Saint Mary's Quality Partnerships

Quality Improvement Initiative Participation

Institute for Healthcare Improvement's 100K Lives and 5 Million Lives campaigns (www.ihi.org)

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Hospital Quality Initiative (www.cms.hhs.gov/HospitalQualityInits)

The Leapfrog Group's Hospital Quality and Safety Survey (www.leapfroggroup.org)

Participant in the American Heart Association's and American Stroke Association's Get With The Guidelines - Cardiac Artery Disease and Get With The Guidelines - Stroke programs (www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1165)

Participant in the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Profiles survey, a nationally certified survey measuring patient perceptions of the care they receive (www.hcahpsonline.org/default.aspx)

Surgical Care Improvement Project. This is part of the HQI with CMS, also we participate with HealthInsight (http://www.healthinsight.org/hcp/hospitals/recruitment.html#scip)

Appropriate Care Measure We participate with HealthInsight, this is using measures that are part of HQI with CMS. (http://www.healthinsight.org/hcp/hospitals/recruitment.html#acm)

Technology and Culture Change Group (with HealthInsight) (http://www.healthinsight.org/hcp/hospitals/recruitment.html#tccg)

Awards and Certifications

Certified by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (www.jcaho.org)

One of Nevada's top hospitals in quality, according to HealthInsight, Nevada's Medicare-contracted quality improvement organization (www.healthinsight.org)

Certified by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (www.carf.org)

Diabetes Wellness Program certified by the American Diabetes Association (www.diabetes.org)

Recognized in conjunction with Western Bariatric Institute as a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence by the American Society for Bariatric Surgery (www.asbs.org)

Saint Mary's Health Plans rated "commendable" by National Committee on Quality Assurance (www.ncqa.org)

Saint Mary's HealthFirst HMO recognized as one of America's best health plans by U.S. News and World Report (www.usnews.com)

Saint Mary's Nell J. Redfield Health Clinics one of only three health care organizations in the country to receive Press Ganey's 2006 Compass Award for high performance in patient satisfaction (www.pressganey.com)

NDNQI (National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators) since 2004. This is part of working toward Magnet Status accreditation from ANA. (www.nursecredentialing.org/magnet/goals.html)