BMH- Golden Triangle Lands Honor

PRESS RELEASE

Columbus Miss., Nov. 24, 2015 – Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle has been named a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® by the Joint Commission, one of 1,043 hospitals in the United States earning the 2014 Top Performer distinction.

The Joint Commission, the organization which accredits hospitals, recognized the hospitals for exemplary performance in using evidence-based clinical processes that are shown to improve care for certain conditions. The recognition is based on accountability measure data reported to The Joint Commission during the previous calendar year. This year’s program results are based on data that were reported for 2014. Forty-two hospitals in Mississippi submitted data, and only 10 received

the Top Performer distinction.

Baptist Golden Triangle was recognized for top performance in six areas: heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care, stroke and immunization. This is the fourth year that Baptist Golden Triangle has been recognized as a Top Performer. The hospital was recognized in 2012, 2013 and 2014 for its performance on accountability measure data for four areas: heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia and surgical care. The stroke and immunization accountability measures were added in 2014. Of the 1,043 Top Performer hospitals recognized this year, only 221 have achieved the distinction for the past four consecutive years, including Baptist Golden Triangle.

“We are very proud of this recognition,” said Paul Cade, administrator and CEO of Baptist Golden Triangle. “Our colleagues, clinicians and physicians, using best practices to treat our patients are the reason we were named a top performer again for the fourth straight year.”

erformer program recognizes hospitals for improving performance on evidence-based interventions that increase the chances of healthy outcomes for patients with certain conditions.

“Achieving top performer status is not easy and for many hospitals, it took years of hard work,” said Mark R. Chassin, M.D., president and chief executive officer of The Joint Commission.

“One of our top priorities is to provide positive patient outcomes through evidence-based care processes,” said Cade. “We know that patients are very concerned about their safety and the quality of the care they receive while in our hospital. Our goal every day is to not only meet but to also exceed our patients’ expectations in the areas of safety and quality of care,” Cade added.

“Our designation as a Top Performer hospital affirms that our staff and physicians are focusing on the evidence-based care processes that improve healthy outcomes for our patients,” he added.

Baptist Union County in New Albany was also designated a Top Performer hospital.

With 315 beds, Baptist Golden Triangle is the largest regional hospital affiliated with the Memphis, Tenn.-based Baptist Memorial Health Care system. With physicians and surgeons representing almost every medical specialty practicing at the hospital and more than 1,000 health care employees, Baptist Golden Triangle offers a wide range of comprehensive medical care to patients of all ages.

In addition to the Baptist Cancer Center-Golden Triangle, the hospital offers a variety of services to the community, including Baptist Behavioral Health Care for those with behavioral and mental health problems; an emergency room with 24-hour ambulance service; and an extensive rehabilitation department, including cardiac rehab and educational programs and health screenings, many at no cost to the public.

For more information, please call 662-244-1000 or visit http://goldentriangle.baptistonline.org or follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Baptistgoldentriangle.