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ATLANTA – Hughston Hospital
and Doctors Hospital in Columbus, GA, have been
named to the Georgia Hospital Association's (GHA) Partnership for Health and
Accountability (PHA) Core Measures Honor Roll. Hughston Hospital is one of 15
hospitals in Georgia to be placed in the Chairman's category, the highest on
the list. Doctors
Hospital is one of 19 hospitals in Georgia to be
placed in the Trustee category, one of the highest on the list. The
honor roll is based on clinical data provided by the federal Centers for
Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS), which administers the nation's Medicare
and Medicaid programs. The data was collected from July 2010 to June 2011.
Hughston Hospital and Doctors Hospital are part of the Columbus Regional Healthcare
System.
"This is a great accomplishment for
Hughston Hospital ," said Joseph Parker, president of GHA. "This recognition
further underscores the commitment of the Hughston Hospital staff to ensuring
that every patient receives the best, most effective health care possible."
Hospitals are required to submit
care data to CMS, which details how well a hospital's caregivers adhere to a
list of Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) core measures. These measures are the
clinical processes of care that are known to be the most effective methods of
treatment for surgical patients and patients who have suffered heart attacks,
pneumonia and heart failure.
For instance, a recommended
treatment to help prevent a heart attack is to take aspirin either before or
upon arrival at the hospital, as well as at discharge. A suggested treatment
for pneumonia is to administer an antibiotic within four hours of a patient's
arrival. It is recommended that surgery patients are given an antibiotic one
hour prior to surgery to prevent infection. The VBP core measure is a composite
measure that determines whether or not a patient received the right care at the
right time. A hospital's adherence to these recommended clinical practices
usually leads to better outcomes.
(SOURCE: HUGHSTON HOSPITAL)
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