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Address: 4800 48th Street
Phone: 334-756-1402
Lanier Health Services
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NEWS RELEASE: LANIER HEALTH SERVICES November 24, 2010
The Joint Commission Recognizes
Lanier Health Services Recently The Joint Commission recognized Lanier Health Services for their significant performance on the core measure, Prophylactic Antibiotic Received Within One Hour Prior to Surgical Incision. Core measures are evidence-based care processes developed to improve the quality of health care by implementing a national, standardized performance measurement system.
The Core Measures were derived largely from a set of quality indicators defined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). They have been shown to reduce the risk of complications, prevent recurrences and otherwise treat the majority of patients who come to a hospital for treatment of a condition or illness. Core Measures help hospitals improve the quality of patient care by focusing on the actual results of care.
TJC has invited Lanier to participate in their pilot-testing program of a new online forum called the Core Measure Solution Exchange. The Solution Exchange is designed to facilitate the sharing of success stories regarding how accredited hospitals attained excellent performance on core measures so they can learn from each other.
For now, only those hospitals that have dramatically improved and sustained their performance are being asked to contribute to the Solution Exchange. Through the Solution Exchange, hospitals that are struggling to improve their performance will be able to learn from those hospitals like Lanier how to attain and maintain their high ratings.
The Joint Commission is a private, not-for-profit organization dedicated to continuously improving the safety and quality of care provided to the public. The Joint Commission is the nation's principal standards setter and evaluator for a variety of health care organizations.
The Joint Commission evaluates and accredits more than 18,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States. An independent, not-for-profit organization, The Joint Commission is the nation's oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting body in health care. The Joint Commission conducts an actual on-site survey at least every three years.
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