McLeod the region's choice for medical excellence for nearly 100 years has a reputation for the highest quality care. This recognition has attracted national notice. In this section you can review some of the latest news and honors related to McLeod’s efforts to continually prove the quality of health care.
Our Doctors Say...
Quality is paramount at McLeod. We try to demonstrate it every day to our patients. Below are the physicians leading our quality efforts to explain what we're doing.
Premier Awards
National Hospital Group Honors McLeod Quality
McLeod Health received top Premier Award for Quality in May 2003 for its program of managing health care quality.
Premier is a leading health care alliance collectively owned by 200 independent heatlh care systems operating nearly 1,500 hospitals.
RWJ: Pursuing Perfection
Pursuing Perfection at McLeod Health
McLeod Regional Medical Center is one of only seven health care organizations in the country selected to lead improvements in health care quality. "Pursuing Perfection: Raising the Bar for Health Care Performance" is a $21 million initiative sponsored by the prestigious Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), an internationally recognized leader in health care quality.
"Medical Excellence has long been a cornerstone of McLeod Health," stated Robert L. Colones, Executive Vice President of McLeod Regional Medical Center. "We are honored that our efforts to build on that cornerstone will be viewed as a model for delivering higher quality care across the nation."
RWJF and IHI reviewed more than 200 hospital and physician organizations across the country before selecting McLeod to join this exclusive group. Other organizations selected include Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey, Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare in Florida, Cambridge Health Alliance in Massachusetts, Saint Joseph Hospital in Washington State, Children's Hospital Medical Center in Ohio, and the Health Partners Medical Group and Clinics in Minnesota.
During the next three years, the McLeod medical staff and employees will seek ways to deliver care so that patients are diagnosed even more efficiently and treated successfully, while recovering in a shorter time with less pain.
Target areas for the grant include the following pilot programs: focusing on achievement of higher than national best practice rates for treatment of heart disease and eliminating adverse drug events, capitalizing on enhancements in computer technology, and providing extensive training to medical and hospital staff.
Echocardiogram Accreditation
McLeod Echocardiography Laboratory Earns Accreditation
McLeod Regional Medical Center is one of the first echocardiography laboratories in the United States and Canada to be accredited by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories (ICAEL). Accreditation by ICAEL signifies the laboratory’s commitment to quality testing for the diagnosis of heart disease.
"Being accredited represents a high standard of dedication and allegiance to the art and craft of adult echocardiography," said Sherry Gibson, Chief McLeod Echosonographer.
According to the American Heart Association, one American dies every 32 seconds from cardiovascular disease, disorders of the heart and blood vessels. Cardiac structure and blood flow information provided by echocardiographic testing is useful in the detection and management of many types of heart disease.
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