Jameson earns high marks

Jameson earns high marks

New Castle, PA.

Highmark QualityBLUE, Highmark’s pay-for performance program, commended Jameson Memorial Hospital for its creation and successful implementation of new processes to promote positive clinical outcomes to further improve and develop patient safety initiatives.

Improvements recognized by QualityBLUE include increased emergency department efficiencies; reducing hospital-acquired infections and implementing an antimicrobial stewardship program; improving venous thromboembolism prophylaxis compliance; and decreasing the number of deliveries less than 39-weeks gestation.

The hospital earned a total score of 96 percent, thereby attaining the maximum achievement level for fiscal year 2010.

Jameson also met 95 percent of the Pennsylvania state averages for applicable Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Quality Core Measure performance and 20 percent of the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems.

Accreditation

New Castle, PA.

Jameson Memorial Hospital has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation for the Open Bore Magnetic Resonance Imaging and the closed MRI as the result of a recent survey by the American College of Radiology.

Jane Beight, administrative director of Jameson’s Medical Imaging Department, said, “ACR accreditation for both the MRI units at Jameson is a quality indicator for our patients and physicians.”

Salon & Spa event

BOARDMAN

Burdman Group’s Sojourner House Domestic Violence Shelter will be the recipient of all proceeds of hair-cutting, styling and waxing services Sunday at the Salon & Spa at Macy’s in Southern Park Mall.

The salon will charge $15 for a shampoo, haircut and style/flat iron, and $6 for lip or eyebrow waxing.

“It’s our way of giving back to the community, and more specifically, funding the only women’s and children’s domestic-violence shelter in the county,” said Debbie Hagan, spa supervisor.

Call the spa directly for an appointment at 330-758-9105. When scheduling the appointment, mention the Sojourner House fundraiser.

Excellence award

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A recent release of an issue of Modern Healthcare showed that St. Elizabeth Health Center was among the 255 hospitals nationwide that performed in the top 5 percent of all short-term acute-care hospitals and received HealthGrades’ Emergency Medicine Excellence Award.

Grant recipient

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The employees of the Boardman branch of Trustmark have chosen the Sojourner House Domestic Violence Shelter as a recipient of a $5,000 grant for 2010.

A portion of The Trustmark Foundation’s national budget is set aside for regional employees to make charitable contribution to local agencies. Nominations are submitted from employees each year to determine how the local funds will be distributed. The check was presented Tuesday by Polly Johnson and co-workers from Trustmark at the Burdman Group’s administrative offices.

The Trustmark Foundation, established in 1984, actively supports community involvement through program donations and volunteerism. The foundation distributed nearly $1.21 million in cash and gifts-in-kind in 2009.