CANANDAIGUA – For the second year in a row, F.F. Thompson Hospital has been recognized as a 2013 Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of healthcare organizations in the United States.
Thompson was recognized as part of The Joint Commission’s 2014 annual report “America’s Hospitals: Improving Quality and Safety,” for attaining and sustaining excellence in accountability measure performance for heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia and surgical care. Thompson is one of 1,224 hospitals in the United States to achieve the 2013 Top Performer distinction, which recognizes hospitals for improving performance on evidence-based interventions to increase the chances of healthy outcomes for patients with certain conditions.
Thompson was recognized as a Top Performer last fall as well, for its performance on accountability measure data for 2012 with regard to heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia and surgical care. This latest recognition makes Thompson one of only of 712 hospitals to achieve the Top Performer distinction for the past two consecutive years.
“We understand what matters most to patients at Thompson is the quality and safety of the care they receive. This is why we have made it a top priority to improve positive patient outcomes through evidence-based care processes,” said Thompson Health President/CEO Michael F. Stapleton, Jr. “Being named a Top Performer once again is a testament to the knowledge, teamwork and dedication of our entire hospital staff.”
To be a 2013 Top Performer, hospitals had to meet three performance criteria based on 2013 accountability measure data, including:
• Achieving cumulative performance of 95 percent or above across all reported accountability measures;
• Achieving performance of 95 percent or above on each and every reported accountability measure where there were at least 30 denominator cases; and
• Having at least one core measure set that had a composite rate of 95 percent or above, and (within that measure set) all applicable individual accountability measures had a performance rate of 95 percent or above.
“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 Thompson for their excellent performance on the use of evidence-based interventions,” said Mark R. Chassin, M.D., FACP, M.P.P., M.P.H., president and CEO, The Joint Commission.
For more information about the Top Performer program, visit http://www.jointcommission.org/accreditation/top_performers.aspx.