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September 21, 2009
Hospital News
Hospital Value Index™ Recognizes Harton Regional Medical Center with Best in Value™ Award
Harton Regional Medical Center has been recognized with a 2009-2010 Hospital Value Index™: Best in Value™ Award, as a result of the study conducted by Data Advantage, LLC, the nation’s leader in measuring healthcare value. Harton Regional Medical Center ranked among the top tier of all hospitals nationwide, achieving high marks in quality, affordability and efficiency and patient satisfaction.
Specifically, the Hospital Value Index™ recognized Harton Regional Medical Center for excellence, quality, affordability, efficiency and satisfaction.
"We are proud of these honors at Harton Regional Medical Center as they reinforce our commitment to providing quality care affordably," said Matt Roberts, CEO, Harton Regional Medical Center. “Our physicians, nurses and staff strive each day to make our hospital the leader in quality care, and these awards stand as a testament to their dedication and achievement of their goals.” The Hospital Value Index™ is the first and only performance indicator to focus on the value hospitals provide to their community and utilizes the latest publicly available data, including Hospital Compare from July 2009, to recognize these accomplishments.
“Value is increasingly important to patients and consumers who decide which hospital they will access for care,” said Hal Andrews, CEO of Data Advantage.
“The Hospital Value Index™ is the first award to recognize those hospitals providing exceptional value of care to their communities, and Harton Regional Medical Center has achieved great results.” The Hospital Value Index™ pulled data from approximately 4,500 general acute-care hospitals, serving approximately 30.1 million consumers. It defines a hospital’s “value” by its success in five critical areas:
- Quality, including CMS’s Core Measures, patient safety and readmission rates;
- Efficiency, including the relative measure of the cost to the hospital for providing services
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Affordability, a relative comparison of prices charged for inpatient and outpatient services;
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Patient satisfaction as measured by HCAHPS; and
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Comprehensive reputation of a hospital as measured by local public perception derived from the National Research Corporation’s Healthcare Market Guide™.
The full Hospital Value Index™ study and list of findings can be found at www.hospitalvalueindex.com.
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