2017 Quality Award Winners in Montana
Hospital Quality Awards
Hospitals that applied for the quality award were required to meet certain criteria outlined by Mountain-Pacific. Quality Awards were given to hospitals that demonstrate high performance in current national focus areas, including implementing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Core Elements for outpatient antibiotic stewardship and improving care transitions, medication safety, adult immunization rates and patient and family engagement and satisfaction. We continue to require all award recipients to demonstrate evidence of strong executive leadership.
Hospital Quality Award:
- Barrett Hospital & HealthCare, Dillon – Ken Westman, CEO
- Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital – John Hill, CEO
- Cabinet Peaks Medical Center, Libby – Bruce Whitfield, CEO
- Community Hospital of Anaconda – Steve McNeece, President
- Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital – John Bartos, CEO
- St. Luke Community Healthcare, Ronan – Steve Todd, CEO
- Sidney Health Center – Richard Haraldson, CEO
Nursing Home Quality Awards
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) supports the National Nursing Home Quality Care Collaborative (NNHQCC) through the Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) program. Mountain-Pacific Quality Health is the local facilitator for Montana. The NNHQCC’s goals are to instill quality and performance improvement practices, eliminate healthcare-acquired conditions and improve resident satisfaction. As a measure to reflect achievement of these goals, CMS created a “composite score” system to assess quality of care in long-term care facilities. It is based on 13 quality measures—the lower the score, the better. Mountain-Pacific Nursing Home Quality Awards are based on each facility’s composite score, their licensure with Montana’s state survey agency, the Office of Healthcare Licensing and Survey and their certification with CMS.
Recognition of Excellence:
- Benefis Senior Care
- Peter Gray, Executive Director
- Sue Warren, Director of Nursing
- Copper Ridge Health and Rehabilitation
- Brenna Collins, Administrator
- Karen Kirkpatrick, Director of Nursing
- Faith Lutheran Home
- Margaret Norgaard, CEO
- JoAnn Hibl, Administrator
Striving Towards Excellence Award:
- Whitefish Care and Rehabilitation Center
- Nicole Jemming, Administrator
- Lisa Gandolfi, Director of Nursing
- Shannon Naegele