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Interim HealthCare Awards Paraprofessionals Of The YearSunrise, FL - December 13, 2007 - Interim HealthCare, the nation's largest provider of home care and supplemental health care staffing services, announced the recipients of the "National Quality Awards" for 200 at their annual National Clinical Symposium meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The awards acknowledge the Interim Medicare-certified offices for having achieved improved patient outcomes exceeding regional quality benchmarks. Offices receiving the Patient Satisfaction Award-Preeminent were recognized as having pre-eminent national performance in providing care and offering office-based support that patients and their caregivers consistently find timely, caring and helpful as measured in national satisfaction surveys:
Offices who received the Patient Satisfaction Award- Outstanding, are recognized for outstanding national performance in providing care and offering office-based support that patients and their caregivers consistently find timely, caring and helpful as measured in national satisfaction surveys:
Offices who received the Patient Satisfaction Award- Exemplary, are recognized for exemplary national performance in providing care and offering office-based support that patients and their caregivers consistently find timely, caring and helpful as measured in national satisfaction surveys:
The award for Best Performance Public Quality Measures is awarded for sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution: Greenville, SC Interim HealthCare developed a new award for Best Overall Improvement in Public Quality Measures and Achievement of top 10% of the nation's lowest hospitalization rates. The winner of the Red Slippers Award achievement is: Omaha, NE In addition, Interim HealthCare developed a new award for top 20% of the nation's lowest hospitalization rates. The winners of the Red Slippers Award achievement are:
The Outcome Concepts System Vision Award is awarded in recognition of improvement in public outcomes and patients' lives through innovation and teamwork: Newark, OH The 2007 No Deficiency State or Federal Survey Award went to: January- Wichita, KS and Rapid City, SD
Interim's Professional Services Division at the national service center developed the awards program after the introduction of the CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) public measures in October 2003, a national government program that publishes the quality ratings of all Medicare-certified home health care agencies in the United States. Barbara McCann, Chief Clinical Officer at Interim HealthCare states, "We are pleased that our franchise offices received the award for excellence in providing quality home care services. Quality plays a key role in being the largest and most successful health care franchise organization in the country and we are proud to recognize these outstanding owners for their achievements." Founded in 1966, Interim HealthCare is the nation's oldest proprietary national organization providing health care personnel at all skill levels in all settings. Through one of the country's most comprehensive network of 300 offices (franchise and affiliates). Interim HealthCare provides diverse services including hospice, home care, medical staffing, occupational health and pharmaceutical support services. Interim employs more than 75,000 health care workers and provides services to approximately 50,000 people each day. For more information, visit www.interimhealthcare.com. |
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