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St. Joseph (Bangor) named among the "TOP 100 U.S. Hospitals"
Thomson Reuters released its annual study identifying the 100 top U.S. hospitals based on their overall organizational performance and St. Joseph Hospital (Bangor) was named.
The Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals® study evaluates performance in 10 areas: mortality; medical complications; patient  safety; average patient stay; expenses; profitability; patient satisfaction; adherence to clinical standards of care; post-discharge mortality; and readmission rates for acute myocardial infarction (heart attack), heart failure, and pneumonia. The study has been conducted annually since 1993.
To conduct the 100 Top Hospitals study, Thomson Reuters researchers evaluated 2,886 short-term, acute-care, and non-federal hospitals. They used public information - Medicare cost reports, Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (MedPAR) data, and core measures and patient satisfaction data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Compare website. Hospitals do not apply, and winners do not pay to market this honor. |
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St. Mary's (Lewiston) receives an "A" Hospital Safety ScoreSM by the Leapfrog Group
St. Mary's Regional Medical Center (Lewiston) was honored with an "A" Hospital Safety ScoreSM by The Leapfrog Group. The Leapfrog Group is an independent national non-profit run by employers and other large purchasers of health benefits. The Hospital Safety ScoreSM was calculated under the guidance of the group's Blue Ribbon Expert Panel using publicly available data on patient injuries, medical and medication errors, and infections. U.S. hospitals were assigned an A, B, C, D, or F for their safety.
"It's The Leapfrog Group's goal to give patients the information they need and deserve before even entering a hospital," said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. "We congratulate the hospitals that earned an 'A,' and we look forward to the day when all hospitals in the U.S. will earn the highest scores for putting patient safety first." |
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St. Joseph Hospital (Nashua) Physicians Named as Top Doctors and Leading Physicians
A total of 32 physicians with St. Joseph Hospital (Nashua) ties, in 26 different specialties, were named to the New Hampshire Magazine's list of Top Doctors and Leading Physicians for 2012 in its April edition.
 New Hampshire Magazine sends a survey to every physician on the New Hampshire Board of Medicine's list of physicians licensed to practice in the state asking them who they would choose to provide for the medical needs of their friends and loved ones. The magazine received 429 surveys back and those who received the greatest number of recommendations are named "New Hampshire's Top Doctors" in their respective specialties.
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St. Mary's d'Youville Pavilion (Lewiston) Earns Award for Reducing Patient Re-hospitalizations
St. Mary's d'Youville Pavilion (Lewiston) recently earned the prestigious 2012 Innovation Award from LeadingAge Maine and New Hampshire. The Association recognized d'Youville Pavilion for its efforts and best practices to reduce patient re-hospitalization rates. In 2010, St. Mary's d'Youville Pavilion began the process by comparing existing practices against industry evidence-based standards. A weekly work group was created to review hospital readmissions and to develop an action plan that would change processes and outcomes, improving the quality of care.
As a result of d'Youville Pavilion's system quality project, its re-hospitalization rate went from 16% in 2010 to 8.12% in the first quarter of 2012. This endeavor has been a great success and efforts continue to grow with further partnerships, physician to physician communication, and improving the facility's ability to analyze data. |
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Bethany Health Care (Framingham) Listed as Among the Best Nursing Homes
Covenant affiliate, Bethany Health Care Center (Framingham) was named to the 2012 Honor Roll in U.S. News & World Report's annual Best Nursing Homes. U.S. News' Best Nursing Homes recognizes top-rated homes in all 50 states and offers important guidance to families and healthcare providers caring for people in need of a nursing home. The U.S. News Honor Roll highlighted 39 nursing homes with perfect performance ratings over the past year. Only one home in 400 is able to meet Honor Roll standards. |
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Congratulations on Massachusetts Department of Public Health Deficiency Free Surveys
Mary Immaculate Health/Care Center (Lawrence); Maristhill Nursing & Rehabilitation Center (Waltham); and Covenant Affiliate, Mont Marie Health Care Center (Holyoke).
Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) Reaccredits St. Andre (Biddeford)
The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) recently reaccredited St. Andre Health Care (Biddeford), giving no recommendations for improvement. St. Andre was among the first organizations in Maine to be accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) for its commitment to "person-centered care." |
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Environmental Awards: Practice Greenhealth
For the seventh consecutive year, Covenant Health Systems received the "System for Change" award from Practice Greenhealth. This award recognizes health systems that are working cohesively to gather data, set system goals, benchmark, and share successes in environmental performance.
