Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton, Tanner Medical Center/Villa Rica and Higgins General Hospital in Bremen have been named to the Georgia Hospital Association’s (GHA) Partnership for Health and Accountability (PHA) Quality Honor Roll. The three facilities are among just 56 hospitals in Georgia to be placed in the Presidential category, one of the highest on the list.
The honor roll is based on clinical data provided by the federal Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS), which administers the nation’s Medicare and Medicaid programs. The data was collected from July 2009 to June 2010.
“This is a great accomplishment for Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton, Tanner Medical Center/Villa Rica and Higgins General Hospital,” said Joseph Parker, president of GHA. “This recognition further underscores the commitment of Tanner’s staff to ensuring that every patient receives the best, most effective health care possible.”
All acute care hospitals are required to submit care data to CMS. This data details how well a hospital’s caregivers adhere to a list of eight Appropriate Care Measures (ACM), which are the clinical processes of care that are known to be the most effective methods of treatment for patients who have suffered heart attacks, heart failure or pneumonia. The ACM is a composite measure that determines whether or not a patient received the right care at the right time.
For instance, a recommended treatment to help prevent a heart attack is to take aspirin either before or upon arrival at the hospital, as well as at discharge. A suggested treatment for pneumonia is to administer an antibiotic within four hours of a patient’s arrival. A hospital’s adherence to these recommended clinical practices usually leads to better outcomes.
“It is our mission to ensure that each of our patients receive the right care at the right time, and this recognition validates this,” said Loy Howard, president and chief executive officer of Tanner Health System. “This honor is a tribute to the hard work and dedication of our staff, who are constantly working to make excellent care even better.”
Tanner Health System is a nonprofit regional healthcare provider serving a nine-county area of west Georgia and east Alabama. Tanner operates three regional hospitals and an inpatient behavioral health facility. Tanner also operates Tanner Medical Group, one of metro Atlanta’s largest multi-specialty physician groups offering a wide range of medical specialties.
Tanner’s continuum of care includes state-of-the-art cancer care, a leading cardiac program, revolutionary critical care services, innovative medical imaging, 24-hour emergency care, inpatient and outpatient surgical services, modern maternity services and more.
About PHA
The Partnership for Health and Accountability, formed in January 2000 and sponsored by the Georgia Hospital Association, is a unique statewide collaborative that brings together healthcare providers with community agencies and individuals to achieve healthy communities. PHA includes representation from groups like hospitals, physicians, state health officials, legislators and businesses.
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