BIDMC News and Notes
6/19/2009 (11:52:37am)Tags: noneComments: (0)
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center been recognized by the Premier healthcare alliance as a winner of the Premier Award for Quality (AFQ). BIDMC is one of 23 winners out of more than 3,796 eligible hospitals nationwide.
The AFQ recognizes leading healthcare organizations that efficiently provide outstanding patient care and consistently set the standard in clinical excellence nationwide. Distinguished by its consideration of performance-based criteria, including clinical quality outcomes, resource utilization, and clinical process indicators, the AFQ measures top performers at the overall hospital level.
BIDMC was one of just two Massachusetts hospitals named. For more information, click here.
7/21/2009 (4:42:17pm)Tags: quality top hospital patient safetyComments: (0)
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is among three hospitals nationally to be recognized for their leadership and innovation in quality, safety and commitment to patient care.
The 2009 American Hospital Association-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize® was awarded to Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, Mich., which will receive $75,000. BIDMC was honored as the finalist and will receive $12,500. Duke University Hospital in Durham, NC, received the Citation of Merit.
BIDMC was cited for its goal of eliminating all preventable harm by 2012 and for emphasizing leadership and transparency to help the hospital move toward that important goal. The award notes BIDMC's strong values of reliability, safety, effectiveness, patient-centeredness and equity are reinforced throughout the organization.
To learn more, please click here.
10/21/2009 (4:12:54pm)Tags: noneComments: (0)
BIDMC has been named to the 2009 Harvard Pilgrim Hospital Honor Roll, which includes hospitals whose performance was among the top 25 percent of those measured nationally on a set of composite quality metrics.
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10/23/2009 (1:00:37pm)Tags: intensive care patient-centered care qualityComments: (0)
BIDMC has been honored by an international group of critical care specialists for its work to improve the experience of patients and family members in intensive care units (ICUs).
The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), with 14,000 members in 80 countries, named BIDMC the winner of the 2010 Family-Centered Care Award, given annually to one hospital or ICU to "recognize innovation that improves the care provided to critically ill and injured patients and their families."
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11/12/2009 (3:23:11pm)Tags: quality top hospital patient safetyComments: (0)
Atrius Health and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center are expanding their relationship to establish a new model of health care delivery between a large ambulatory multi-specialty practice and a leading academic medical center, according to Gene Lindsey, MD, president and CEO of Atrius Health.
The boards of directors from Atrius and BIDMC both voted Wednesday evening to build the expanded relationship.
For more details on what this will mean, click here.
