| Fairview Achieves Third Straight Top Rural Hospital Honor |
Fairview Hospital Awarded Coveted 2014 Leapfrog Top Hospital Distinction: Recognition Highlights the Nation’s Premier Hospitals for Safety and Quality For the third year in a row, The Leapfrog Group has named Fairview Hospital, Berkshire Health Systems’ 25-bed federally designated Critical Access Hospital, to its annual list of Top Rural Hospitals. An elite distinction awarded to hospitals nationwide for demonstrating excellence in hospital safety and quality through the Leapfrog Hospital Survey, the Leapfrog Top Hospital award is given to less than seven percent of all eligible hospitals. The awards, which are given annually, were announced at Leapfrog’s Annual Meeting and Top Hospital Awards on December 2, in Washington, D.C. “Fairview Hospital is part of a strong network of healthcare that provides a level of high quality medical care unusual to find in a rural community,” said Eugene Dellea, Fairview’s President. “Over the past decade, tremendous investment has been made in technology and people and we believe an award like the Leapfrog Top Rural Hospital Award is a direct reflection of the efforts of the staff at Fairview Hospital and Berkshire Health Systems who are committed to providing care that meets the needs of our neighbors and is second to none, in comparable hospitals nationwide.” “Leapfrog’s Top Hospital award is widely acknowledged as one of the most prestigious distinctions any hospital can achieve in the United States,” said Leah Binder, President and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “It recognizes institutions for their excellence in quality of care and patient safety, as well as their commitment to transparency. By achieving Top Hospital status, Fairview Hospital has proven it’s a premier institution and deserves to be recognized for its dedication to the families and patients in the southern Berkshire, northwest Connecticut and Columbia County communities.” Fairview Hospital was one of 94 overall Top Hospitals recognized nationally, ranked in three categories. The list includes: • 24 Top Rural Hospitals • 61 Top Urban Hospitals • Nine Top Children’s Hospitals Among the hospitals reaching this achievement are Academic medical centers, Teaching hospitals and Community hospitals in rural, suburban and urban settings. The selection is based on the results of The Leapfrog Group’s annual hospital survey, which measures hospitals’ performance on patient safety and quality, focusing on three critical areas of hospital care: how patients fare, resource use and management structures established to prevent errors. Performance across many areas of hospital care is considered in establishing the qualifications for the award, including rates for high-risk procedures and a hospital’s ability to prevent medication errors. The Top Hospital award is not given to a set number of hospitals, but rather, to all urban, rural and children's hospitals that meet the high standards defined in each year's Top Hospitals Methodology. To see the full list of institutions honored as a 2014 Top Hospital, please visit www.leapfroggroup.org/tophospitals. About The Leapfrog Group The Leapfrog Group (www.leapfroggroup.org) is a national nonprofit organization using the collective leverage of large purchasers of health care to initiate breakthrough improvements in the safety, quality and affordability of health care for Americans. The flagship Leapfrog Hospital Survey allows purchasers to structure their contracts and purchasing to reward the highest performing hospitals. The Leapfrog Group was founded in November 2000 with support from the Business Roundtable and national funders and is now independently operated with support from its purchaser and other members. The Hospital Safety Score (www.hospitalsafetyscore.org) is an initiative of The Leapfrog Group. ### |
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