Seymour Hospital has received the Texas Hospital Quality Improvement Bronze Award, a quality improvement award from TMF® Health Quality Institute, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Texas. The award recognizes Seymour Hospital’s efforts to improve patient outcomes on select national quality measures. Out of all 313 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS or Acute Care) Hospitals and 80 Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) statewide, 33 earned the Texas Hospital Quality Improvement Gold Award. The Silver Award went to 45 hospitals, and 57 hospitals earned the Bronze Award. Hospitals receiving these awards were recognized at a special ceremony in Austin on June 11.
The Texas Hospital Quality Improvement Awards honor Texas hospitals that are performing quality initiatives aimed at improving outcomes in patient care by recognizing those hospitals that have improved their performance on specific national quality measures.
“We are proud to have achieved this recognition. Our success illustrates our commitment to patient safety and to delivering quality health care,” said Leslie Hardin, CEO. “It was a significant amount of work, but well worth it because it was the right thing to do for our patients.”
“TMF is proud to recognize these hospitals for promoting quality improvement activities and their senior management for promoting a quality culture,” said Tom Manley, CEO of TMF Health Quality Institute. “Quality improvement is a complex and demanding process, and we thank Seymour Hospital for their commitment to improving the health of Texans and the efficiency of health care in our state.”
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