Eden Medical Center Named One of Nation's Top Performers

Eden Medical Center was named among the nation’s top performers on key quality measures by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in America.

Eden was recognized by The Joint Commission based on data reported about evidence-based clinical processes that are shown to improve care for certain conditions, including heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, and surgical care.

Eden Medical Center was the only Sutter Health affiliate to be recognized in all four key quality measures.

Only 405 U.S. hospitals and critical access hospitals earned the distinction of top performer, representing about 14 percent of all accredited organizations that report quality data.

Inclusion on the list is based on an aggregation of accountability measure data reported to The Joint Commission during the previous calendar year. For example, this first recognition program is based on data that were reported for 2010.  

To be recognized as a top performer on key quality measures an organization must meet two 95 percent performance thresholds.

First they must achieve a composite performance of 95 percent or above after the results of all the accountability measures for which they report data to The Joint Commission were factored into a single score, including measures that had less than 30 eligible cases or patients.

Second, they must meet or exceed a 95 percent performance target for every single accountability measure for which they report data, excluding any measures with less than 30 eligible cases or patients.

To learn more about the honor, visit http://www.jointcommission.org/accreditation/top_performers.aspx