NuOutcomes – Quality Reports

NuOutcomes Quality Reports

 

NuHealth is committed to both continuous quality improvement and transparency in its efforts to deliver excellent essential health care. We strive to provide our patients with the best quality of care, safety and service. NUMC is proud of our quality outcomes. Information on how NUMC compares to other hospitals in the state and nationally on quality measures is publicly available to you http://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare. Additionally, some of our recent Awards and Recognitions are listed below:

 

 

 

Joint Commission Accreditation

NUMC has earned the prestigious Joint Commission seal of approval. The full three year accreditation is the Gold Seal of Approval from the nation’s oldest and largest standards setting and accrediting body in health care. We are currently seeking another three year accreditation cycle in 2021.

 

Washington Monthly Magazine

NUMC was ranked #18 of the top 25 Safety Net Hospitals by Washington Monthly Magazine, a
nonprofit magazine that serves as an alternative to Forbes and U.S. News & World Report rankings.

Rankings consisted of 3 criteria:

  1. Patient Outcomes Mortality, Safety and Patient Satisfaction.
  2. Civic Leadership Degree to which a hospital treats patients with the same income and other
    demographics in its surrounding community; how much it contributes in community benefit, from
    providing care to building and operating free clinics; and how much it pays its senior executive
    compared to its frontline workers.
  3. Value of Care How much a hospital avoids overtreatment and overuse for certain medical
    services.

American Heart Association 2020 Get with the Guidelines Heart Failure Gold Plus, Target: HF Honor Roll & Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll Award.

NUMC has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Heart Failure Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes our commitment to ensuring heart failure patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research based guidelines founded in the latest scientific evidence. The Diabetes component is a newly awarded honor to our accomplishments this year.

American Heart Association 2020 Get with the Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus with Honor Roll Elite and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll

NUMC has achieved the American Heart Association’s Get with the Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. This award recognizes our commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research based guidelines founded in the latest scientific evidence. The Diabetes component is a newly awarded honor to our accomplishments this year.

2019 National Recall Alert Center Recognition Award

NUMC was named among the top 10% of facilities nationwide on the forefront of protecting
our patients and staff against the increasing number of defective products being recalled on a
daily basis.

 

Information on A Holly Patterson is publicly reported by the US Department of Health + Human Services on Nursing Home Compare https://www.medicare.gov/