Clinch Valley Medical Center Named Duke LifePoint Quality Affiliate
October 12 2016 - 9:30AM
Business Wire
Hospital recognized for achievements in
patient and family engagement, quality care and patient
safety
Clinch Valley Medical Center (CVMC) today announced that it has
been named a Duke LifePoint Quality Affiliate. This designation
recognizes hospitals within the LifePoint Health system that have
enrolled in the LifePoint National Quality Program and succeeded in
transforming their culture of safety and achieving high standards
of quality care, performance improvement and patient
engagement.
“Our hospital is committed to establishing safe, reliable,
high-quality standards of care to ensure that members of our
community can be confident in the service and care they receive
when they come through our doors,” said Peter Mulkey, chief
executive officer of Clinch Valley Medical Center. “Earning the
esteemed Duke LifePoint Quality Affiliate designation further
demonstrates our dedication to putting our patients and their
families first, and I am so grateful for the hard work of each and
every member of our team who has helped us reach this
milestone.”
CVMC is a 175-bed hospital that has served people in the
Richlands, Va., community and surrounding areas for more than 75
years. To achieve Duke LifePoint Quality Affiliate designation, the
CVMC team worked to implement a number of best practices and launch
new initiatives to engage patients and families, enhance patient
safety and improve quality care.
For example, the CVMC leadership team instituted daily executive
patient safety rounding to ensure that leaders at every level of
the organization engage with staff, physicians, patients and
families about quality and patient safety. CVMC also implemented
bedside shift reporting to help ensure clear communication, reduce
the risk of errors and maintain consistency of care during shift
changes. Bedside shift reporting is an effective method for
transferring information from one provider to another, while also
involving the patient in discussions about their health, progress
and treatment plan.
Additionally, CVMC implemented a Safety Collaborative designed
to help prevent potential healthcare-acquired conditions. As a
result of this effort, the hospital has achieved zero incidences of
central line-associated blood stream infections (CLABSI),
clostridium difficile (C. diff), Methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), and post-operative infections, among
other conditions, in the last 12 months. CVMC also established a
community collaboration called the “Bridge Program” to help reduce
readmissions. The program connects patients with various community
resources and support to help ensure a smooth transition from the
hospital to the home setting.
“LifePoint’s operations are defined by our mission of Making
Communities Healthier and our relentless pursuit of quality,” said
David Dill, president and chief operating officer of LifePoint
Health. “By becoming a Duke LifePoint Quality Affiliate, Clinch
Valley Medical Center has demonstrated its commitment to putting
patients first and keeping quality front and center. As only the
third LifePoint facility in the country to earn designation to
date, it has set the bar high for our hospitals that will follow in
its footsteps along this quality journey.”
The LifePoint National Quality Program was created through a
collaboration between LifePoint Health and Duke University Health
System. When hospitals enroll in the program, they begin working
with Duke and LifePoint quality coaches to evaluate and strengthen
their quality programs and processes. Following an initial
evaluation, the hospital creates a plan and begins to deploy
changes that will help it achieve quality improvement benchmarks
and establish long-term solutions to sustain its results.
In addition to evaluating common quality care and patient safety
metrics, the LifePoint National Quality Program focuses
foundational elements required to sustain quality care, including
committed leadership, systems to ensure continuous performance and
process improvement, and a culture dedicated to safety. Duke
LifePoint Quality Affiliate designation denotes those hospitals
that achieve a broad range of criteria in each of these areas and
demonstrate a capacity to continuously measure and improve what
they do.
About Clinch Valley Medical Center
Clinch Valley Medical Center in Richlands, Va., is
a 175-bed acute care hospital, which offers comprehensive
cancer services; specialty care for the heart, lungs and vascular
system; emergency services; inpatient and outpatient physical
rehabilitation; sleep studies; skilled nursing; pediatrics;
obstetrics and advanced diagnostics. More information is available
at www.clinchvalleymedicalcenter.com.
About LifePoint Health
LifePoint Health (NASDAQ: LPNT) is a leading healthcare company
dedicated to Making Communities Healthier®. Through its
subsidiaries, it provides quality inpatient, outpatient and
post-acute services close to home. LifePoint owns and operates
community hospitals, regional health systems, physician practices,
outpatient centers, and post-acute facilities in 22 states. It is
the sole community healthcare provider in the majority of the
non-urban communities it serves. More information about the company
can be found at www.LifePointHealth.net.
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