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HCA Welcomes Dr. Jonathan B. Perlin
Dr. Perlin (MD, PhD, MSHA, FACP) is responsible for clinical strategy and continually improving performance at HCA's approximately 180 hospitals and 80 outpatient centers. He also oversees HCA's...
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HCA Recognized For Patient Safety Efforts
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices has recognized HCA as one of their 2006 Cheers Award Winners. The ISMP is a Nonprofit organization devoted entirely to medication error and safe medication...
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On the importance of quality improvement . . .
“Our challenge is not to be good but to meet an expectation of perfection.” So says Dr. Jonathan B. Perlin, chief medical officer and senior vice president for quality, safety and performance...
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IHI Recognizes Alleghany Regional for Improving Quality
Alleghany Regional Hospital in Alleghany, Va., has implemented a number of projects with a noble goal — to increase the quality of care each patient receives by decreasing the possibility and...
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Hail to the Chief… of Healthcare Quality
Healthcare quality has rightly become perhaps the biggest priority for healthcare providers nationwide, and Thomas M. Smith, MA, RN, CPHQ, has been working hard for over two decades to improve...
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PCH Receives Prestigious Platinum Award from VHQC!
Congratulations to Pulaski Community Hospital in Pulaski, Virginia! Last month the Virginia Health Quality Center (VHQC), Virginia's Medicare Quality Improvement Organization, awarded the hospital a...
View ArticleIn Memoriam: Frank Houser, “Architect” of Patient Safety and Quality...
Anyone who reads this blog will know how much emphasis HCA places on patient safety and quality improvement at both the company and hospital levels; it's therefore with a heavy heart that we note the...
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Disney Star Promotes Hand Hygiene in Northern Va.
A couple months ago we posted a blog about how the HCA Foundation teamed up with the STERIS Foundation to launch the Clean Hands are Cool Hands campaign (read that blog), a program intended to...
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Henrico Doctors’ Hospital Recognized for Clinical Excellence
When HealthGrades recently announced its list of the 270 hospitals nationwide that were awarded the 2009 Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence™ by the leading healthcare ratings...
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Empowering Our Patients: Patient Safety Awareness Week
The National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) has designated the week of March 8 as Patient Safety Awareness Week (PSAW), making it a time to help build awareness about how important it is that...
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HCA Virginia Hospitals Dominate in Recent Quality Rankings
If you're looking for medical care or a health-care job at one of the leading quality-care providers in the Commonwealth of Virginia, just turn to your nearest HCA Virginia facility. Based on select...
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Dr. Perlin, CMO, Gets National Appointment and Recognition
On numerous occasions, we've written about HCA's whole-hearted commitment to quality improvement and patient safety not only at its affiliate hospitals, but at healthcare facilities everywhere; and...
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SRMC Names Hospital’s First Director of Quality
Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center, HCA Virginia's latest hospital currently being built just outside Fredericksburg, Va., recently announced that Lecia A. Albright has joined the leadership team as...
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HCA Va. Hospitals Improving Quality by “Leaps” and Bounds
As the Regional Roll-out Leader of the Leapfrog Hospital Survey for Virginia, the Virginia Business Coalition on Health (VBCH) recently recognized a number of Virginia hospitals for participating in...
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Columbia Hospital Earns Distinction for Inpatient Diabetes Care
HCA affiliate Columbia Hospital of Palm Beach, Florida, has again earned The Gold Seal of Approval™ for healthcare quality from The Joint Commission. Columbia received its Certification of Distinction...
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HCA Quality Goal: Be the Nation’s Premier Clinical Organization
Since coming to HCA in June, Dr. Tom Garthwaite, chief operations officer of HCA's Clinical Services Group, has been impressed by the momentum achieved by HCA in advancing quality initiatives by...
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Podcast: Dr. Jonathan Perlin on Patient Safety, Pt. 2
Here’s the second part of our conversation with Dr. Jonathan Perlin, HCA’s Chief Medical Officer, who is overseeing the implementation of hCare as president of the company’s Clinical Services Group. In...
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HCA Named to Ethisphere’s 2011 List of World’s Most Ethical Companies
For the second year in a row, HCA has been honored by the Ethisphere Institute as one of the 2011 World's Most Ethical Companies. The Ethisphere Institute is a think tank dedicated to the creation,...
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