1,099 'Top Performer' hospitals named in JC annual report

摘要

Thirty-three percen of Joint Commission accredited hospitals re porting accountabilit) measure data for 2012 are Top Performer hospitals, according to "Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2013." These hospitals use evidence-based care processes that are delivered "in the right way and at the right time." The Top Performer designation is based on performance related to accountability measures for heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care, children's asthma care, inpatient psychiatric services, venous thromboembolism (VTE) care, stroke care, and immunization. Hospitals are required to select and report on four measure sets, and each of the recognized hospitals had to achieve cumulative performance of 95 percent or above for all reported accountability measures.