Morrow County Hospital receives 5-star rating for quality
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MOUNT GILEAD Morrow County Hospital was one of only 35 hospitals in Ohio that received a 5-star rating from CMS (The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) based on 37 measures of performance in five categories that include mortality, safety of care, readmission rates, patient experience and timely/effective care.
Hospitals report data to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services through the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program, Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program, Hospital Readmission Reduction Program, Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program, and Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program. Overall star ratings aren’t calculated for Veterans Health Administration or Department of Defense hospitals.
Around the nation: AHA names new senior leader who will focus on health equity
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American Hospital Association (AHA) has created and filled a new senior leadership role to oversee AHA s health equity and inclusion strategies, in today s bite-sized hospital and health industry news from Illinois, Maryland, and Massachusetts.
Illinois: AHA has created and filled a new senior leadership role to oversee AHA s health equity and inclusion strategies. AHA has appointed Joy Lewis, who previously served as AHA s VP for strategic health planning, to the new role of SVP of health equity strategies. Lewis, who will also serve as executive director of AHA s