“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 Cox Medical Center Branson 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 is the quality and safety of the care they receive. At Cox Medical Center Branson, our mission to be the best for those who need us and that is why we have made it a top priority to improve positive patient outcomes through evidence-based care processes,” said William Mahoney, president of Cox Medical Center Branson. “We are proud to be named a Top Performer as it recognizes the knowledge, teamwork and dedication of our entire hospital staff and physicians.”
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.
For more information about the Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® program, visit www.jointcommission.org/accreditation/top_performers.aspx.
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