Moses Taylor Hospital Nationally Recognized as Top Performer
11/12/2014
List Published by The Joint Commission Honors Exemplary Care
(SCRANTON, Pa.) – Moses Taylor Hospital, an affiliate of Commonwealth Health, has been named a 2013 Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® by The Joint Commission, the nation’s leading accreditor of health care organizations. The honor recognizes hospitals that excel at meeting the Commission’s stringent measurements for exemplary patient care.
Moses Taylor Hospital was recognized for its performance on accountability measure data for pneumonia and surgical care.
Only 1,224 – or approximately one-third – of eligible United States hospitals achieved this distinction for attaining and sustaining excellence in certain clinical measures. The prestigious annual list was released today in the Commission’s 2014 annual report, “America’s Hospitals: Improving Quality and Safety.”
“This honor means that our community can turn to Moses Taylor Hospital with confidence, knowing that we strive to provide excellent care every day,” Justin Davis, CEO of Moses Taylor, said. “Following evidence-based clinical protocols close to 100 percent of the time is not an easy goal to reach, but one that has been achieved through the dedication of our physicians, nurses and other caregivers.”
Top Performers are recognized each year for improving performance on evidence-based interventions that increase the chances of healthy outcomes for patients with certain conditions, including heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care, children’s asthma, stroke, venous thromboembolism, perinatal care, inpatient psychiatric services and immunizations.
“We are proud of our physicians and clinical staff for their hard work to provide safe, effective care across the hospital,” Dr. Mary Sewatsky, chief medical officer at Moses Taylor, said. “The Joint Commission’s recognition of our efforts is very gratifying for our entire team.”
To be a 2013 Top Performer, hospitals had to meet three performance criteria based on 2013 accountability measure data, including:
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Achieving cumulative performance of 95 percent or above across all reported accountability measures;
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Achieving performance of 95 percent or above on each and every reported accountability measure where there were at least 30 denominator cases; and
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Having at least one core measure set that had a composite rate of 95 percent or above, and (within that measure set) all applicable individual accountability measures had a performance rate of 95 percent or above.
“Delivering the right treatment in the right way at the right time is a cornerstone of high-quality health care,” said Mark R. Chassin, M.D., FACP, M.P.P., M.P.H., president and CEO, The Joint Commission. “I commend the efforts of Moses Taylor Hospital for their excellent performance on the use of evidence-based interventions.”
For more information about the Top Performers program, please visit www.jointcommission.org/accreditation/top_performers.aspx.
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