Vista East Nationally Recognized as 'Top Performer' for 2nd Time
Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan today was 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. Vista East earned this same designation from The Joint Commission for 2012.
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."
Vista East was recognized for attaining and sustaining excellence in accountability measure performance for Heart Attack, Heart Failure, Pneumonia and Surgical Care. Vista East is one of just 712 hospitals to have achieved this accomplishment for two consecutive years.
"We are very proud to receive this distinction from the Joint Commission as a Top Performer in each of these vitally important areas of healthcare," said Barbara Martin, President & CEO of Vista Health System. "We work hard to achieve the highest levels of excellence in all of our services, and this recognition is a great addition to our many accredited programs. Being named a Top Performer recognizes the quality, teamwork and dedication of our entire staff."
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.
To be a 2013 Top Performer, hospitals had to meet three performance criteria based on 2013 accountability measure data, including:
• Achieving cumulative performance of 95 percent or above across all reported accountability measures;
• Achieving performance of 95 percent or above on each and every reported accountability measure where there were at least 30 denominator cases; and
• 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. I commend the efforts of Vista Health System for its excellent performance on the use of evidence-based interventions," said Mark R. Chassin, M.D., FACP, M.P.P., M.P.H., president and CEO, The Joint Commission.
For more information about Vista Health System, visit VistaHealth.com. For more on the Top Performer program, visit jointcommission.org/accreditation/top_performers.aspx.
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Vista Health System is a network that includes: two hospitals in Waukegan - Vista Medical Center East and Vista Medical Center West; the Vista Lindenhurst campus that includes the Vista Ambulatory Care Center, Lindenhurst Surgery Center, LLC, the Vista Freestanding Emergency Center, and the new Vista Medical Office Building; and several locations for imaging, patient therapy and physician practices. Vista is a Center of Excellence in a number of key service areas and accredited in Bariatric Surgery, Cancer, Chest Pain, Congestive Heart Failure, Inpatient Diabetes, Orthopedics, Rehabilitation and Stroke. To learn more about Vista Health System, please visit VistaHealth.com.