Allen County Hospital was recognized this week for its accountability with health care practices and how it cares for pneumonia sufferers.
The Joint Commission, the nation’s leading accreditor of health care organizations, announced Wednesday ACH was “one of the nation’s top performing hospitals on key quality measures.”
Specifically, ACH was cited for “using evidence-based clinical processes … shown to improve care for pneumonia,” according to a press release from HCA Health Midwest Systems, which manages the hospital.
Additionally, ACH was one of 620 hospitals across the country to earn the distinction of “Top Performer on Key Quality Measures,” which looks at information on health care practices. Less than 20 percent of the accredited hospitals reporting data to the Joint Commission earned the distinction.
The study ensures proper health care measures are being taken, particularly in terms of accountability.
Cris Rivera credited physicians and health care professionals on staff at ACH.
“The cohesive team at Allen County Hospital collaborates to deliver not only excellent and compassionate patient care, but also the best possible outcomes and support for patients during their treatment,” Rivera said.
“When we raise the bar and provide the proper guidance and tools, hospitals have responded with excellent results,” said Mark R. Chassin, Joint Commission president. “This capacity for continual improvement points toward a future in which quality and safety defects are dramatically reduced and high reliability is sought and achieved with regularity. Such day-to-day progress will slowly but surely transform today’s health care system into one that achieves unprecedented performance outcomes for the benefit of the patients.”
HCA Midwest had five hospitals in the Kansas City area recognized by the Joint Commission, including ACH.
All will be included in the Joint Commission’s “Improving America’s Hospitals” annual report, as well as the commission’s Quality Check website, qualitycheck.org.
“Excellent health care is what all patients expect and deserve,” HCA Midwest Health System President Mel Legarde said. “We’re honored to have five hospitals on this distinguished list.
Allen County Hospital is a 25-bed acute care facility serving Iola and the surrounding communities. It is a Kansas Critical Access hospital and offers 24-hour emergency care, specialized services such as home health and wound care and comprehensive family care. Allen County Hospital’s medical staff covers a variety of specialties including cardiology, oncology, orthopedics, radiology and more. For more information, visit allencountyhospital.com.
