2010 Joint Commission Recognition
The Boise VA Medical Center is one of twenty VA Medical Centers from across the Nation to be recognized by The Joint Commission as a "Top Performer on Key Quality Measures for 2010".
The Boise VA Medical Center is one of twenty VA Medical Centers from across the Nation to be recognized by The Joint Commission as a "Top Performer on Key Quality Measures for 2010".
While all VA medical centers are accredited by The Joint Commission, this list recognizes medical centers that are top performers in using evidence-based care processes closely linked to positive patient outcomes.
The 405 facilities on the list were identified for attaining and sustaining excellence in accountability measure performance for the full previous year (2010) and represent approximately 14 percent of The Joint Commission-accredited hospitals and critical access hospitals that report core measure performance data.
Based on performance related to 22 accountability measures for heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia and surgical care, The Joint Commission report singles out hospitals in 45 states. The list of top performing hospitals and the measure set or sets for which each hospital was recognized are available online at www.jointcommission.org/topperformers
“We at VA are very pleased with the recognition from The Joint Commission and proud of the medical centers that made this list, proving VA’s dedication to performance measurement and accountability are placing Veterans’ health care among the top tiers of the country,” said VA Secretary Eric K. Shinseki. “I hope this news confirms American Veterans’ confidence in the care they receive or convinces others to decide to try VA health care for the first time.”
The list of VA Medical Centers on the Top Performers on Key Quality Measures for 2010 includes:
1. Phoenix VA Health Care System; Phoenix
2. VA Loma Linda Health Care System; Loma Linda, Calif.
3. VA San Diego Health Care System; San Diego
4. Atlanta VA Medical Center; Atlanta
5. Boise VA Medical Center; Boise, ID
6. Jesse Brown VA Medical Center; Chicago
7. Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center; N. Chicago, IL
8. Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center; Wichita, Kan.
9. Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center; Iron Mountain, Mich.
10. Aleda E. Lutz VA Medical Center; Saginaw, Mich.
11. VA Gulf Coast Federal Health Care System; Biloxi, Miss.
12. G.V. Sonny Montgomery VA Medical Center; Jackson, Miss.
13. VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System; Reno, Nev.
14. VA Healthcare Network Upstate New York; Bath, N.Y.
15. Fayetteville VA Medical Center; Fayetteville, N.C.
16. James E. Van Zandt VA Medical Center; Altoona, Pa.
17. Erie VA Medical Center; Erie, Pa.
18. William Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center; Columbia, S.C.
19. James H. Quillen VA Medical Center; Mountain Home, Tenn.
20. William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital; Madison, Wis.
More Information about the Joint Commission and criteria for being named a "Top Performer on Key Quality Measures"
Recognition in The Joint Commission’s Top Performers on Key Quality Measures program is based on an aggregation of accountability measure data reported to The Joint Commission during the previous calendar year. For example, this first recognition program is based on data that were reported for 2010. Top-performing hospitals met two 95 percent performance thresholds. First, the organization achieved performance of 95 percent or above on a single, composite score that includes all the accountability measures for which it reports data to The Joint Commission, including measures that had fewer than 30 eligible cases or patients. Second, the organization met or exceeded a 95 percent performance target for every accountability measure for which it reports data, excluding any measures with fewer than 30 eligible cases or patients.
There are 405 hospitals being recognized for 2010, which represent the top 14 percent of Joint Commission accredited hospitals (of those hospitals that report core measure performance data). Each year, the percentage of top performing hospitals will vary.
The Top Performers on Key Quality Measures program is designed to inspire better performance on accountability measures and to support organizations in their quest to do better. Since 2002, hospitals have been reporting data to The Joint Commission and have continuously shown improvement on core measures. Now is the time to raise the bar. The Top Performers program supports organizations in their quest to do better. The program also provides an opportunity for recognized hospitals and critical access hospitals to celebrate their achievement of excellence in accountability measure performance.
