Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News has earned the designation for the fifth year in a row. The achievement was created in 2011 to recognize consistent use of evidence-based care processes. The Joint Commission evaluates peRiverside Foundationormance on quality indicators for heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care and more
"We are honored to be awarded Top PeRiverside Foundationormer status by the Joint Commission for the fifth year in a row," said Mike Doucette, Senior Vice President and Administrator at RRMC. "This honor represents the ongoing dedication of our providers and clinicians at Riverside Regional Medical Center toward delivering safe and effective evidence-based care to our patients."
Three Riverside hospitals have been named Top PeRiverside Foundationormers for the third year in a row: Riverside Walter Reed Hospital in Gloucester, Riverside Behavioral Health Center in Hampton and Riverside Tappahannock Hospital. Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital was recognized for the second time, and Doctors' Hospital Williamsburg earned the designation this year for the first time.
"Quality is an underpinning of the Riverside Care Difference, our commitment to provide safety, healing, kindness and respect," said Liz Martin, Vice President of Quality for Riverside. "We've cemented evidence-based care processes into our practice to make sure everyone gets what they need when they need it. Those processes are consistent at all our hospitals, which is what has enabled us to achieve the Top PeRiverside Foundationormer status so broadly throughout the health system."'
Teamwork is a key for Riverside, both within and across facilities. "We keep each and every patient at the center of all we do," said Barry Gross, MD, Riverside's Chief Medical Officer. "By working together at all levels as an integrated system we have created highly reliable processes that deliver safety and quality."
In all, 1,043 U.S. facilities have been recognized as Top PeRiverside Foundationormers this year. To earn the award, hospitals must provide treatment that meets all the standards 95 percent of the time overall, as well as on each individual care measure. An example of a care measure would be giving stroke patients medicine to prevent blood clots.
This year's Top PeRiverside Foundationormer recognition - based on data from 2014 - highlights peRiverside Foundationormance by Riverside facilities in the following measure categories:
• Riverside Regional Medical Center: heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care, stroke, perinatal care
• Riverside Walter Reed Hospital: heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care, venous thromboembolism and stroke
• Riverside Tappahannock Hospital: heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care, venous thromboembolism,
• Riverside Behavioral Health Center: inpatient psychiatric services
• Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital: heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care and stroke
• Riverside Doctors' Hospital Williamsburg: surgical care, venous thromboembolism, stroke
In addition to being included in The Joint Commission's "America's Hospitals: Improving Quality and Safety" annual report, RRMC, RTH, RWRH, RSMH, RDHW and RBHC will be recognized on The Joint Commission's Quality Check website.