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Colquitt Regional Medical Center has earned a spot on the Georgia Hospital Association’s Presidential Honor Roll based on clinical data provided by the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services.
“This is a great accomplishment for Colquitt Regional,” said Joseph Parker, president of GHA. “This recognition further underscores the commitment of the Colquitt Regional staff to ensuring that every patient receives the best, most effective health care possible.”
All acute care hospitals are required to submit care data to CMS. This data details how well a hospital’s caregivers adhere to a list of eight Appropriate Care Measures (ACM), which are the clinical processes of care that are known to be the most effective methods of treatment for patients who have suffered heart attacks, heart failure or pneumonia. The ACM is a composite measure that determines whether or not a patient received the right care at the right time.
Anne Carlton, chairman of the Colquitt County Hospital Authority’s Quality Assurance (QA) committee, says achieving a place on the honor roll was the result of a lot of hard work by a lot of people at Colquitt Regional.
“We (in Georgia) want to be among the top10 states in healthcare,” she said. “We can accomplish that by making sure we follow the best practices of care that are known to be the most effective methods of treatment.”
Melanie Owens, director of quality assurance, risk management and respiratory, says Colquitt Regional’s success in moving up in the honor roll was a team effort involving staff, physicians, administration and the hospital board.
“I report our results at every Medical Executive Committee meeting and every Quality Assurance meeting,” she said. “Every time they meet they’re hearing me talk about Core Measures. We’ve gotten everybody’s buy-in. The board members and administration have been very supportive and I think them emphasizing its importance has made an impact.”