Danbury Hospital Earns ‘Top Performer on Key Quality Measures®’ Recognition from The Joint Commission
DANBURY, Connecticut (PRWEB) November 14, 2014 -- Danbury Hospital today announced it has been recognized as a 2013 Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in the United States. Danbury Hospital was recognized as part of The Joint Commission’s 2014 annual report “America’s Hospitals: Improving Quality and Safety,” for attaining and sustaining excellence in accountability measure performance for heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia and surgical care.
Danbury Hospital is one of 1,224 hospitals in the United States to achieve the 2013 Top Performer distinction.
The Top Performer program recognizes hospitals for improving performance on evidence-based interventions that increase the chances of healthy outcomes for patients with certain conditions, including heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care, children’s asthma, stroke, venous thromboembolism and perinatal care, as well as for inpatient psychiatric services and immunizations.
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. I commend the efforts of Danbury Hospital for their excellent performance on the use of evidence-based interventions,” said Mark R. Chassin, M.D., FACP, M.P.P., M.P.H., president and CEO, The Joint Commission.
“We understand what matters most to patients at Danbury Hospital is the quality and safety of the care they receive. That is why we have made it a top priority to improve positive patient outcomes through evidence-based care processes,” said John M. Murphy, President and Chief Executive Officer of Western Connecticut Health Network. “I am deeply proud that Danbury Hospital was named a Top Performer because it recognizes the knowledge, teamwork and dedication of our staff. They led the way for Danbury Hospital to earn this exceptional recognition,” said John M. Murphy, M.D., CEO, Western Connecticut Health Network.
For more information on quality and safety performance reports at Danbury Hospital, visit our website at http://www.danburyhospital.org/en/Quality-and-Safety/Performance-Reports.
About Western Connecticut Health Network
Western Connecticut Health Network is the region’s premier, patient-centered health care organization serving residents of Western Connecticut and adjacent New York. The organization is now anchored by three nationally recognized hospitals, Danbury Hospital, New Milford Hospital, and Norwalk Hospital, as well as their affiliated organizations. In addition to the three hospitals, the continuum of care offered includes numerous medical practices and sub-specialties across the region, home health care services, a nationally renowned biomedical research institute, the Western Connecticut Health Network Foundation, Norwalk Hospital Foundation, and other affiliates.
For more information, visit our websites: http://www.danburyhospital.org; http://www.newmilfordhospital.org; and http://www.norwalkhospital.org. Share your comments with us at Facebook.com/DanburyHospital; Facebook.com/NewMilfordHospital and/or Facebook.com/NorwalkHospital.
For more information about the Top Performer program, visit http://www.jointcommission.org/accreditation/top_performers.aspx.
# # #
Diane Burke, Western Connecticut Health Network, http://WesternConnecticutHealthNetwork.org, +1 (203) 739-7461, [email protected]
Share this article