Texas Hospitals Recognized for High Quality of Care.88 Receive Texas Health Care Quality Improvement Award AUSTIN Austin. 1 City (1990 pop. 21,907), seat of Mower co., SE Minn., on the Cedar River, near the Iowa line; inc. 1868. The commercial and industrial center of a rich farm region, it is noted as home to the Hormel meatpacking company, whose Spam Town museum , Texas -- 88 Texas hospitals will receive this year's Texas Health Care Quality Improvement Award, presented by TMF TMF The Motley Fool TMF The Music Factory (TV) TMF Telemanagement Forum TMF Texas Medical Foundation TMF Terminated Merchant File (credit card systems) TMF Trial Master File TMF Thermo-Mechanical Fatigue Health Quality Institute. The non-competitive program evaluates a hospital's performance improvement on specific national quality measures. "With this significant achievement, it is clear these hospitals are focused on providing the highest quality care to their patients. They recognize quality improvement is not about data, but about people," said Tom Manley For the English footballer, see . Tom Manley (born 1960 in Berwick, Ontario) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was one of three co-Deputy Leaders of the Green Party of Canada until 2005, and was considered a leading candidate to be its next leader. , CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of TMF Health Quality Institute. "These hospitals demonstrate they are dedicated to ensuring all patients receive the right care at the right time, every time." The Texas Health Care Quality Improvement Award honors Texas hospitals that are performing quality initiatives aimed at improving outcomes in patient care by recognizing those hospitals that have improved their initial baseline The horizontal line to which the bottoms of lowercase characters (without descenders) are aligned. See typeface. baseline - released version performance on specific national quality measures. The award acknowledges hospitals for improving care related to acute myocardial infarction acute myocardial infarction (  ·kyōōtˑ mī·ō·karˑ·dē· (heart attack), heart failure, and
pneumonia pneumonia (n mōn`yə), acute infection of one or both lungs that can be caused by a bacterium, usually Streptococcus pneumoniae . These clinical areas have been designated as national health
care priorities by the Centers for Medicare Medicare, national health insurance program in the United States for persons aged 65 and over and the disabled. It was established in 1965 with passage of the Social Security Amendments and is now run by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. & Medicaid Medicaid, national health insurance program in the United States for low-income persons; established in 1965 with passage of the Social Security Amendments and now run by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Services
(CMS (1) See content management system and color management system.(2) (Conversational Monitor System) Software that provides interactive communications for IBM's VM operating system. ) and the Joint Commission, the nation's predominant pre·dom·i·nant adj. 1. Having greatest ascendancy, importance, influence, authority, or force. See Synonyms at dominant. 2. independent, non-profit, standards-setting and accrediting body in health care. A ceremony at the Hilton Hil·ton , Conrad Nicholson 1887-1979. American hotel-chain organizer who acquired hotels in many American cities and in 1946 founded the Hilton Hotel Corporation. in Austin on June June: see month. 28, 2007 will honor As a verb, to accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, at maturity. To pay or to accept and pay, or, where a credit so engages, to purchase or discount a draft complying with the terms of the draft. the 88 hospitals. Of more than 390 eligible Texas hospitals, 63 met the criteria criteria (krītēr´ē  ),n. of the highest award, the Award of Excellence, and another 25 received the Quality Improvement Achievement Award. A list of the honored hon·or n. 1. High respect, as that shown for special merit; esteem: the honor shown to a Nobel laureate. 2. a. Good name; reputation. b. hospitals is provided below.
Award of Excellence Recipients <
Provider Name <
CITY
Arlington Memorial Hospital <
Arlington
Medical Center of Arlington <
Arlington
Seton Northwest Hospital <
Austin
Harris Methodist Northwest <
Azle
Harris Methodist HEB Hospital <
Bedford
Red River Regional Hospital <
Bonham
Bowie Memorial Hospital <
Bowie
Stephens Memorial Hospital <
Breckenridge
Seton Highland Lakes <
Burnet
Hemphill County Hospital <
Canadian
Trinity Medical Center <
Carrollton
Childress Regional Medical Center <
Childress
Harris Methodist Walls Regional Hospital <
Cleburne
College Station Medical Center <
College Station
Columbus Community Hospital <
Columbus
Conroe Regional Medical Center <
Conroe
Cuero Community Hospital <
Cuero
Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital <
Dallas
Baylor University Medical Center <
Dallas
R.H.D. Memorial Medical Center <
Dallas
UT Southwestern University Zale Lipshy Hospital <
Dallas
Providence Memorial Hospital <
El Paso
Baylor All Saints Medical Center at Fort Worth <
Fort Worth
Harris Methodist Fort Worth <
Fort Worth
Harris Methodist Southwest <
Fort Worth
Huguley Memorial Medical Center <
Fort Worth
Plaza Medical Center of Fort Worth <
Fort Worth
Hill Country Memorial Hospital Inc. <
Fredericksburg
Glen Rose Medical Center <
Glen Rose
Graham Regional Medical Center <
Graham
Baylor Regional Medical Center at Grapevine <
Grapevine
Harlingen Medical Center <
Harlingen
Valley Baptist Medical Center <
Harlingen
Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center <
Houston
Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital <
Houston
The Methodist Hospital <
Houston
West Houston Medical Center <
