CHI St. Alexius Health announced today that it has been recognized as a 2014 Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in the United States. CHI St. Alexius Health was recognized as part of The Joint Commission’s 2015 annual report “America’s Hospitals: Improving Quality and Safety,” for attaining and sustaining excellence in accountability measure performance for heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care, stroke and perinatal care. CHI St. Alexius Health is the only hospital in Bismarck and one of only 1,043 hospitals out of more than 3,300 eligible hospitals in the United States to achieve the 2014 Top Performer distinction.
“We understand what matters most to patients at CHI St. Alexius Health is the quality and safety of the care they receive. That is why improving positive patient outcomes through evidence-based care processes is a top priority,” said CHI St. Alexius Health CEO Kurt Schley. “CHI St. Alexius Health is proud to be named a Top Performer as it recognizes the knowledge, teamwork and dedication of our entire clinical team.”
To be a 2014 Top Performer, hospitals had to meet three performance criteria based on 2014 accountability measure data, including:
1. Achieve cumulative performance of 95 percent or above across all reported accountability measures;
2. Achieve performance of 95 percent or above on each and every reported accountability measure with at least 30 denominator cases; and
3. Have at least one core measure set that had a composite rate of 95 percent or above, and within that measure set, achieve a performance rate of 95 percent or above on all applicable individual accountability measures.
According to CHI St. Alexius Health’s Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Shiraz Hyder, MD, being named a Top Performer serves as acknowledgment of CHI St. Alexius Health’s ongoing commitment to provide high quality care in the safest health care environment possible. “We are proud of our physicians, nurses and allied health team members who provide the highest quality of care every day, every time.”
“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 CHI St. Alexius Health for their excellent performance on the use of evidence-based interventions,” said Mark R. Chassin, MD, FACP, MPP, MPH, president and CEO, The Joint Commission.
CHI St. Alexius Health is a 306-bed, full-service healthcare system offering a comprehensive line of inpatient and outpatient medical services, including: a Level II Emergency and Trauma Center, primary and specialty physician clinics, durable medical equipment services and ancillary services throughout western and central North Dakota. Since its founding in 1885, CHI St. Alexius Health has been recognized with numerous accreditations and awards including: The Joint Commission, Blue Cross Blue Shield Centers of Excellence Awards and ranked the Best Hospital in North Dakota by U.S. News & World Report. In 2012, CHI St. Alexius Health proudly became a member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network, one of a group of organizations that share, with Mayo Clinic, a common commitment to improving the delivery of health care. In 2014, St. Alexius became a direct affiliation of Catholic Health Initiatives.