Joint Commission Recognizes 19 Apogee Partner Hospitals

Apogee Partner Hospitals Rank as Top Performers on Key Quality Measures

The Joint Commission, the nation's leading hospital accreditation board, named 19 Apogee partner hospitals among the top-performing hospitals in the United States.

As the inaugural Joint Commission award winners, these hospitals scored at least 95% on all 22 accountability measures reported. These measures included heart attack care, heart failure care, pneumonia care, surgical care, VTE care, and stroke care. Of the 3,000 hospitals evaluated, only 405 were awarded this honor.

Apogee’s quality assurance tools and metrics have played a significant role in the patient outcomes of these award-winning hospitals. We are proud to have played an instrumental role in their success.

Not surprisingly, the Apogee Promise of providing safety, quality, service, and value by the highest standards closely resembles the Joint Commission’s commitment “to assist hospitals in providing safe and effective care of the highest quality and value.”

For more information on this award, please visit: http://www.jointcommission.org/accreditation/top_performers.aspx.

The Joint Commission recognizes the following Apogee partner hospitals that attained and sustained excellence in accountability measure performance during calendar year 2010.

Payson Regional Medical Center
Payson, Arizona

River Region Medical Center
Vicksburg, Mississippi

Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center
Poplar Bluff, Missouri

Clara Maass Medical Center
Belleville, New Jersey

Monmouth Medical Center
Long Branch, New Jersey

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Newark, New Jersey

Carlsbad Medical Center
Carlsbad, New Mexico

Davis Regional Medical Center
Statesville, North Carolina

Ponca City Medical Center
Ponca City, Oklahoma

McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center
Springfield, Oregon

Springs Memorial Hospital
Lancaster, South Carolina

Dyersburg Regional Medical Center
Dyersburg, Tennessee

Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Jefferson City, Tennessee

Newport Medical Center
Newport, Tennessee

Woodland Heights Medical Center
Lufkin, Texas

Dallas Regional Medical Center
Mesquite, Texas

Valley Hospital and Medical Center
Spokane Valley, Washington

Toppenish Community Hospital
Toppenish, Washington

Yakima Regional Medical & Cardiac Center
Yakima, Washington