CareChex awards were announced at a Hamilton Medical Center leadership meeting. From left, Jeff Myers, chief executive officer; Tyler Weldon, director of Medical/Surgical Nursing; J. Eric Turner, MD; Judean Guinn, chief nursing officer; Ashley Painter, Surgical Care clinical manager; Terri Brown, Medical Services director; Misti Parrott, Surgical Care clinical manager; Madison Mills, Surgical Services director; Brandy Salazar, Critical Care director; Jeff Hughes, cardiovascular service line administrator; Jayme Carrico, oncology service line executive director; and Ernie Elemento, vice president.
Hamilton Medical Center has been recognized for medical excellence and patient safety quality by CareChex. HMC was ranked in the top 10 percent in the nation in three categories for 2024.
The awards are based on a comprehensive quality scoring system that compares inpatient quality performance across general, acute and non-federal U.S. hospitals.
For Medical Excellence, HMC was recognized in the following categories:
• Top 10 percent in the nation for Cancer Care
• Top 10 percent in the state for Cancer Care
For Patient Safety, HMC was recognized in the following categories:
• Top 10 percent in the nation for Pneumonia Care
• Top 10 percent in the nation for Pulmonary Care
• Top 10 percent in the region for Pneumonia Care
• Top 10 percent in the region for Pulmonary Care
• Top 10 percent in the state for Cardiac Care
• Top 10 percent in the state for Joint Replacement
• Top 10 percent in the state for Major Orthopedic Surgery
• Top 10 percent in the state for Pneumonia Care
• Top 10 percent in the state for Pulmonary Care
• Number one in the market for Cancer Care
• Number one in the market for Major Cardiac Surgery
• Number one in the market for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• Number one in the market for Joint Replacement
CareChex Awards by Quantros utilizes a peer-reviewed, risk-adjustment methodology to more reliably measure rates of mortality, complications and readmissions — appropriately weighting and accounting for all of the risk factors relating to a patient’s principal and secondary diagnosis, as well as other patient characteristics that may increase the probability for adverse clinical outcomes. These rankings do not include any self-reported data.
Quantros prides itself in providing the most comprehensive and objective calculation of hospital and system quality performance in the industry. Its vast datasets represent high statistical significance and do not include any self-reported or survey data. In turn, clearer performance differentiation across 39 clinical categories of care in Medical Excellence and Patient Safety are provided.