Alliant
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Clinical Performance Award – Fairfield Memorial Hospital scored high marks in six clinical measures associated with high quality patient care, including Emergency Department turnaround time.
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Clinical Benchmark Performance – Clinical standards measured include the number of inpatient falls, the inpatient mortality rate, average emergency room turnaround time and total staff replacement rate.
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Customer Satisfaction Performance – Customer service benchmarks considered satisfaction with nursing care, registration, cleanliness and emergency department physicians.
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Financial Performance – Strong financial performance takes into account total capital margin, debt to capital ratio, total cash on hand, net days in accounts receivable, full-time equivalents per adjusted patient day and salary and benefits as a percent of net revenue.
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Clinical Outcomes Performance – Clinical standards considered measures on average emergency room turnaround time, inpatient falls, and inpatient mortality rate.
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Customer Satisfaction Performance – Customer service benchmarks considered measures on nursing care, emergency room and hospital registration, cleanliness and emergency room satisfaction with patients.
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Clinical High Performance – Clinical standards considered measures on inpatient falls, inpatient mortality rate and average emergency room turnaround time.
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Customer High Performance – Customer service benchmarks considered measures on nursing care, emergency room and hospital registration, cleanliness and emergency room satisfaction with patients.
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Clinical Outcomes Performance – Clinical standards considered measures on average emergency room turnaround time, inpatient falls, and inpatient mortality rate.
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Customer Satisfaction Performance – Customer service benchmarks considered measures on nursing care, emergency room and hospital registration, cleanliness and emergency room satisfaction with patients.
Aster
The Aster Awards, one of the largest national competitions of its kind, is hosted by Marketing Healthcare Today Magazine and Creative Images, Inc.
This elite program recognizes outstanding healthcare professionals for excellence in their advertising/marketing efforts for the calendar year 2009.
The 2010 Aster Awards received approximately 3,000 entries from across the United States as well as Canada and South America.
“Fairfield Memorial Hospital placed in the top 5% of the nation.” said Melinda R. Lucas, Aster Awards Program Coordinator.
Becker's Hospital Review
Top hospital & healthcare leaders TO KNOW
Members of the lists were selected for their accomplishments in leading healthcare and hospital organizations, including improvement of patient care, development of relationships between providers and facilitation of organizational growth. Each featured leader was lauded by colleagues for contributing significant value to the healthcare industry.
2010 – Fairfield Memorial Hospital’s Chief Executive Officer, Katherine Bunting, has been recognized by Becker’s Hospital Review a publication by ASC Communications. Becker’s Hospital Review named 50 women who demonstrate outstanding leadership within the hospital and healthcare industry along with 256 of the most influential leaders in the healthcare industry to know, and Katherine Bunting, PhD, RN, MSN, LNHA was named on both lists in 2010. ASC Communications is the leading source of cutting edge business and legal information for hospital and health system leaders. ASC Communications takes advantage of multiple channels through which to reach these decision-makers of the hospital and outpatient surgical community. Becker's Hospital Review, a Chicago-based publication, is a bimonthly publication offering up-to-date business and legal news and analysis relating to hospitals and health systems. The Healthcare magazine is geared-toward high-level hospital leaders, and provides valuable content, including hospital and health system news, best practices and legal guidance specifically for these decision makers. Each issue of Becker's Hospital Review reaches more than 15,000 people, primarily acute care hospital CEOs and CFOs.
2011 – Becker's Hospital Review has named Katherine Bunting, PhD, RN, MSN, LNHA, FMH CEO, to its annual list, "291 Hospital and Health System Leaders to Know." According to the Becker’s Hospital Review, these men and women help lead prominent institutions and are actively involved in American healthcare beyond the walls of their hospitals. Katherine Bunting, PhD, exhibits her healthcare leadership within the state of Illinois as she has served and is serving in many healthcare leadership positions including: Illinois Hospital Association (IHA) Region 5 President (2008-2010), IHA Small and Rural Hospital Steering Committee (2001-Present), Illinois Rural Health Association (Past Executive Board Member), Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network (Member). Statistically, the Fairfield community is beyond blessed to have a hospital whose CEO was named among the top 5% of healthcare leaders amongst approximately 5,815 registered hospitals with the American Hospital Association in the United States.
IRHA Rural Physician of Excellence Award
Jackson Healthcare Hospital Charitable Service Finalist Award
Fairfield Memorial Hospital’s Senior Life Solution’s program was honored recently at the National Hospital Charitable Service Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Jackson Healthcare presented Fairfield Memorial Hospital an award for being among the top 38 hospital program finalists. At this conference, the top ten finalists were presented with $10,000 each and the 2011 Hospital Charitable Service Awards, a national program seeking best practices in reaching out to America's underserved in sustainable ways.
An independent advisory board chose the 38 finalists from a pool of 197 nominees. Each nominee had to demonstrate excellence in at least one of five criteria areas: community impact, innovation, collaboration, transferability and/or best practice. Finalists represent only those nominees that remain in consideration for the awards.
Jackson Healthcare of Atlanta, Georgia, established the Awards in 2010 to identify and cultivate a community of hospital programs around new standards for health and wellness in their communities. The organization also founded and hosts an annual national conference focused exclusively on hospital charitable services - the only one of its kind in the U.S.
The awards program strives to share the stories of hospitals that regularly and uniquely surpass the fundamental mission of providing healthcare services, and generously give back to their communities in unique ways.
Pinnacle Award
U.S. News & World Report
2012 - Best Nursing Homes
“The honor of being named on the U.S. News & World Report list of Best Nursing Homes is a testament to the quality of care our team of professionals on the Skilled Care Unit provides residents. This rating placed us in the top 9% of nursing homes in Illinois,” stated Fairfield Memorial Hospital’s Chief Executive Officer, Katherine Bunting, Ph.D., LNHA.
The U.S. News & World Report rankings are built on data from Nursing Home Compare, a consumer web site run by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). CMS sets and enforces standards for all nursing homes enrolled in Medicare or Medicaid. (For government purposes, a nursing home is defined as a Medicare or Medicaid facility that provides 24-hour nursing care and other medical services.) The data for Nursing Home Compare come from regular health inspections carried out by state agencies and from the homes themselves. Based on that information, CMS assigns an overall rating of one to five stars to all nursing homes. Homes are also given one to five stars in how well they do in the health inspections, in providing enough nurses, and providing a high level of quality of care.
Skilled Care Unit Director, Tonya Clymer, RN, reflects on receiving the honor, “Words cannot express the care and love that my team has for our residents. We all bond with residents like they are part of our family. We love what we do and the residents we care for and I truly believe that this passion raises the standard of care and that is why we have been recognized today. We are continually improving the unit thanks to the support and direction of our Administrative Team and Board of Directors.”
The Skilled Care Unit at Fairfield Memorial Hospital provides short-term skilled care nursing and services to those who require medical care, nursing care, and/or rehabilitation services. Under the direction of the patient’s physician, the FMH Skilled Care Unit can provide: physician services, 24 hour pharmacy services, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, respiratory therapy, skilled nursing services, medication, blood transfusion, wound care, discharge planning, and daily activities. Skilled Care is available to all Medicare, private pay, and private insured, geriatric patients.
To learn more about the U.S. News & World Report Best Nursing Homes visit http://health.usnews.com/senior-housing.
