(ANAHEIM, NOVEMBER 13, 2014) – West Anaheim Medical Center 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. West Anaheim Medical Center 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. West Anaheim Medical Center 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.
This is the third year West Anaheim Medical Center has been recognized
as a Top Performer. The hospital was recognized in 2010, 2011, and 2012
for its performance on accountability measure data for heart attack, heart
failure, pneumonia, and surgical care. West Anaheim Medical Center is
one of only of 314 hospitals to achieve the
Top Performer distinction for the past four consecutive years.
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
West Anaheim Medical Center 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 West Anaheim Medical
Center 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 Virg Narbutas, CEO of West Anaheim
Medical Center, "West Anaheim Medical Center is proud to be named
a Top Performer as it recognizes the knowledge, teamwork and dedication
of our entire hospital staff."
For more information about the Top Performer program, visit: http://www.jointcommission.org/accreditation/top_performers.aspx.