Solucient's 2006 Insight Awards Recognize Excellence in Performance Improvement.EVANSTON, Ill. -- Solucient recognized 18 hospitals for excellence in performance improvement with the presentation of the second annual Insight Awards. Winners of the 2006 awards were announced at a May 10 dinner held at the 2006 Solucient Insight Conference, at the Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa in Phoenix, Ariz. "Solucient is proud to be a part of the success of our Insight Award winners," said Al Vega, senior vice president, sales and corporate marketing for Solucient. "Each organization honored has used Solucient tools or services to positively impact organizational efficiency, clinical quality and/or strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. and marketing." The awards were given in five categories: clinical, operational, planning and marketing, professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. and overall performance. The winners in each category are listed below. OVERALL PERFORMANCE --St. Tammany Parish Hospital - Covington, La. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES --Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center - Chicago, Ill. --Memorial Hermann Healthcare System - Houston, Texas “Houston” redirects here. For other uses, see Houston (disambiguation). Houston (pronounced /'hjuːstən/) is the largest city in the state of Texas and the --Pomona Valley Medical Center - Pomona, Calif. --Prince William Health System - Manassas, Va. CLINICAL --East Texas Medical Center - Tyler, Texas Tyler is the county seat of Smith County in East Texas, United States. The city is named for President John Tyler in recognition of his support for Texas's admission to the United States. --Gwinnett Health System - Lawrenceville, Ga. --Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare - Tallahassee, Fla. --Washington Regional Medical Center - Fayetteville, Ark. OPERATIONAL --Allina Hospitals and Clinics - Minneapolis, Minn. --Houston Medical Center - Warner Robins Warner Robins, city (1990 pop. 43,726), Houston co., central Ga., in an agricultural region; inc. 1943. The surrounding area yields peanuts, grain, fruit, and livestock. , Ga. --St. Michael's Hospital - Stevens Point Stevens Point, city (1990 pop. 23,006), seat of Portage co., central Wis., on the Wisconsin and Plover rivers; inc. 1858. The major industries are insurance and the manufacture of wood products, cheese, furniture, and fishing equipment. The Univ. , Wis. --Sutter Health - Sacramento, Ca. --VHA Georgia - Atlanta, Ga. PLANNING & MARKETING --CHRISTUS Health - Irving, Texas Irving (pronounced 'er-ving') is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within Dallas County. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was 191,615; the 2006 estimate was 201,927 according to the North Central Texas Council of Governments, and 196,084 according to --Paoli Hospital - Paoli, Penn. --Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare - Tallahassee, Fla. --UAB Health System - Birmingham, Ala. The winner of the 2006 Insight Award for Overall Performance, St. Tammany Parish Hospital of Covington, La., used Solucient tools and services, including HBSI HBSI Hispanic Business Stock Index EXPLORE(R) and ACTION O-I(R), to reach its goals of improving quality of care and reducing costs. St. Tammany used operational and clinical benchmarking to support and set goals for the hospital's cardiac catheterization Cardiac Catheterization Definition Cardiac catheterization (also called heart catheterization) is a diagnostic procedure which does a comprehensive examination of how the heart and its blood vessels function. lab, significantly reducing supply expenses within a year. In part, this was accomplished by using comparative peer data to persuade physicians to standardize vendors for certain cardiac devices and to create an environment where physicians request this data to share and discuss at medical staff committees. About Solucient Solucient(R) is an information products company serving the healthcare industry. It is the market leader in providing tools and vital insights that healthcare managers use to improve the performance of their organizations. By integrating, standardizing and enhancing healthcare information, Solucient provides comparative measurements of cost, quality and market performance. Solucient's expertise and proven solutions enable providers and pharmaceutical companies to drive business growth, manage costs and deliver high quality care. For more information, visit www.solucient.com. |
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