Four Tobey Hospital employees, including two Wareham residents, have been honored as some of the top employees for Southcoast Health System.

The residents include Lisa Rizza and Susan Seremetis. The other recipents are Cynthia Benedito and Michele Wakeman of Tobey hospital.

Southcoast Health System announced these four people are recipients of the 2013 Southcoast President’s Award for Excellence. Nominated by their co-workers, the President’s Award recognizes 12 individuals and one team for outstanding performance, integrity and overall quality of services provided.

This year’s recipients were announced at the combined annual meetings of Southcoast Health System and Southcoast Hospitals Group by Keith A. Hovan, President & CEO of Southcoast Health System and Southcoast Hospitals Group. The event was held Dec. 10 at the New Bedford Whaling Museum.

“President’s Award of Excellence is presented to some of our most talented employees at Southcoast who truly demonstrate the cultural elements of Southcoast Health System,” said Hovan. “Southcoast’s achievements are based on the dedicated services and efforts of more than 7,000 employees. It gives me great pride to acknowledge these individuals.”

All Southcoast employees, including members of leadership and physicians who are employees of Southcoast, are eligible. There is no limit on the number of times an employee can be nominated. Winners are selected on how well they meet the selection criteria that is based on excellent performance and demonstration of Southcoast’s values.

2013 Southcoast President’s Award for Excellence winners:

Listed by home town and in alphabetical order.

Acushnet

Cynthia Benedito

Senior Radiology Technologist

Radiology - Tobey Hospital

Marion

Michele Wakeman

Registered Nurse, Team Leader

Tobey Hospital

Wareham

Susan Seremetis

Dietary Aide   

Food & Nutrition

Tobey Hospital

Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) Implementation Team

The CPOE Implementation Team is responsible for creating a computer system that allows physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and other health care practitioners to enter their own orders directly into the electronic medical record of each patient. The system streamlines operations, resulting in decreased medical errors, improved patient safety and increased regulatory compliance. The multi-disciplinary team has been working on the project since 2010 and has implemented the system at all three Southcoast hospital sites.

The CPOE Implementation Team is comprised of West Wareham’s Lisa Rizza.