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Mission Regional Medical Center<\/em>\u00a0has received the TMF Hospital Quality Improvement\u00a0Bronze<\/em>\u00a0Award from TMF\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0Health Quality Institute. The TMF Hospital Quality Improvement Award program is sponsored by TMF, the\u00a0Arkansas Hospital Association<\/a>,\u00a0Oklahoma Hospital Association<\/a>,\u00a0Oklahoma State Office of Rural Health<\/a>,\u00a0Texas Hospital Association<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals<\/a>. It recognizes hospitals in Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas that have undertaken quality initiatives to improve outcomes in patient care and improve their performance on specific national quality measures. This program was established in 2004 as a non-competitive recognition program designed to identify exemplary outcomes achieved by hospitals.<\/p>\n The 2018 TMF Hospital Quality Improvement Award program is based on achievements in 2016 and 2017. It honors hospitals that are performing quality initiatives aimed at improving outcomes in patient care by recognizing those hospitals that have improved their performance on specific national quality measures.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are proud to have achieved this recognition. Our success illustrates our commitment to patient safety and to delivering quality health care,\u201d said\u00a0Kane Dawson,CEO, Mission Regional Medical Center.\u00a0<\/em>\u201cIt was a significant amount of work, but well worth it because it was the right thing to do for our patients.\u201d<\/p>\n Out of 557 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS or Acute Care) Hospitals and 188 Critical Access Hospitals (CAH), 51 earned the TMF Hospital Quality Improvement Gold Award. The Silver Award went to 50 hospitals, and 51 hospitals earned the Bronze Award.<\/p>\n \u201cTMF is proud to recognize these hospitals for promoting quality improvement activities and their senior management for promoting a quality culture,\u201d said Tom Manley, CEO of TMF Health Quality Institute. \u201cQuality improvement is a complex and demanding process, and we thank Mission Regional Medical Center for their commitment to improving the health of patients and the efficiency of health care.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cProven standards of care can save lives,\u201d said\u00a0Kathleen Avila, Regional Director, Business Development.<\/em>\u00a0\u201cWe will continue to enhance our quality improvement efforts through our collaboration with partners and with TMF Health Quality Institute to ensure that every person gets the right care at the right time, every time.\u201d<\/p>\n