Congratulations to the Following QHR Hospital Clients! With nearly 200 hospital clients across the nation, QHR is proud to work with people dedicated to service excellence
in the healthcare field. Below is just a partial listing of the many awards and recognition received by our clients.
2007 QHR Hospital Client Awards
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QHR ClientAvatar 2007 National
Award Winners
■ Calais Regional Hospital, Calais, ME
■ Fort Madison Community Hospital, Ft. Madison, IA
■ Hayes Green Beach Memorial Hospital, Charlotte, MI
■ Jennie Stuart Medical Center, Hopkinsville, KY
■ Littleton Regional Hospital, Littleton, NH
■ Macon County General Hospital, Lafayette, TN
■ Phelps Memorial Health Center, Holdrege, NE
■ Waccamaw Community Hospital, Murells Inlet, SC
■ Gritman Medical Center, Moscow, ID
■ Penobscot Valley Hospital, Lincoln, ME
■ Casa Grande Regional Medical Center, Casa Grande, AZ
■ North Valley Hospital, Whitefish, MT
QHR Hospital Client Board Chairs Named Modern Healthcare Trustees of the Year
■ William Tate III, President of the Board
Hancock Medical Center, Bay St. Louis, MS
Winner, Small Healthcare Organizations
■ William Moffitt, Board Chair
Kadlec Health System and Kadlec Medical Center, Richland, WA
Honorable Mention, Large Healthcare Organizations
■ Dennis Ochs, Board Chair
Logan Medical Center, Guthrie, OK
Honorable Mention, Small Healthcare Organizations
HSS Ingenix Top 200 Coding Award
Eight QHR hospital clients received the HSS Ingenix
Top 200 Coding Award. The Ingenix Coding Awards
are based on a national study of coding performance
and recognizes the top 200 hospitals in the nation with
the most complete and compliant coding practices for
the previous year.
■ Brazosport Memorial Hospital – Lake Jackson, TX
■ Barnwell County Hospital – Barnwell, SC
■ Crawford Memorial Hospital – Robinson, IL
■ Elbert Memorial Hospital – Elberton, GA
■ Hospital District 1 of Crawford County – Girard, KS
■ Morehead Memorial Hospital – Eden, NC
■ Phelps Memorial Health Center – Holdrege, NE
■ Sullivan County Community Hospital – Sullivan, IN
2006 Thomson 100 Top Hospitals®:
Performance Improvement Leaders
(FORMERLY THE SOLUCIENT 100 TOP HOSPITALS)
The Solucient 100 Top Hospitals has been renamed
the Thomson 100 Top Hospitals® as Solucient was
acquired by The Thomson Corporation in October
2006. FIVE QHR hospital clients have been named
to Thomson 100 Top Hospitals: Performance
Improvement Leaders, hospitals who have made
the greatest progress in improving hospitalwide
performance over five consecutive years (2001-2005).
The 2006 Thomson 100 Top Hospitals®:
Performance Improvement Leaders have set national
benchmarks for the rate and consistency of improvement
in clinical outcomes, safety, hospital efficiency, financial
stability, and growth.
The following QHR hospital clients were recognized
as Performance Improvement Leaders:
■ Community Medical Center, Scranton, PA
■ Magnolia Regional Health Center, Corinth, MS
■ Rutherford Hospital, Rutherfordton, NC
■ Jackson Hospital, Marianna, FL
■ Mecosta County Medical Center, Big Rapids, MI
QHR Hospital Clients Receive 2006
Michigan Governor's Awards
■ Community Hospital Watervliet, Watervliet, MI
■ Mecosta County Medical Center, Big Rapids, MI
■ Sturgis Hospital, Sturgis, MI
■ Marlette Regional Hospital, Marlette, MI
2007 Press Ganey Awards
Press Ganey presents a select group of its clients
with three prestigious awards each year: Success
Story Award, Compass Award and Summit Award.
These awards represent the recipient’s ability to
marry the improvement of quality in their organization
with a patient concentric environment. The Summit
Award is reserved for clients that achieve and maintain
the extraordinary.
The Compass Award recognizes client facilities that
have shown the greatest improvement over the past
two years.
