JCHC Recognized as
Top Performer
 Jefferson Community Health Center has been recognized as a top quality performer among Critical Access Hospitals participating in pneumonia measures in Hospital Compare.
JCHC is one of 18 Critical Access Hospitals in the nation and among three in Nebraska to score 100 percent on all six pneumonia measures and reported on more than 10 patients per quarter in Hospital Compare throughout 2010. There are 1,317 Critical Access Hospitals in the nation, and 967 of them report pneumonia data.
Erin Starr RN, chief quality officer, said that she is very pleased for JCHC to receive national recognition for quality. And JCHC not only met the criteria for pneumonia at 100 percent for 2010, the criteria were also met at 100 percent for 2011, she said.
“It takes a true commitment to quality from physicians and staff to make this level of quality attainable,” Starr said.
JCHC participates in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Compare reporting system to have benchmarks to measure quality of care. Compliance ith measures of care provided for pneumonia, heart failure, heart attack and surgical patients are monitored and reported to CMS.
For the 12-month period ending Dec. 31, 2010 (the most recent data available) JCHC met pneumonia and heart failure criteria at 100 percent. For the Surgical Care Improvement Project JCHC met the criteria in 2010 at 98.6 percent.
Tracking the measures for each of these goals are based on research and best practices, thus reducing the risks for complications.
For more information, visit www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov or call Starr at (402) 729-6889. |
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