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UF Health Jacksonville recognized as a 2014 Top Performer by The Joint Commission

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — UF Health Jacksonville is proud to announce that it has been recognized as a 2014 Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in the United States.

UF Health Jacksonville was recognized as part of The Joint Commission’s 2015 annual report “America’s Hospitals: Improving Quality and Safety,” for attaining and sustaining excellence in accountability measure performance in five different categories: heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care and perinatal care. Less than a third of eligible hospitals in the United States were able to achieve the 2014 Top Performer distinction.

“Our staff is dedicated to providing the best care to every one of our patients, and this recognition is proof that their hard work is paying off,” said Russ Armistead, CEO of UF Health Jacksonville. “The Joint Commission is one of the most important accrediting organizations in the country and we are proud to be singled out for excellence. We have and will continue to make positive patient outcomes a priority and our goal is to be recognized as a top performer in as many areas as possible.”

The Top Performer program recognizes hospitals for improving performance on evidence-based interventions that increase the chances of healthy outcomes for patients with certain conditions. The performance measures included in the recognition program including heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care, children’s asthma, inpatient psychiatric services, stroke, venous thromboembolism, perinatal care, immunization, tobacco treatment and substance use.

To be a 2014 Top Performer, hospitals had to meet three performance criteria based on 2014 accountability measure data, including:

  • Achieve cumulative performance of 95 percent or above across all reported accountability measures;
  • Achieve performance of 95 percent or above on each and every reported accountability measure with at least 30 denominator cases; and
  • Have at least one core measure set that had a composite rate of 95 percent or above, and within that measure set, achieve a performance rate of 95 percent or above on all applicable individual accountability measures.

“Delivering the right treatment in the right way at the right time is a cornerstone of high-quality health care. I commend the efforts of UF Health Jacksonville for its excellent performance on the use of evidence-based interventions,” said Mark R. Chassin, M.D., FACP, M.P.P., M.P.H., president and CEO, The Joint Commission.

For more information about the Top Performer program, visit www.jointcommission.org/accreditation/top_performers.aspx.