Two QHR hospital clients received Press Ganey recognition
this year:
Boone County Hospital – Boone, IA
Summit Award Winner: Emergency Department*
*This is the second year in a row that Boone
County has been recognized by Press Ganey
for its outstanding Emergency Department.
Tuomey Healthcare – Sumter, SC
Compass Award Winner: Home Health Care | QHR 2007 Best of the Web Awards
Best Overall
■ Huron Regional Medical Center, Huron, SD
Best External Design
■ Memorial Hospital of Union County, Marysville, OH
Best QHR Web Services Design
■ Lincoln County Health System, Fayetteville, TN
QHR Home Health Hospital
Clients Named HomeCare™ Elite
Three QHR home health services clients made the
2006 HomeCare Elite™, a listing of the top tier Home
Health Care agencies in the United States. This is
the first performance recognition in the home health
industry and is compiled by OCS, Inc., and
DecisionHealth, publisher of Home Health Line.
Congratulations to the following QHR clients which
were named to the list:
■ Sayre Memorial Memorial Hospital Home Health
Sayre, OK
■ Southwest Memorial Hospital Home Health Services
Cortez, CO
■ Sparks Regional Medical Center Home Health
Fort Smith, AR
QHR Hospital Clients Win
2007 Aster Awards
The Aster Awards is an elite competition recognizing
the nation’s most talented healthcare professionals
for outstanding excellence in advertising and is hosted
by “Marketing Healthcare Today” and Creative Images, Inc.
With approximately three thousand entries, participants
in the Aster Awards compete against similarly-sized
organizations from all across the United States.
Judging criteria include Creativity, Layout & Design,
Typography, Production Quality, Knowledge
Transfer and Overall Excellence.
QHR Hospital Client Winners:
■ Magnolia Regional Health Center, Corinth, MS -
Gold Award
■ Rutherford Hospital, Rutherfordton, NC –
Bronze Award
■ Gritman Medical Center, Moscow, ID –
Gold Award
■ Amery Regional Medical Center, Amery, WI -
Gold & Bronze Award
■ North Valley Hospital, Whitefish, MT –
Silver Award
2007 QHR Supply Chain Performance
Improvement Awards & Recognition
Top Overall – Supply Chain Improvement
■ Share Medical Center – Anita Jacobson
■ Memorial Hospital/Towanda – Jon Kingsley
■ Daviess Community Hospital – Tom Sumner
■ Magnolia Regional Health Center – Maxine Moon
■ Hospital District #1 of Crawford County – Cora Murray
Second Place
■ Cibola General Hospital - Patrick Jaramillo
■ Lincoln County Health System – Dennis Caldwell
■ Oconee Regional Medical Center – Gil Gilliland
■ Casa Grande Regional Medical Center – Susan Showalter
■ Steele Memorial Medical Center – Tina Capps
Third Place
■ Howard Memorial Hospital – Gary Driver
■ Newman Regional Health – Linda Hacker
■ Ashe Memorial Hospital – Geneva Gouge
■ Monroe County Medical Center – Diane Harlan
Fourth Place
■ Wilson County Hospital – Joyce Crawford
H&HN 100 Most Wired Hospitals and Health
Systems 2007
Memorial Health University Medical Center,
Savannah, GA*
*This is Memorial Health University’s 8th consecutive year
on this list
Cibola General Hospital, Grants, NM
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QHR 2007 Hospital Performance Awards
Best Overall Performance
■ St. James Parish Hospital, Lutcher, LA
■ Northern Hospital of Surry County, Mt. Airy,NC
■ Abbeville Area Medical Center,Abbeville, SC
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In addition to the Best Overall Ranking, winners of the Top
Regional awards were announced, including:
■ Falls Memorial Hospital (International Falls, MN), First Place, Region 1
■ Nevada Regional (Nevada, MO), Second Place, Region 1
■ St. James Parish Hospital (Lutcher, LA), First Place, Region 2
■ Northern Hospital of Surry County (Mt. Airy, NC), Second Place, Region 2
■ Matagorda County Hospital District (Bay City, TX), First Place, Region 3
■ Valley View Hospital (Glenwood Springs, CO), Second Place, Region 3
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