Ten Baylor Health Care System hospitals have been recognized as a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in the United States.
Hospitals named ‘Top Performers’ are considered national leaders by The Joint Commission when it comes to consistently practicing evidence-based health care shown to significantly improve outcomes for certain serious conditions and procedures. These include heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care and stroke, among others.
“Baylor has long been committed to providing the highest quality and safety to patients who entrust their care to us,” says Don Kennerly, MD, PhD, associate chief quality officer, Baylor Health Care System. “To achieve this, we are guided by evidence-based practices and have been tracking our performance in many of these areas for more than a decade.”
The 10 Baylor Health Care System facilities achieving ‘Top Performer’ status include:
- Baylor Orthopedic and Spine Hospital at Arlington
- Baylor Medical Center at Carrollton
- Baylor Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital
- Baylor Medical Center at Uptown
- Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas
- Baylor Surgical Hospital at Fort Worth
- Baylor Medical Center at Garland
- Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano
- THE HEART HOSPITAL Baylor Plano
- North Central Surgical Center
“These Baylor facilities and all the Top Performer hospitals have demonstrated an exceptional commitment to quality improvement, and they should be proud of their achievement,” says Mark R. Chassin, MD, FACP, MPP, MPH, president and chief executive officer, The Joint Commission.
Top Performer on Key Quality Measures recognition is based on performance on accountability measures during 2012. Each accountability measure represents an evidence-based practice – for example, giving aspirin at arrival for heart attack patients or giving antibiotics one hour before surgery.
“We are pleased that our journey of continuous improvement has helped us achieve this recognition by The Joint Commission, as well as recognition by many other organizations that also use objective, evidence-based methods to evaluate performance,” says Dr. Kennerly.
The complete list of Top Performers was published in the just-released publication, Improving America’s Hospitals: The Joint Commission’s Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2013.
* based on unaudited fiscal year 2013 financial statements
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