DAVENPORT, Iowa -- Nov. 17, 2015 - Genesis Medical Center, Silvis and Genesis Medical Center, Davenport are being recognized by The Joint Commission as a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures.®
The achievement demonstrates that the Genesis Medical Centers have a commitment to provide evidence-based care the right way and at the right time.
As Top Performers in The Joint Commission's 2015 annual report, Genesis Medical Centers will be recognized in "America's Hospitals: Improving Quality and Safety" annual report. The hospitals will also be recognized on The Joint Commission website and, and on The Joint Commission's Quality Check website.
Of the more than 3,300 eligible hospitals in the United States, only 1,043 achieved the 2014 Top Performer distinction and Genesis has two of them.
"Genesis Health System has made it the top priority of the organization to improve patient outcomes using evidence-based care measures,'' said Doug Cropper, president and CEO, Genesis Health System. "To have two Genesis hospital campuses earn this recognition is a tribute to the knowledge, skills, team concept and dedication of our staff who provide high quality patient care every day.''
Genesis Medical Center, Silvis was recognized as a Top Performer in the care of heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care and care of venous thromboembolism. Genesis Medical Center, Silvis was the only Rock Island County hospital earning Top Performer recognition.
Genesis Medical Center, Davenport was recognized as a Top Performer in the care of heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical patients and perinatal care.
The Top Performer program recognizes hospitals for improving performance on evidence-based interventions that increase the changes of healthy outcomes for patients with certain conditions.
To be a Top Performer, hospitals had to meet three performance criteria based on 2014 accountability measure data, including:
Achieve cumulative performance of 95 percent or above across all reported accountability measures;
Achieve performance of 95 percent or above on each and every reported accountability measure with at least 30 cases;
And, have at least one core measure set that had a composite rate of 95 percent or above and within that measure set, achieve a performance rate of 95 percent or above on all applicable individual accountability measures.
For more information about the Top Performer program, visit www.jointcommission.org/accreditation/top_performers.aspx.
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