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 ALMH was recognized as part of The Joint Commission’s 2015 annual
report “America’s Hospitals: Improving Quality and Safety,” for
attaining and sustaining excellence in accountability measure
performance for pneumonia, surgical care, venous thromboemoblism,
and immunization. ALMH is one of only 1,043 hospitals out of more
than 3,300 eligible hospitals in the United States to achieve the
2014 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.
The performance measures included in the recognition were heart
attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care, children’s asthma,
inpatient psychiatric services, stroke, venous throm-boembolism,
perinatal care, immunization, tobacco treatment and substance use.
This is the second year ALMH has been recognized as a Top Performer.
ALMH was recognized in 2011 for its performance on accountability
measure data for pneumonia and surgical care.
To be a 2014 Top Performer, hospitals had to meet three
performance criteria based on 2014 accountability measure data,
including:
- Achieve cumulative performance of 95 percent or above across
all reported accountability measures;
- Achieve performance of 95 percent or above on each and every
reported accountability measure with at least 30 denominator
cases; and
- Have at least one core measure set that had a composite rate
of 95 percent or above, and within that measure set, achieve a
performance rate of 95 percent or above on all applicable
individual accountability measures.
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“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 ALMH for their
excellent performance on the use of evidence-based interventions,” said Mark R.
Chassin, MD, FACP, MPP, MPH, president and CEO, The Joint Commission.
“We understand what matters most to patients at ALMH 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 Dolan
Dalpoas, president/CEO at ALMH. “Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital is proud to
be named a Top Performer as it recognizes the knowledge, teamwork, and
dedication of our physicians, staff and volunteers.”
For more information about the Top Performer program, visit
www.jointcommission.org/ accreditation/top_performers.aspx.
[Angela Stoltzenburg, Abraham Lincoln
Memorial Hospital]
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