IRVING, Texas, May 3 /PRNewswire/ -- VHA Inc. has recognized 21 VHA health care organizations for surpassing national standards for clinical excellence in the treatment of two common cardiac conditions. VHA recognized the organizations for their performance at its annual Leadership Conference, held this year on April 25-28 in San Diego.
Each of the following health care organizations performed all key processes of care for greater than 80 percent of patients being treated for congestive heart failure or heart attacks (organizations performing at this level represent clinical excellence, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations):
-- Ball Memorial Hospital, Muncie, Ind. -- Baylor Jack & Jayne Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital, Dallas -- Baylor Medical Center at Waxahachie (Texas) -- Baylor Regional Medical Center at Grapevine (Texas) -- Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas -- BroMenn Regional Medical Center, Normal, Ill. -- Calvert Memorial Hospital, Prince Frederick, Md. -- Centra Health Inc., Lynchburg, Va. -- Cheboygan Memorial Hospital, Cheboygan, Mich. -- Columbus Regional Hospital, Columbus, Ind. -- Community Hospital South, Indianapolis -- Crouse Hospital, Syracuse, N.Y. -- Deaconess Billings Clinic, Billings, Mont. -- Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, Knoxville, Tenn. -- Galion Community Hospital, Galion, Ohio -- Lake Charles Memorial Hospital, Lake Charles, La. -- Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge (Tenn.) -- Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton, Ohio -- Northeast Medical Center, Concord, N.C. -- Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans -- Saint Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, Mo.
“We celebrate their exemplary performance, and we are particularly pleased that these organizations have worked with the VHA clinical team to disseminate information on best practices so that other organizations can improve the quality of care they offer in their communities,” said Stuart Baker, M.D., executive vice president at VHA.
About VHA
VHA is a national health care alliance that serves more than 2,200 leading community-owned health care organizations and their affiliated physicians. Based in Irving, Texas, with 18 local offices across the U.S., VHA comprises nearly 26 percent of the nation’s community hospitals, including many of the nation’s largest and most respected institutions. VHA helps members identify, integrate and implement best practices that will improve clinical and operational performance. As a cooperative, VHA distributes income annually to members based on their participation. In January 2004, for the fifth year in a row, VHA was named one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” by Fortune.
Contact: Lynn Gentry 972/830-0798 lgentry@vha.com
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CONTACT: Lynn Gentry of VHA Inc., +1-972-830-0798, or lgentry@vha.com
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