Three Memorial Hermann Hospitals Earn National Recognition for Surgical Quality - Atascocita
Three Memorial Hermann Hospitals Earn National Recognition for Surgical Quality - Atascocita
Published: Nov 17, 2015, 3:00pm
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The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement
Program (ACS NSQIP®) has recognized three Memorial Hermann Health System
hospitals among the 52 participating hospitals nationwide that have
achieved meritorious outcomes for surgical patient care.
Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital, Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital
and Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital were the only three hospitals in
Texas deemed to have achieved meritorious outcomes in the ACS NSQIP.
“This recognition reflects the unrelenting commitment to quality care
and patient safety each of these hospitals consistently upholds and
practices on a daily basis,” said M. Michael Shabot, M.D., Executive
Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer, Memorial Hermann Health
System. “Having the only three hospitals in the state earn this
recognition is a great example of Memorial Hermann’s unified dedication
to patient-centered healthcare at work.”
As a participant in ACS NSQIP, hospitals are required to track the
outcomes of inpatient and outpatient surgical procedures and collect
data that directs patient safety and the quality of surgical care
improvements.
The ACS NSQIP recognition program commends a select group of hospitals
for achieving meritorious outcome performances related to patient
management in eight clinical areas: mortality, unplanned intubation,
ventilator > 48 hours, renal failure, cardiac incidents (cardiac
arrest and myocardial infarction); respiratory (pneumonia); SSI
(surgical site infections-superficial and deep incisional and
organ-space SSIs); or urinary tract infection. The 52 hospitals
commended achieved the distinction based on their outstanding composite
quality score in the eight areas. Risk-adjusted data from the July 2015
ACS NSQIP Semiannual Report, which presents data from the 2014 calendar
year, were used to determine which hospitals demonstrated meritorious
outcomes.
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