jrmc-DeBeorJamestown (CSi) Jamestown Regional Medical Center announces that it has been recognized as a 2015 Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in the United States.

JRMC was recognized as part of The Joint Commission’s 2015 annual report “America’s Hospitals: Improving Quality and Safety,” for attaining and sustaining excellence in accountability measure performance for clinical processes for certain conditions, including heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care, children’s asthma, inpatient psychiatric services, venous thromboembolism, stroke, perinatal care, immunization, tobacco treatment and substance use. JRMC is one of only 1,043 hospitals out of more than 3,300 eligible hospitals in the United States to achieve the 2015 Top Performer distinction.

The Top Performer program recognizes hospitals for improving performance on evidence-based interventions that increase the chances of healthy outcomes for patients with certain conditions. The performance measures included in the recognition program including heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care, children’s asthma, inpatient psychiatric services, stroke, venous thromboembolism, perinatal care, immunization, tobacco treatment and substance use.

To be a 2015 Top Performer, hospitals had to meet three performance criteria based on 2014 accountability measure data, including:

  1. Achieve cumulative performance of 95 percent or above across all reported accountability measures;
  2. Achieve performance of 95 percent or above on each and every reported accountability measure with at least 30 denominator cases; and
  3. Have at least one core measure set that had a composite rate of 95 percent or above, and within that measure set, achieve a performance rate of 95 percent or above on all applicable individual accountability measures.

The Joint Commission, President and CEO, Mark R. Chassin, MD, FACP, MPP, MPH,

“Delivering the right treatment in the right way at the right time is a cornerstone of high-quality health care. I commend the efforts of JRMC for their excellent performance on the use of evidence-based interventions.

JRMC Chief Executive Officer, K.C. DeBoer, says ,”It is our mission to exceed expectations and be the difference in the lives of those we serve at JRMC. To do that, we continually focus our efforts to improve patient outcomes through evidence-based care processes specific to the quality and safety of the care that our patients receive.

We are very proud to be named a Top Performer as it recognizes the knowledge, teamwork and dedication of our entire team – they are making a difference every day.”

For more information about the Top Performer program, visit www.jointcommission.org/accreditation/top_performers.aspx.

About Jamestown Regional Medical Center

Jamestown Regional Medical Center is a 25-bed, critical access hospital located at 2422 20th St. SW, Jamestown, ND. For more information on services at JRMC, visit www.jrmcnd.com or call 701-952-1050.