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LAURIUM, MI – Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital in Laurium is gaining national recognition after receiving two distinguished awards for quality. Aspirus has earned the 2014 Top Performer on Key Quality Measures ® designation from The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in the United States.
Aspirus also received recognition from iVantage Health Analytics and the National Organization of State Office of Rural Health (NOSORH) for overall excellence in Quality, reflecting top quartile performance among all acute care hospitals in the nation.
Both awards represent significant achievements and demonstrate Aspirus Keweenaw’s commitment to delivering a higher level of health care for patients of all ages close to home.
The Joint Commission’s Top Performer program recognizes accredited hospitals that attain excellence on accountability measure performance shown to be the best treatments for certain conditions. Aspirus is being recognized for exemplary performance in pneumonia and surgical care.
“This is the third time Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital has been recognized as a Top Performer in pneumonia and surgical care,” said Liz Siivola, Director of Quality at Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital. “This affirms our commitment to consistently provide the highest level of care for each patient we serve, and is a credit to the excellent work of our patient care staff.”
The NOSORH rankings have been designated by the Hospital Strength INDEX™, the industry’s most comprehensive and objective assessment of hospital performance. In partnership with NOSORH, iVantage Health Analytics has developed a data-driven program designed to identify excellence across a broad spectrum of indicators relevant to hospital performance and patient care.
The Hospital Strength INDEX™ captures performance metrics for more than 4,000 acute care hospitals, including over 1,300 rural and Critical Access Hospitals. Leveraging data from public data sources, INDEX aggregates data from 66 individual metrics into three major categories and 9 pillars to derive a single strength overall rating for each facility.
“These top quartile performers should take great pride in this recognition. It showcases their commitment to continuous performance analysis and improvement. On this occasion of National Rural Health Day, it’s an honor to celebrate their achievement as they continue to serve their communities despite the many market, regulatory and financial pressures they face.” said Michael Topchik, senior vice president of iVantage Health Analytics.
About The Joint Commission’s Top Performer on Key Quality Measures Launched in September 2011, The Joint Commission’s Top Performer on Key Quality Measures®* program recognizes accredited hospitals that attain excellence on accountability measure performance. The program is based on data reported about evidence-based care processes for certain conditions, including heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care, children’s asthma, inpatient psychiatric services, venous thromboembolism, stroke, perinatal care, immunization, tobacco treatment and substance use.
About NOSORH
The National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) was established in 1995 to assist State Offices of Rural Health in their efforts to improve access to, and the quality of, health care for America’s 61 million rural citizens. NOSORH enhances the capacity of SORHs to do this by supporting the development of state and community rural health leaders; creating and facilitating state, regional and national partnerships that foster information sharing and spur rural health-related programs/activities; and enhancing access to quality healthcare services in rural communities
About iVantage Health Analytics
iVantage is a leading business analytic and advisory services company a unique combination of technology, content, and expert advisory services accelerates decision making for the new healthcare. For more information please visit www.ivantagehealth.com.