Houston
Baylor Medical Center at Irving <
Irving
CHRISTUS St. Catherine Health and Wellness Center <
Katy
Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital <
Katy
Kingwood Medical Center <
Kingwood
Brazosport Regional Health System <
Lake Jackson
Longview Regional Medical Center <
Longview
Woodland Heights Medical Center <
Lufkin
Madison St. Joseph Health Center <
Madisonville
Marshall Regional Medical Center <
Marshall
McCamey County Hospital District <
McCamey
Medical Center of McKinney <
McKinney
CHRISTUS St. John Hospital <
Nassau Bay
North Hills Hospital <
North Richland Hills
Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano <
Plano
Presbyterian Hospital of Plano <
Plano
CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Healthcare <
San Antonio
Nix Health Care System <
San Antonio
Stamford Memorial Hospital <
Stamford
Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital <
Sugar Land
Mainland Medical Center <
Texas City
Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital <
The Woodlands
Mother Frances Hospital Regional Health Care Center <
Tyler
Citizens Medical Center <
Victoria
DeTar Hospital Navarro <
Victoria
Baylor Medical Center at Waxahachie <
Waxahachie
Presbyterian Hospital of Winnsboro <
Winnsboro
<
Quality Improvement Achievement Award Recipients <
North Bay General Hospital <
Aransas Pass
North Austin Medical Center <
Austin
St. David's Medical Center <
Austin
CHRISTUS St. Elizabeth Hospital <
Beaumont
Brownwood Regional Medical Center <
Brownwood
Goodall Witcher Healthcare Foundation <
Clifton
Coleman County Medical Center <
Coleman
CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi <
Corpus Christi
Parkland Health and Hospital System <
Dallas
R E Thomason General Hospital <
El Paso
Sierra Medical Center <
El Paso
J.P.S. Health Network <
Fort Worth
Hamilton General Hospital <
Hamilton
Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center <
Houston
East Houston Regional Medical Center <
Houston
Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital <
Houston
Park Plaza Hospital <
Houston
Huntsville Memorial Hospital <
Huntsville
Las Colinas Medical Center <
Irving
Seton Edgar B. Davis Hospital <
Luling
Bayshore Medical Center <
Pasadena
Medical Center of Plano <
Plano
Round Rock Medical Center <
Round Rock
Gulf Coast Medical Center <
Wharton
Yoakum Community Hospital <
Yoakum
TMF Health Quality Institute, the Medicare quality improvement organization for Texas, established the awards program in partnership with the Texas Hospital Association, Texas Medical Association, Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals and Texas Osteopathic os·te·op·a·thy n. A system of medicine based on the theory that disturbances in the musculoskeletal system affect other bodily parts, causing many disorders that can be corrected by various manipulative techniques in conjunction with conventional Medical Association. The award recognizes hospitals that are active in quality improvement and have made the required improvement on a composite scoring system Noun 1. scoring system - a system of classifying according to quality or merit or amount rating system classification system - a system for classifying things , called the appropriate care measure (ACM (Association for Computing Machinery, New York, www.acm.org) A membership organization founded in 1947 dedicated to advancing the arts and sciences of information processing. In addition to awards and publications, ACM also maintains special interest groups (SIGs) in the computer field. ). The ACM consists of ten measures: five acute myocardial infarction (heart attack), two heart failure, and three pneumonia measures. To qualify for an award, hospitals were required to submit a baseline measurement (second quarter of 2005) of their performance on the clinical measures. They then implemented process changes to improve their performance and remeasured, fourth quarter 2006, to see if they had maintained or improved their performance. To earn the Award of Excellence, a hospital had to achieve or maintain performance between 90 and 100 percent on the appropriate care measure. To qualify for the Quality Improvement Achievement Award, a hospital had to attain a minimum 80 percent for the appropriate care measure. In addition, hospitals had to improve a certain number of percentage points from their baseline measurement. For more information on the award, see the TMF Health Quality Institute Award Web site at www.tmf.org/qualityaward. About TMF TMF Health Quality Institute, formerly Texas Medical Foundation, is an Austin-based, nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. consulting company Noun 1. consulting company - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting firm business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a focused on promoting quality health and health care through contracts with federal, state and local governments, as well as private organizations. TMF partners with health care providers in a variety of settings to ensure that every person receives the appropriate care, every time. www.tmf.org See .org. (networking) org - The top-level domain for organisations or individuals that don't fit any other top-level domain (national, com, edu, or gov). Though many have .org domains, it was never intended to be limited to non-profit organisations. RFC 1591. This material was prepared by TMF Health Quality Institute, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Texas, under a contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Noun 1. Department of Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979 Health and Human Services, HHS . The contents presented do not necessarily reflect CMS policy. 8SOW-TX-HOQI-07-33. |
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