BAR HARBOR — Mount Desert Island Hospital and Health Centers have been awarded the Best Overall Performer Award by Avatar International.
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BAR HARBOR — Mount Desert Island Hospital and Health Centers have been awarded the Best Overall Performer Award by Avatar International.
It is the only facility in the nation to earn the recognition for 10 consecutive years, hospital officials noted. The award, announced last week, recognizes high-performing facilities that “demonstrate consistency of experiences by patients throughout the organization.”
On Tuesday, officials announced that the hospital is one of only 28 hospitals nationwide to earn the 2012 VHA Leadership Award for Clinical Excellence.
“Quality is something that our entire team embraces in every aspect of our delivery of health care,” said MDI Hospital’s president and CEO Arthur J. Blank. “The fact that MDI Hospital is the only facility to earn this distinction for 10 years points directly to our team’s long-term commitment to provide the kinds of care the community needs at the highest levels of quality possible.”
In addition to the award for Overall Best Performer, MDI Hospital also received the 2011 Exceeding Patient Expectations Award.
MDI Hospital’s continuously high patient satisfaction is in part attributable to a number of innovative initiatives that focus on improved communication and teamwork, education, safety, and efficiency, Mr. Blank said. Programs such as the Patient Centered Medical Home, disease prevention outreach, behavioral health integration, advanced continuing education and others all contribute to overall excellence of care.
MDI Hospital has won a total of 24 Avatar awards in the past 10 years representing exceptional overall performance, meeting and exceeding patient expectations, improved outpatient services, innovative communications, patient loyalty, and emergency services.
VHA gives its Leadership Award for Clinical Excellence annually to recognize organizations that achieve top performance on clinical core measures established and tracked by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, including the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Health Providers and Services survey, which measures hospital patient satisfaction nationwide.
MDI Hospital is one of only 10 Critical Access hospitals in the nation to receive this award.
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