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November
2015
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16:00 PM
America/Denver
Joint Commission recognizes 11 Intermountain hospitals as Top Performers
A total of 29 community/acute care hospitals are accredited by the Joint Commission in Utah.
The national list of top performers represents the top 31.5 percent of all Joint Commission-accredited hospitals "that attained excellence in accountability measure performance during the calendar year 2014," according to the Joint Commission.
Hospitals on the list were recognized for excellence in nine categories - heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care, children's asthma, venous thromboembolism, stroke, immunization, and perinatal care.
Intermountain's hospitals were recognized as follows:
• Alta View: Pneumonia, surgical care, and perinatal care
• American Fork: Pneumonia, surgical care, immunization, and perinatal care
• Cedar City: Surgical care and perinatal care
• Intermountain Medical Center: Heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care, and perinatal care
• LDS Hospital: Pneumonia, surgical care, and perinatal care
• Logan Regional: Heart attack, pneumonia, surgical care, venous thromboembolism, and perinatal care
• Orem Community: Immunization and perinatal care
• Park City: Pneumonia, surgical care, venous thromboembolism, and immunization
• Primary Children's: Children's asthma
• TOSH: Surgical care, venous thromboembolism, and immunization
• Utah Valley: Heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care, immunization, and perinatal care
The top-performing hospitals were recognized for achieving 95 percent or better on Joint Commission standards. Click here
The national list of top performers represents the top 31.5 percent of all Joint Commission-accredited hospitals "that attained excellence in accountability measure performance during the calendar year 2014," according to the Joint Commission.
Hospitals on the list were recognized for excellence in nine categories - heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care, children's asthma, venous thromboembolism, stroke, immunization, and perinatal care.
Intermountain's hospitals were recognized as follows:
• Alta View: Pneumonia, surgical care, and perinatal care
• American Fork: Pneumonia, surgical care, immunization, and perinatal care
• Cedar City: Surgical care and perinatal care
• Intermountain Medical Center: Heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care, and perinatal care
• LDS Hospital: Pneumonia, surgical care, and perinatal care
• Logan Regional: Heart attack, pneumonia, surgical care, venous thromboembolism, and perinatal care
• Orem Community: Immunization and perinatal care
• Park City: Pneumonia, surgical care, venous thromboembolism, and immunization
• Primary Children's: Children's asthma
• TOSH: Surgical care, venous thromboembolism, and immunization
• Utah Valley: Heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care, immunization, and perinatal care
The top-performing hospitals were recognized for achieving 95 percent or better on Joint Commission standards. Click here
to see a complete list of recognized hospitals in the Joint Commission's Annual Report.