Monday, October 03, 2016
Beaumont Hospital, Grosse Pointe is the winner of Vizient’s 2016 Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership Award.
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 award Sept. 29,as part of its 2016 Vizient Clinical Connections Summit in Dallas.
“This is incredible news for us and the whole Grosse Pointe community,” said Donna Hoban, M.D, senior vice president, chief medical officer, Beaumont Hospital, Grosse Pointe. “Vizient, by all measures, represents the gold standard in recognizing quality and safety in hospitals nationwide.”
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 100 academic medical centers and 124 community hospitals were included in the study, which reviewed performance data from a variety of sources, including Vizient’s Clinical Data Base, Vizient’s 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.
“Hospitals today are using data and analytics to help them more effectively manage cost and deliver superior clinical outcomes and patient experiences,” said Jody Hatcher, president, Sourcing and Collaboration services. “By winning this award, Beaumont Hospital, Grosse Pointe demonstrated a successful leadership style, a shared sense of purpose, a focus on results, and a culture of collaboration, accountability and adaptability necessary to succeed during this time of unrelenting change in our industry. We congratulate them on their achievement.”
BEAUMONT, GROSSE POINTE
Part of Beaumont Health, Beaumont Hospital, Grosse Pointe is a 250-bed hospital located in the heart of Grosse Pointe. Opened in 1945 by the Sisters of Bon Secours, it was acquired by Beaumont Health System in October 2007. Beaumont, Grosse Pointe offers medical, surgical, emergency, obstetric, pediatric and critical care services. In March 2012, the Cotton Family Birth Center at Beaumont, Grosse Pointe was designated a Baby-Friendly® birth center by Baby-Friendly USA. Beaumont, Grosse Pointe is recognized as “high performing” in three medical specialties by U.S. News & World Report.