News release from Beth Israel Deaconess Milton

Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Milton has been named Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in America, for exemplary performance in using evidence-based clinical processes that are shown to improve care for certain conditions.

The clinical processes focus on care for heart attack, pneumonia, surgery, children’s asthma, stroke and venous thromboembolism, as well as inpatient psychiatric services. New this year is a category for immunization for pneumonia and influenza.

BID-Milton is one of 1,099 hospitals in the US earning the distinction of Top Performer on Key Quality Measures for attaining and sustaining excellence in accountability measure performance for pneumonia care and surgical care.

The recognition is the latest validation of the quality and safety standards exhibited at BID-Milton. In recent weeks, the hospital was also cited with an A grade in the Leapfrog Group’s Hospital Safety Score.

The TJC ratings are based on an aggregation of accountability measure data reported to The Joint Commission during the 2012 calendar year. The list of Top Performer organizations increased by 77 percent from last year and it represents 33 percent of all Joint Commission-accredited hospitals reporting accountability measure performance data for 2012.