Brownwood Regional Medical Center today was named as one of the nation’s Top Performers on Key Quality Measures® by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of U.S. health care organizations. Brownwood Regional Medical Center was recognized for exemplary performance in using evidence-based clinical processes that are shown to improve care for certain conditions. These conditions include heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care, children’s asthma, stroke and venous thrombo embolism, as well as inpatient psychiatric services.
Brownwood Regional Medical Center is one of 1,099 hospitals earning the distinction of Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® for attaining and sustaining excellence. The ratings are based on an aggregation of accountability measure data reported to The Joint Commission during the 2012 calendar year.
“Brownwood Regional Medical Center first priority is providing patients with high quality, safe and effective care through proven practices that improve outcomes and the patient experience. We are proud to be named to The Joint Commission’s list of Top Performers. The credit goes to our medical staff, employees and volunteers whose hard work every day makes this possible,” said Claude E. “Chip” Camp, III, CEO, Brownwood Regional Medical Center.
“The clinicians at Brownwood Regional Medical Center are dedicated to treating patients with established protocols to give them the best possible outcomes,” said Scot Morris, MD Chief of Staff, Brownwood Regional Medical Center. “It’s an honor to have the standard of care we provide here recognized on a national level.”
Each of the hospitals named Top Performers met three 95 percent performance thresholds. First, the hospital achieved cumulative performance of 95 percent or above across all reported accountability measures. Second, recognized hospitals reached performance of 95 percent or above on every reported accountability measure where there are at least 30 denominator cases. Third, hospitals must have at least one core measure set that has a composite rate of 95 percent or above, and within that measure set all applicable individual accountability measures have a performance rate of 95 or above.
A 95 percent score means a hospital provided an evidence-based practice 95 times out of 100 opportunities to provide the practice. Each accountability measure represents an evidence-based practice – for example, giving aspirin at arrival for heart attack patients, giving antibiotics one hour before surgery, and providing a home management plan for children with asthma.
“Brownwood Regional Medical Center and all the Top Performer hospitals have demonstrated an exceptional commitment to quality improvement and they should be proud of their achievement,” says Mark R. Chassin, M.D., FACP, M.P.P., M.P.H., president and chief executive officer, The Joint Commission. “We have much to celebrate this year. Nearly half of our accredited hospitals have attained or nearly attained the Top Performer distinction. This truly shows that we are approaching a tipping point in hospital quality performance that will directly contribute to better health outcomes for patients.”
Brownwood Regional Medical Center is a 194 bed acute care facility that has provided competent and compassionate care to the Central Texas area since 1969. Our commitment to progress in diagnosis and treatment is combined with a dedicated medical care team. This commitment continues to be the key to our success. BRMC services include inpatient care, outpatient services, emergency care department (Level 4 Trauma), women’s center/obstetric unit, skilled nursing unit, sleep lab center, heart center/cardiac rehab, Walker Cancer Center radiation/medical oncology, surgical services, gastroenterology lab, and a hospitalist program. The imaging and diagnostic services are provided in-house and a freestanding outpatient center. We also have a freestanding Wound Care & Hyperbaric Center, the BRMC Fitness Zone & BRMC Therapy Zone and three One Source Family Care Centers located in Early (includes Occupational Medicine), San Saba & Santa Anna. For more information about BRMC and its services, visit BRMC-CARES.com. For more information and a complete listing of services, view the BRMC online fact sheet.
