Over 20 QHR Client Hospitals Receive National Recognition at Healthcare Service Excellence Awards
Brentwood, Tenn. (August 9, 2011) – Over 20 QHR client hospitals were recently recognized with Avatar International Healthcare Service Excellence Awards. Avatar honored QHR hospitals with awards for exemplary service, innovation, exceeding expectations, best performing, most improved and five star service.
“We are thrilled to see our QHR client hospitals receive national recognition,” said QHR President and CEO James L. Horrar. “The Avatar awards are a testament to our client hospitals’ commitment to consistently deliver superior service, innovative tactics and high quality healthcare for their communities.”
“These QHR client hospitals illustrate the successful execution of quality patient care. I congratulate them for demonstrating what it means to truly enhance the patient experience. QHR clients set a high standard for all hospitals,” said David Medvedeff, PharmD, MBA, and CEO of Avatar International LLC.
About Avatar
Avatar (http://www.avatar-intl.com), a research and consulting company based in Orlando, FL, specializes in Evidence Based Intelligent Surveys™ and Innovative Strategies™ to transform information into significant quality and efficiency of care improvement for the healthcare industry. In addition to conducting surveys, Avatar also actively engages healthcare providers in process improvement, including training in service quality. Avatar serves healthcare organizations nationally, including small community hospitals, academic medical centers, large regional medical centers, integrated healthcare systems, long-term care and behavioral health organizations. Avatar International can be reached at 1-800-282-8274.
About QHR (Quorum Health Resources)
QHR (Quorum Health Resources) has provided consulting, management and education resources to hospitals and health systems for three decades. QHR is the market leader in hospital management, with nearly 150 current multi-year clients across the U.S. As a consulting resource, QHR is the seventh largest healthcare management consulting firms in the U.S., and the QHR Learning Institute reaches more than 10,000 healthcare professionals each year. For more information, go to http://www.qhr.com.
