Raising the Bar on - Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital
Raising the Bar on - Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital
Raising the Bar on - Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital
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a MESSaGE from oUR CEo<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Raising</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Bar</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
<strong>on</strong> Quality Care<br />
Because of your<br />
hard work and<br />
dedicati<strong>on</strong> to our<br />
patients, you have helped<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> hospital realize several<br />
remarkable<br />
achievements.<br />
Message from David Loving<br />
I’d like to begin by wishing every<strong>on</strong>e a safe and healthy 2012! I would also like<br />
to thank <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> entire staff of <strong>Hugh</strong> <strong>Chatham</strong> for <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> extraordinary work you do<br />
and have d<strong>on</strong>e throughout 2011! Because of your hard work and dedicati<strong>on</strong><br />
to our patients, you have helped <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> hospital realize several remarkable<br />
achievements.<br />
To begin, our l<strong>on</strong>g-term care nursing facility has achieved <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> federal Centers<br />
for Medicare and Medicaid Services 5-Star Rating. This is a tremendous h<strong>on</strong>or,<br />
and proves <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> staff’s commitment to providing excepti<strong>on</strong>al quality care.<br />
The Primary Stroke Center has received <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Joint Commissi<strong>on</strong>’s Gold Seal<br />
of Approval. This is <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> culminati<strong>on</strong> of two years of intensive planning,<br />
organizing and executi<strong>on</strong>, and now gives <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> people in our regi<strong>on</strong> life-saving<br />
stroke care that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>y might not have o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rwise realized.<br />
Finally, HCMH is am<strong>on</strong>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> first hospitals in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> state to achieve Stage 1<br />
Meaning Use as defined by <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> federal Health Informati<strong>on</strong> Technology for<br />
Ec<strong>on</strong>omic and Clinical Health Act. The processes involved in achieving this<br />
designati<strong>on</strong> are revoluti<strong>on</strong>ary in terms of patient care, and <strong>on</strong>ly through <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
dedicati<strong>on</strong> of every<strong>on</strong>e could this have been achieved.<br />
This Communiqué issue includes more detail about <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>se achievements, and<br />
every<strong>on</strong>e involved in helping up us reach <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>se goals should feel nothing but<br />
pride. The people we serve will know of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>se achievements as well, and we<br />
will c<strong>on</strong>tinue to build fur<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r c<strong>on</strong>fidence that HCMH has <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> facilities and<br />
services <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>y need to receive excepti<strong>on</strong>al care.<br />
David Loving<br />
Chief Executive Officer<br />
Communiqué 1
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