Practice Greenhealth is the nation's leading membership and networking organization for institutions in the healthcare community that have made a commitment to sustainable, eco-friendly practices.
St. Mary's Health System, Lewiston (2nd year); Mary Immaculate Nursing Restorative Center, Lawrence (3rd year); and Youville Place Assisted Living Residence, Lexington (2nd year) received the "Partner for Change with Distinction" Award.
The "Partner for Change with Distinction" Award is a very competitive award that recognizes health care facilities that have achieved improvements in their mercury elimination, waste reduction, and source reduction programs - above and beyond the "Partner for Change" basic criteria. This includes at least 20 percent recycling, 10 percent or less regulated medical waste, a more extensive sustainability program, and more programs covering a wider range of areas (such as food, energy, water, chemical minimization, and more). These facilities must also show leadership in the local community and/or in the health care sector.
 The "Partner for Change" award went to: Maristhill Nursing & Rehabilitation Center (Waltham), St. Andre Health Care (Biddeford), St. Joseph Hospital (Nashua), and St. Mary Health Care (Worcester).
The "Partner for Change" Award recognizes health care facilities that continuously improve and expand upon their mercury elimination, waste reduction, and source reduction programs. At a minimum, facilities applying for this Award must be recycling 15 percent of their total waste, are well along the way to mercury elimination, and have developed other successful pollution prevention programs in many different areas.
Youville House Assisted Living Residence (Cambridge) received the "Partner Recognition"Award. The Partner Recognition Award is for health care facilities that have begun to work on environmental improvements, achieved some progress, and have at least a five percent recycling rate for the total waste stream.
St. Joseph Healthcare (Bangor) received the "Making Mercury Free" Award. This award recognizes facilities that have virtually eliminated mercury from their facilities and have demonstrated a commitment to continue to be mercury-free. (Note: all Covenant members have received this award; St. Joseph Healthcare is a new member of Covenant with this being their first award application.)
A full set of mercury-free digital thermometers and sphygmomanometers has been donated to seven hospitals in Bali in honor of the 2012 Environmental Excellence Awards winners. These hospitals have signed an agreement with the Environmental Agency of Denpasar City as well as a Health Care Without Harm Indonesia partner organization to eliminate mercury-containing devices over the next three years and to develop an action plan towards being a mercury-free hospital. |
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Fitch Ratings and Standard & Poor's Rate Covenant at "A" Stable
Fitch Ratings rated Covenant Health Systems' (MA) 2012 Revs 'A' Stable Outlook; Standard & Poor's affirmed its 'A' long-term rating on existing debt issued for Covenant by both issuing authorities. The outlook is stable. Standard & Poor's writes: "CHS has maintained a strong enterprise profile for several years, with significant revenue diversity across its acute-care and senior-living sectors, a stable market share for each of its hospitals located in two-hospital towns, and consistently strong occupancy at its senior living facilities." |
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Philip Jean, MBA, CNHA, FACHCA, Vice President of Elder Care Services at St. Mary's Health System and Administrator at St. Mary's d'Youville Pavilion (Lewiston) was appointed District 1 Director of the American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA) Board of Directors, the nation's leading professional society of long-term care administrators.
Jean has been a member of ACHCA since 2000 and is a Certified Fellow, which represents the highest level of achievement within ACHCA. He has served on many national committees including Professional Advancement, Education, and the IT Task Force Work Group. He is currently President of the Maine Chapter of ACHCA and is an exam item writer for the ACHCA certified nursing home administrator exam. As District 1 Director, he will continue to help support membership and grow programming in six states including Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. |
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Michael Isabella, administrator, St. Mary Health Care Center (Worcester) is a 2012 recipient of the American College of Health Care Administrators' Facility Leadership Award, a reflection of leadership excellence.
 The prestigious Facility Leadership Award is made possible with the support of eHealthDataSolutions. It is based on three years of skilled nursing facility (SNF) survey data. The areas of excellence the facility exhibits includes three years of performance on the Health Survey, Fire (Life Safety) Survey, Complaint Surveys and improvement in the last two quarters of the reported Quality Measures.
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2011 CORPORATE REPORT
The digital version of Covenant Health Systems' 2011 Corporate Report is now available at www.covenanths.org. |
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