Mat-Su Regional Nationally Recognized as Top Performer for Second Consecutive Year
11/18/2014
List Published by The Joint Commission Honors Exemplary Care
PALMER – Mat-Su Regional Medical Center has been named a 2013 Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® by The Joint Commission, the nation’s leading accreditor of health care organizations. The honor recognizes hospitals that excel at meeting the Commission’s stringent measurements for exemplary patient care.
"This honor reaffirms the confidence and trust our community has in our ability to provide exceptional care to every patient,” said John Lee, Chief Executive Officer, Mat-Su Regional Medical Center. “Following evidence-based clinical protocols is not an easy goal to reach, but one that has been achieved through the dedication of our physicians, nurses and other caregivers. We are proud to have earned this distinction that places us among the nation’s top hospitals.”
Only 1,224 – or approximately one-third – of eligible United States hospitals achieved this distinction for attaining and sustaining excellence in certain clinical measures. The prestigious annual list was released today in the Commission’s 2014 annual report, “America’s Hospitals: Improving Quality and Safety.”
Top Performers are recognized each year for improving performance on evidence-based interventions that increase the chances of healthy outcomes for patients. Mat-Su Regional was recognized for attaining and sustaining excellence in accountability measure performance for pneumonia, heart attack and surgical care.
Mat-Su Regional is one of just 712 hospitals to have achieved this accomplishment for two consecutive years. The hospital was also recognized in 2012 for its excellence in accountability measure performance for pneumonia, heart attack and surgical care. “We are proud of our physicians and clinical staff for their hard work to provide safe, effective care across the hospital,” said John Naylor, M.D., Chief of Staff, Mat-Su Regional Medical Center. “The Joint Commission’s recognition of our efforts is very gratifying for our entire team.”.”
To be a 2013 Top Performer, hospitals had to meet three performance criteria based on 2013 accountability measure data, including:
- Achieving cumulative performance of 95 percent or above across all reported accountability measures;
- Achieving performance of 95 percent or above on each and every reported accountability measure where there were at least 30 denominator cases; and
- Having at least one core measure set that had a composite rate of 95 percent or above, and (within that measure set) all applicable individual accountability measures had a performance rate of 95 percent or above.
“Delivering the right treatment in the right way at the right time is a cornerstone of high-quality health care,” said Mark R. Chassin, M.D., FACP, M.P.P., M.P.H., president and CEO of The Joint Commission. “I commend the efforts of Mat-Su Regional Medical Center for their excellent performance on the use of evidence-based interventions.”
For more information about the Top Performers program, please visit www.jointcommission.org/accreditation/top_performers.aspx.
Mat-Su Regional Medical Center is a 74-bed state-of-the-art healthcare facility that provides advanced surgical service, including robotics and anterior approach hip replacement, cardiac care, intensive and general medical care, emergency services, the state’s only epilepsy monitoring program, diagnostic imaging, a sleep lab, an urgent care center, and is home to the Family Birthing Center. The hospital has also earned Mountain Pacific’s Highest Quality Care Award four consecutive years and was chosen as one of “150 Great Places to Work in Healthcare,” by Becker’s Hospital Review.
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