Lock Haven Hospital Receives National Recognition
From staff reports
LOCK HAVEN – Lock Haven Hospital was recently named as one of the nation’s Top Performers on Key Quality Measures® by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of U.S. health care organizations.
Lock Haven Hospital was recognized for exemplary performance in using evidence-based clinical processes that are shown to improve care for certain conditions. These conditions include heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care, children’s asthma, stroke and venous thrombo embolism, as well as inpatient psychiatric services.
Williamsport Regional Medical Center was the only other central Pennsylvania hospital to earn the designation.
Lock Haven Hospital was one of 1,099 hospitals earning the distinction of Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® for attaining and sustaining excellence in the following measure sets:Pneumonia and Surgical Care. The ratings are based on an aggregation of accountability measure data reported to The Joint Commission during the 2012 calendar year.
Lock Haven Hospital first priority is providing patients with high quality, safe and effective care through proven practices that improve outcomes and the patient experience. We are proud to be named to The Joint Commission’s list of Top Performers. The credit goes to our medical staff, employees and volunteers whose hard work every day makes this possible,” said Kathy Hartman, chief nursing officer, Lock Haven Hospital.
“The clinicians at Lock Haven Hospital are dedicated to treating patients with established protocols to give them the best possible outcomes,” said Raj Patel, M.D., chief of staff, Lock Haven Hospital. “It’s an honor to have the standard of care we provide here recognized on a national level.”
Each of the hospitals named Top Performers met three 95 percent performance thresholds. First, the hospital achieved cumulative performance of 95 percent or above across all reported accountability measures. Second, recognized hospitals reached performance of 95 percent or above on every reported accountability measure where there are at least 30 denominator cases. Third, hospitals must have at least one core measure set that has a composite rate of 95 percent or above, and within that measure set all applicable individual accountability measures have a performance rate of 95 or above.
A 95 percent score means a hospital provided an evidence-based practice 95 times out of 100 opportunities to provide the practice. Each accountability measure represents an evidence-based practice – for example, giving aspirin at arrival for heart attack patients, giving antibiotics one hour before surgery, and providing a home management plan for children with asthma.
“Lock Haven Hospital 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, M.D., FACP, M.P.P., M.P.H., president and chief executive officer, The Joint Commission. “We have much to celebrate this year. Nearly half of our accredited hospitals have attained or nearly attained the Top Performer distinction. This truly shows that we are approaching a tipping point in hospital quality performance that will directly contribute to better health outcomes for patients.”
Lock Haven Hospital, is 47-bed facility with an additional 90 long-term care beds. With more than 40 medical staff members, specialties represented by physicians at the facility include: Cardiology, ENT, Family Practice, General Surgery, Gynecology, Hematology, Internal Medicine, Nephrology, Obstetrics, Oncology, Ophthalmology, full spectrum Orthopedics, and Pediatrics. The facility offers a full range of services including 24-hour emergency care, a birthing center, CT scanning, MRI, cardiopulmonary services, endoscopic surgery, general surgery, gynecology, an intensive care unit, imaging, obstetrics, occupational and physical therapy, outpatient surgery, pediatrics, radiology, same day surgery, a sleep lab, speech therapy, and more.
