Desert Valley Hospital Recognized for Excellence in Quality of Patient Care and Efficiency
VICTORVILLE, Calif., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ — Desert Valley Hospital announced today it has been honored by the Premier Healthcare Alliance with the 2007 Premier | CareScience Select Practice National Quality Leader for superior patient outcomes in both quality and efficiency. To receive this distinguished honor, a hospital must demonstrate a combination of superior clinical outcomes and exceptional efficiency in patient care and is included in the top 1% of hospitals nationwide.
Desert Valley Hospital is one of 49 hospitals nationally, the top 1 percent of acute inpatient facilities, recognized with the Select Practice Award. Among the more than 4,700 acute care inpatient facilities in the United States eligible to receive the award, Desert Valley Hospital exhibited the highest-level performance in both quality and efficiency of patient care.
“This honor reflects the quality care that our physicians, nurses and employees provide daily to our patients,” said Prem Reddy, MD, FACC, FCCP, DVH’s Chairman of the Board. “We commend them for their dedication to making certain that our patients receive quality and compassionate care,” continued Dr. Prem Reddy.
As a recipient of the 2007 Select Practice National Quality Award, Desert Valley Hospital achieved superior performance in care of patients, as identified by the Premier | CareScience Select Practice methodology. Select Practice data includes 16 different clinically relevant indicators of risk, more than any other national quality award or designation. The quality index is calculated by combining the outcome deviations for mortality, morbidity and complications into a single quality measure for each facility. The combined quality and efficiency ratings are used to determine the award recipients.
“We are pleased to recognize this elite group of hospitals from across the nation that offer the highest quality and most efficient patient care,” said Richard A. Bankowitz, MD, MBA, FACP, vice president and medical director for Premier Healthcare Informatics. “These hospitals represent the country’s elite healthcare facilities for patient care based on performance using objective measures of clinical outcomes and efficiencies.”
Desert Valley Hospital did not apply for the award, but instead was identified as a top performer in quality and efficiency among all acute care facilities in the MEDPAR 2005 data, regardless of bed size or teaching status. Of the last two years, Desert Valley Hospital has been the only California hospital to receive this award which is a well-earned honor. Winners were announced during the Premier | CareScience Symposium in Philadelphia, PA.
About Premier Inc., 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient
Serving 1,700 hospitals and more than 47,500 other healthcare sites, Premier is the largest healthcare alliance in the United States dedicated to improving patient outcomes while safely reducing the cost of care. Owned by not-for-profit hospitals, Premier operates one of the nation’s largest healthcare purchasing networks, the most comprehensive repository of hospital clinical and financial information and one of the largest policyholder owned, hospital professional liability risk-retention groups in healthcare. Headquartered in San Diego, Premier has offices in Charlotte, N.C., Philadelphia, and Washington. For more information, visit http://www.premierinc.com/.
Desert Valley Hospital is a three-time winner of Solucient/Thompson and Modern Healthcare Magazine’s Top 100 Hospitals in the Nation award. The flagship hospital of the eight hospitals in Southern California, owned and operated by Prime Healthcare Services Inc. (PHS), Desert Valley Hospital is an 83-bed acute care hospital with a reputation for providing the highest quality and compassionate healthcare and serving the communities of the High Desert for more than 12 years. For more information visit http://www.dvmc.com/
Prime Health Services, Inc. is a progressive, innovative and rapidly expanding hospital management company in Southern California. With over 5,000 employees, PHS currently owns and operates eight acute care facilities: Desert Valley Hospital in Victorville (83-beds), Chino Valley Medical Center in Chino (126-beds), Sherman Oaks Hospital and the Grossman Burn Center in Sherman Oaks (153-beds), Montclair Hospital Medical Center in Montclair (102-beds), Huntington Beach Hospital in Huntington Beach (141-beds), La Palma Intercommunity Hospital in La Palma (131-beds), West Anaheim Medical Center in Anaheim (219-beds) and Paradise Valley Hospital in San Diego (301-beds), California. The PHS’ mission is to provide comprehensive quality healthcare in a compassionate, convenient and cost-effective manner. For more information visit http://www.primehealthcare.com/.
Desert Valley Hospital
CONTACT: Jana Retes of Desert Valley Hospital, +1-760-792-9389,jretes@dvmc.com
Web site: http://www.dvmc.com/http://www.primehealthcare.com/http://www.premierinc.com/