(Huntington Beach, NOVEMBER 13, 2014) – Huntington Beach 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. Huntington Beach 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, pneumonia, and surgical care. Huntington Beach 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.
This is the third year Huntington Beach Hospital has been recognized as
a Top Performer. The hospital was recognized in 2011, 2012, and now 2013
for its performance on accountability measure data for heart attack, pneumonia,
and surgical care. Huntington Beach Hospital is one of only of 314 hospitals
to achieve the Top Performer distinction for the past three 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 Huntington
Beach 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 Huntington Beach 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 Hassan Alkhouli, MD, CMO of Huntington Beach
Hospital, "Huntington Beach Hospital 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.