Winchester Hospital Recognized for High-Quality Patient Care

Winchester, Mass. – Winchester Hospital has been recognized by Premier, Inc., a North Carolina-based healthcare alliance, as a recipient of its 2009 Premier Award for Quality. Winchester Hospital is one of 23 winners out of more than 3,796eligible hospitals nationwide.
 
The Award for Quality recognizes leading healthcare organizations that efficiently provide outstanding patient care and consistently set the standard in clinical excellence nationwide. Premier recognizes top performing hospitals through analysis of performance-based criteria including clinical quality outcomes, resource utilization and clinical process indicators.
 
Richard Iseke, MD, vice president for medical affairs and chief medical officer at Winchester Hospital, accepted the award at the 2009 Premier Annual Breakthroughs Conference & Exhibition which was held June 16-19 in Anaheim, Calif.
 
“Winchester Hospital prides itself on the quality of care we provide to our patients and our continuous efforts to improve our care delivery systems,” Dr. Iseke said. “This award recognizes the exemplary care that our staff delivers to each and every patient we treat.”
 
“The Award for Quality honors the efforts of our nation’s leading hospitals to provide superior quality and operational efficiency,” said Susan DeVore, Premier’s incoming president and CEO. “We’re thrilled to celebrate the efforts of these facilities as they improve the health of the communities they serve.”
 
Scoring is based on data from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (MEDPAR). Quality is measured by the incidence of three adverse outcomes: mortality, morbidity and complications.
 
Additional information about the Award for Quality and related methodology can be found at: http://www.premierinc.com/about/news/awards/index.jsp.
 
About Winchester Hospital
Winchester Hospital is the first community hospital in Massachusetts to earn Magnet recognition, the American Nurses Association’s highest honor for nursing excellence. As the northwest suburban Boston area’s leading provider of comprehensive health care services, the 229-bed facility provides care in general, bariatric and vascular surgery, orthopedics, pediatrics, cardiology, pulmonary medicine, oncology, gastroenterology, rehabilitation, radiation oncology, pain management, obstetrics/gynecology and a Level IIB Special Care Nursery. Winchester Hospital has clinical affiliations with several nationally recognized hospitals in the region, including Children’s Hospital Boston, Tufts Medical Center and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. To learn more, visit www.winchesterhospital.org.

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