Friday, October 05, 2018
Two Beaumont hospitals, located in Grosse Pointe and Trenton, are the winners of Vizient’s 2018 Bernard A. Birnbaum, M.D., Quality Leadership Award.
The award recognizes Beaumont hospitals in Grosse Pointe and Trenton for being complex teaching medical centers. Award winners are selected by demonstrating superior performance as measured by Vizient’s Quality and Accountability Study, conducted annually since 2005. Vizient Inc., the largest member-driven health care performance improvement company in the country, presented the awards Oct. 4 in Las Vegas as part of its 2018 Vizient Clinical Connections Summit.
“This is incredible news for Beaumont and the communities served by our Grosse Pointe and Trenton hospitals,” said Sam Flanders, M.D., senior vice president and chief quality officer, Beaumont Health. “Vizient, by all measures, represents the gold standard in recognizing quality and safety in hospitals nationwide and we are proud to be among this year’s elite group of performers.”
Beaumont Hospital, Grosse Pointe President Rick Swaine said, “Our entire staff has worked very hard to meet these very stringent standards.”
This year, more than 99 academic medical centers, 93 community hospitals and 100 complex teaching medical centers were included in the study, which reviewed performance data from a variety of sources, including Vizient’s Clinical Data Base; Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services Core Measures Data Base; the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey; and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Healthcare Safety Network.
Vizient’s Quality and Accountability Study helps academic medical centers and community hospitals identify structures and processes associated with high performance in quality and safety across a broad spectrum of patient care activity. The Institute of Medicine’s six domains of care - safety, timeliness, effectiveness, efficiency, equity and patient-centeredness - were used as a guide in structuring the study criteria.
“We are honored to be recognized by Vizient for this award,” said Christine Stesney-Ridenour, president, Beaumont Hospital, Trenton. “This achievement was only made possible because of the dedication and efforts of our entire team to help lower costs to ensure the delivery of exceptional, patient-centered care.”
“Today’s leading hospitals are leveraging advanced analytics and innovative technology to provide superior clinical outcomes and patient experiences while effectively managing costs,” said Byron Jobe, president and chief executive officer for Vizient. “Receiving this award indicates that Beaumont has demonstrated a leadership style focused on results and a culture of collaboration and adaptability that is necessary to succeed during this time of change in the health care industry. We congratulate them on their achievement and commitment to delivering exceptional patient care.”
Beaumont Chief Operating Officer, Carolyn Wilson, added, “I am proud of the outstanding performance of the teams at each hospital for working so hard to deliver compassionate and exceptional care to our patients and their families every day.”
[Photo Caption: Pictured from left to right: Jordan Bosco, clinical infection preventionist at Beaumont, Trenton, Susan Muscat, director of Quality Management at Beaumont, Trenton, Kristen Cavender, vice president of operations at Beaumont, Grosse Pointe and Sue Schulz, chief nursing officer for Beaumont, Trenton at the Connections Summit in Las Vegas accepting the 2018 Vizient award.]