Ivinson Memorial Hospital: Quality Award.

Ivinson Memorial Hospital is Awarded the 2009 Commitment to Quality Award for Improved Performance on National Quality Measures

Ivinson Memorial Hospital has been presented with the 2009 Commitment to Quality Award for demonstrating improvement in quality health care and performance on publicly reported quality of care measures. This award is given by the Mountain Pacific Quality Health organization.

The award acknowledges hospitals for improving care in AMI/heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia and surgical care. These areas have been designated as national health care priorities by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Joint Commission.

o Heart attack
          o Aspirin at arrival
          o Aspirin prescribed at discharge
          o ACE inhibitor for left ventricular systolic dysfunction
          o Beta blocker prescribed at discharge
o Heart failure
          o Left ventricular function assessment
          o ACE inhibitor for left ventricular systolic dysfunction
          o Adult smoking cessation/counseling
          o Appropriate discharge instructions
o Pneumonia
          o Initial antibiotic received within 6 hours of hospital arrival
          o Appropriate antibiotic selection
          o Blood cultures prior to antibiotics
          o Pneumococcal vaccination status
          o Influenza vaccination status
o Surgical Infection Prevention
          o Preventative antibiotic(s) one hour before incision
          o Appropriate preventative antibiotic for surgery
          o Preventative antibiotic(s) stopped within 24 hours after surgery
          o Doctor ordered treatments to prevent blood clots
          o Treatment to prevent blood clots within 24 hours before or after surgery

To win this recognition, IMH achieved a minimum of 80% on all measures, and met other criteria for this award, including mortality scores within the projected range, passing data validation, and submitting patient satisfaction data for HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Hospital Providers & Systems Survey).

The Quality Award program was launched in September 2004 to promote transparency in health care. According to the Institute of Medicine, transparency in health care means a system that is бзaccountable to the public, works openly, makes results known, and builds trust through disclosure.би By using available quality data to identify high performing providers and publicizing the results, the Mountain Pacific Quality Health Organization aims to help providers improve health care and help patients become more active and informed participants in that care.

"The staff at Ivinson Memorial Hospital is dedicated to providing the very best in patient care and our efforts have been enhanced through our quality improvement collaborations with Mountain Pacific QIO. We are proud to be a recipient of this distinguished award," said Carol Dozier, IMH CEO.

*photograph is not representative of actual award**

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