfort Regional Medical Center. “We’re proud to receive recognition from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and are committed to making sure our patients and their families have the necessary information about organ and tissue donation.”

This campaign is a special effort of HRSA’s Workplace Partnership for Life to mobilize the nation’s hospitals to increase the number of people in the country who are registered organ, eye, and tissue donors. The campaign unites donation advocates at hospitals with representatives from their organ procurement organizations, Donate Life America affiliates, and state and regional hospital associations. Working together, the teams leverage their communications resources and outreach efforts to most effectively spread word of the critical need for donors.