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South Florida Baptist Hospital Recognized By Premier Healthcare Alliance

Posted on: Tuesday, 19 June 2007, 12:00 CDT

South Florida Baptist Hospital today announced it has been recognized by the Premier healthcare alliance with the 2007 Premier Award for Quality for excellence in the care of patients in the area of Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI).

Karen Kerr, Patient Services director, and Bob Dexter, Quality Improvement manager, accepted the award on June 19 at the 2007 Premier Annual Breakthroughs Conference & Exhibition in Orlando. South Florida Baptist Hospital earned the quality award for Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI). Measurements show the hospital has one of the best rates in the delivery of care and clinical outcomes in the nation for acute myocardial infarction (heart attacks).

Awarded in six clinical areas, the Premier Award for Quality is based on quality and cost data regularly submitted to Premier for reporting and benchmarking purposes. The award is distinguished by its consideration of performance-based criteria, including clinical quality outcomes, clinical process indicators and resource utilization outcomes.

"Hospitals that win the Premier Award for Quality deliver the highest quality of care in a cost-effective way," said Stephanie Alexander, senior vice president and general manager of Premier Healthcare Informatics. "Congratulations to all of them for delivering excellent patient care by using best practices and evidence-based decision-making."

Clinical areas considered for the 2007 Premier Award for Quality are Hip and/or Knee Replacement Procedures, Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG), Heart Failure (HF), Pneumonia (PN), Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) and Maternal and Neonatal Care (Pregnancy).

"Receiving the Premier Award for Quality reinforces the fact that our physicians and team members are continuously striving to offer the highest quality patient care on a daily basis," said Kerr.

Three winners were picked in each category for each hospital type from an eligible pool of nearly 400 Premier hospitals. Hospitals that submitted data to Premier's Perspective™ database, the most comprehensive clinical, financial and operational comparative database in the nation, between October 2005 and September 2006 were eligible to receive the 2007 Premier Award for Quality.

About Premier, 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient

Serving 1,700 hospitals and more than 46,500 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 the nation's largest healthcare purchasing network, the most comprehensive repository of hospital clinical and financial information and one of the largest policy-holder owned, hospital professional liability riskretention groups in healthcare. Headquartered in San Diego, Premier has offices in Charlotte, N.C. and Washington. For more information, visit www.premierinc.com.

South Florida Baptist Hospital is a 147-bed acute care facility that provides a full range of diagnostic, surgical, therapeutic, women's and rehabilitative services, and serves Plant City and surrounding areas as a non-denominational, not-for-profit community hospital.

South Florida Baptist Hospital offers all the high tech services of an acute care hospital, but in a small, warm and friendly environment designed for personal attention and compassionate care. For more information about the hospital, please visit www.southfloridabaptist.com.

Source: Business Wire

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