{"id":2444,"date":"2016-09-28T07:00:19","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T13:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/93fd47b736.nxcli.net\/corporate\/?p=2444"},"modified":"2018-11-01T07:45:49","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T13:45:49","slug":"montana-hospitals-receive-quality-health-care-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dsiohn098w.mpqhf.org\/corporate\/montana-hospitals-receive-quality-health-care-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Montana Hospitals Receive Quality Health Care Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>September 28, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Helena, Mont., \u2013<\/strong> Mountain-Pacific Quality Health will announce this year\u2019s quality award winners during the September, 29 MHA Annual Convention and Trade Show in Billings, Montana at the Radisson hotel.<\/p>\n<p>Community Hospital of Anaconda, Cabinet Peaks Medical Center in Libby and Sidney Health Center will receive a <em>Quality Achievement Award<\/em>\u2014Mountain-Pacific\u2019s top award. Barrett Hospital and Healthcare in Dillon and Missoula\u2019s St. Patrick Hospital will receive the <em>Hospital Commitment to Quality Award<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Hospitals applying for a quality award are required to meet certain criteria outlined by Mountain-Pacific. Quality Awards are given to hospitals that demonstrate high performance in current national focus areas including Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) and Patient Experience of Care. This year, we have added a Healthy People 2020 component, <em>Influenza Vaccination among Health Care Personnel<\/em>. We have also expanded the criteria for <em>Patient\/Family Engagement<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally we have added the Chasing Zero Award. This year\u2019s <em><strong>Chasing Zero Award for sustained time periods with \u201czero\u201d infections<\/strong><\/em> will go to Billings Clinic and St. Patrick Hospital. The <em><strong>Chasing Zero award though Antibiotic Stewardship<\/strong><\/em> will go to Barrett Hospital and Healthcare in Dillon and St. Joseph Medical Center in Polson.<\/p>\n<p>We continue to require all award recipients to demonstrate evidence of strong executive leadership. \u201cRecognizing hospitals for their unwavering dedication to providing high quality health care is at the heart of our award program,\u201d says Christy Fuller, director of Mountain-Pacific\u2019s Montana office. \u201cWe believe that hospitals receiving our awards demonstrate a solid commitment to providing services that set the bar for quality care in important aspects of patient care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/dsiohn098w.mpqhf.org\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Press-Release-2016-Hospital-Awards-MT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Download the PDF<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 28, 2016<br \/>\nHelena, Mont., \u2013 Mountain-Pacific Quality Health will announce this year\u2019s quality award winners during the September, 29 MHA Annual Convention and Trade Show in Billings, Montana at the Radisson hotel.<br \/>\nCommunity Hospital of Anaconda, Cabinet Peaks Medical Center in Libby and Sidney Health Center will receive a Quality Achievement Award\u2014Mountain-Pacific\u2019s top award. Barrett Hospital and Healthcare in Dillon and Missoula\u2019s St. Patrick Hospital will receive the Hospital Commitment to Quality Award.<br \/>\nHospitals applying for a quality award are required to meet certain criteria outlined by Mountain-Pacific. Quality Awards are given to hospitals that demonstrate high performance in current national focus areas including Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) and Patient Experience of Care. This year, we have added a Healthy People 2020 component, Influenza Vaccination among Health Care Personnel. We have also expanded the criteria for Patient\/Family Engagement.<br \/>\nAdditionally we have added the Chasing Zero Award. This year\u2019s Chasing Zero Award for sustained time periods with \u201czero\u201d infections will go to Billings Clinic and St. Patrick Hospital. The Chasing Zero award though Antibiotic Stewardship will go to Barrett Hospital and Healthcare in Dillon and St. Joseph Medical Center in Polson.<br \/>\nWe continue to require all award recipients to demonstrate evidence of strong executive leadership. \u201cRecognizing hospitals for their unwavering dedication to providing high quality health care is at the heart of our award program,\u201d says Christy Fuller, director of Mountain-Pacific\u2019s Montana office. \u201cWe believe that hospitals receiving our awards demonstrate a solid commitment to providing services that set the bar for quality care in important aspects of patient care.\u201d<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dsiohn098w.mpqhf.org\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Press-Release-2016-Hospital-Awards-MT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Download the PDF<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2444","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-announcements","7":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Montana Hospitals Receive Quality Health Care Awards - Mountain Pacific<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dsiohn098w.mpqhf.org\/corporate\/montana-hospitals-receive-quality-health-care-awards\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Montana Hospitals Receive Quality Health Care Awards - Mountain Pacific\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"September 28, 2016 Helena, Mont., \u2013 Mountain-Pacific Quality Health will announce this year\u2019s quality award winners during the September, 29 MHA Annual Convention and Trade Show in Billings, Montana at the Radisson hotel. 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