(Henderson, Nev.; September 21, 2011) — St. Rose Dominican Hospitals-Siena Campus has been presented with the 2011 HealthInsight Quality Award for demonstrating high quality health care and excellence in performance on publicly reported quality of care and patients’ perception of care measures.
The HealthInsight Quality Award acknowledges hospitals that achieve high levels of performance on the care related to the publicly reported quality measures:
Heart attack
- Aspirin at arrival
- Aspirin prescribed at discharge
- ACE inhibitor for left ventricular systolic dysfunction
- Beta blocker at arrival
- Beta blocker prescribed at discharge
Heart failure
- Left ventricular function assessment
- ACE inhibitor for left ventricular systolic dysfunction
- Pneumonia
- Initial antibiotic received within 4 hours of hospital arrival
- Oxygenation assessment
- Pneumococcal vaccination status
Surgical Infection Prevention
- Preventative antibiotic(s) one hour before incision
- Appropriate preventative antibiotic for surgery
- Preventative antibiotic(s) stopped within 24 hours after surgery
- Treatment to prevent blood clots within 24 hours before or after surgery
- Doctor ordered treatments to prevent blood clots
The clinical topics measured for the awards have been designated as national healthcare priorities by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
“The staff at St. Rose Dominican Hospitals is dedicated to providing the very best in patient care and our efforts have been enhanced through our quality improvement collaborations with HealthInsight. We are proud to be a recipient of this distinguished award,” said Rod Davis, president and CEO of St. Rose Dominican Hospitals and senior vice president of operations, CHW Nevada.
In addition to publicly reported quality of care measures, hospitals that qualified for the HealthInsight Quality Award performed well on the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) measures. HCAHPS is a national survey that asks patients about their experiences during a recent hospital stay.
“HealthInsight commends St. Rose Dominican Hospitals-Siena Campus for its commitment to excellence in improving patient care,” said Marc Bennett, President and CEO of HealthInsight.
