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Parkview Medical Center earns Best Acute Care Hospital Award
Total Benchmark Solution, LLC. (TBS) is proud to announce that Parkview
Medical Center is a recipient of the Total Benchmark Solution Best Acute Care
Hospitals Award, based upon quality measure data provided by U.S. healthcare
organizations to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for the
Annual 2005 time period. Parkview is the only Colorado hospital to be recognized
with this award.
“Using Total Benchmark Solution’s proprietary Quality Benchmark Solution tools,
TBS has analyzed all the relevant CMS Quality Measures and found that Parkview
has clearly demonstrated its capabilities as a top quality performing hospital
in the areas of Heart Attack, Heart Failure and Pneumonia Care” said Bradley
Petersen, TBS Chairman and Founder. Parkview’s rankings show that they are
taking the right steps towards improving the quality of care in Pueblo and
throughout Colorado” added Petersen.
The CMS Quality Initiative aims include the desire to refine and standardize
hospital data, data transmission, and performance measures in order to construct
a single robust, prioritized and standard quality measure set for hospitals. The
ultimate goal is that all private and public purchasers, oversight and
accrediting entities, payers and providers of hospital care use the same
measures in their public reporting activities.
TBS loaded the data obtained from CMS into its proprietary Quality Benchmark
Solution application to provide the rankings of hospitals within various peer
groups. TBS determined the Best Acute Care Hospitals by benchmarking and ranking
all hospitals nationwide on 18 core measures for the data provided for the
January 2005 to December 2005 timeframe.
"Personally, I was delighted but not surprised to hear that Parkview is among
the nation’s best acute care hospitals. I believe that our staff’s commitment to
quality care is unparalleled in this region” said
C.W. Smith of Parkview Medical Center. "We're pleased that there are now several
resources that allow the public to review different quality measures, and we
encourage consumers to take advantage of the information that is available,"
further stated Smith.
About Parkview Medical Center:
Founded in 1923, Parkview Medical Center in Pueblo, Colorado, offers general
acute healthcare and behavioral medicine specialty services. The private,
non-profit hospital is licensed for 305 beds and provides a full range of
healthcare services including the regions most experienced, certified Level II
Trauma Center and the regions first certified Stroke Center. Parkview Medical
Center is the leader in cardiac services, women’s services, emergency services,
neurological services and behavioral medicine programs. As a vital healthcare
source, Parkview’s service area includes Pueblo County and 14 surrounding
counties, which together represent 350,000 total lives.
Parkview Medical Center is the largest non-government, nonprofit, private sector
employer in Pueblo County with 1,914 employees and provides a skilled medical
staff of 308 physicians. The impact of our workforce triggers a strong impact on
the community as Parkview’s annual payroll contributes more than $72 million to
the economy.
For more details, please visit
www.parkviewmc.org.
About Total Benchmark Solution, LLC:
TBS, the leading provider of benchmarking, decision support and consulting
services for healthcare providers, utilizes its Quality Benchmark Solution
application to provide interactive comparisons of hospitals within multiple peer
groups to assist healthcare providers in targeting areas for improvement. TBS is
based in Steamboat Springs, Colorado and South Bend, Indiana and was founded by
recognized healthcare benchmarking and quality experts Bradley Petersen and John
O'Brien. TBS' vision is to be the industry standard for measuring and
benchmarking the cost, staffing, quality and satisfaction of healthcare service.
The firm's benchmarking and consulting services increase clients' operations
effectiveness through benchmarking focused performance improvement initiatives
to manage costs, improved customer service, and enhance the quality of patient
care. For more information and a complete list of Best Acute Care Hospitals,
visit TBS at
http://www.totalbenchmarksolution.com/qualityaward, contact President & CEO,
John O’Brien at 574-251-0904 or email quality@totalbenchmarksolution.com.
Where to get Hospital Quality Rankings?
In order to find the rankings of the hospitals in your area go to
www.totalbenchmarksolution.com/besthealthcare, type in your zip code and the
number of miles you are willing to travel. You will then get a listing of those
hospitals that provide the highest quality care as determined by Total Benchmark
Solution, LLC.
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