Heritage Valley Health System was recently named as one of the top 100 integrated healthcare networks for 2012 by IMS. The IMS Top 100 IHNs is based on critical success factors, including each network’s ability to operate as a unified organization in eight categories: integration, integrated technology, contractual capabilities, outpatient utilization, financial stability, services and access, hospital utilization, and physicians. Click here to view the IMS top 100.
Aetna, a leading health insurer nationwide, has designated Heritage Valley Sewickley hospital, as Aetna Institutes of Quality®. Heritage Valley Sewickley was designated an Aetna Institute of Quality® Orthopedic Care facility for spine surgery and total joint replacement.
Aetna, a leading health insurer nationwide, has designated Heritage Valley Beaver hospital, as Aetna Institutes of Quality®. Heritage Valley Beaver was designated as an Aetna Institute of Quality® Cardiac Care facility for cardiac medical intervention.
The Patricia S. Snyder Emergency Department at Heritage Valley Sewickley recently received a QualityBLUESM Award from Highmark for operational improvements in Emergency Department Throughput. The award was presented for greatest percentage change, a 92% decrease in patents that “left without being seen;” a 19% reduction in emergency department arrival to admission or discharge time; and 50% reduction in the door to physician time.
Heritage Valley Health System’s Staunton Clinic was awarded the 2010 Spirit of Excellence Award for Quality from Modern Healthcare and Sodexo Health Care Services. Heritage Valley received the award in recognition of the development and implementation of a proactive treatment protocol for bipolar patients that resulted in a decrease in emergency department visits, inpatient admissions and total days of inpatient hospitalization.
Heritage Valley Health System was recently named as one of the top 25 most connected facilities by Health Imaging & IT. The “2010 Top Connected Healthcare Facilities” list recognizes hospitals, health systems, imaging centers and physician practices that seamlessly integrate imaging and information technology (IT) systems, provide physicians with immediate, anywhere access to patient data and demonstrate a return on investment and high patient and staff satisfaction.
Heritage Valley Health System received the Achievement Award for Innovation for its submission on Mobile Clinical Access Portal (M-CAP) Enabling Physician Workflow. The Mobile Clinical Access Portal (M-CAP) is a wireless handheld device solution that provides physicians with three years of online clinical data from any Wi-Fi or Broadband connection point. It provides a cross continuum view of patients from ambulatory, acute care, and long term care environments and was designed to allow integration and interoperability with other clinical applications.
Heritage Valley’s Pediatric Asthma Care Protocol Project received a HAP Achievement Award for Community Outreach and Engagement. The Health System has a successful community pediatric asthma program, Breath ‘N Easy, which has shown favorable outcomes for its participants.
Heritage Valley Beaver was named a Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac Care®. The designation is awarded by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies to medical facilities that have demonstrated expertise in delivering quality healthcare.
Heritage Valley Sewickley collaborates with Hope Bariatrics to provide a bariatric surgery program that was re-certified as a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence by the American Society for Bariatric Surgery (ASBS) and named Blue Distinction Center for Bariatric Surgery® by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Companies.
Heritage Valley Beaver and Heritage Valley Sewickley were named as Blue Distinction Centers for Knee and Hip ReplacementSM. Blue Distinction Centers demonstrate an expertise in quality care, resulting in better overall outcomes for patients, by meeting objective clinical measures developed with input from expert physicians and medical organizations.
Heritage Valley Health System received the Patient Safety Award from the Hospital Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) for its process for improving intravenous drug procedures - reducing the leaking of certain drugs out of a vein and into the surrounding tissue.
Heritage Valley Health System and our partner, Healthcare Software Collaborative, LLC, were awarded the 2009 MS-HUG Healthcare Innovation Award for Clinical Records – Inpatient by the Microsoft Health Users Group.
Heritage Valley Health System received the Bronze Award from The Fine Foundation and the Jewish Healthcare Foundation for its process for improving intravenous drug procedures – reducing the leaking of certain drugs out of a vein and into the surrounding tissue.
Heritage Valley Health System received this prestigious award for innovative methods to renovate patient rooms with advanced techniques and materials while significantly reducing the cost of renovation.
2010 Spirit of Excellence Award for Quality, Modern Healthcare and Sodexo Health Care Services
Heritage Valley Health System received the Achievement Award for Innovation for its submission on Mobile Clinical Access Portal (M-CAP) Enabling Physician Workflow. The Mobile Clinical Access Portal (M-CAP) is a wireless handheld device solution that provides physicians with three years of online clinical data from any Wi-Fi or Broadband connection point. It provides a cross continuum view of patients from ambulatory, acute care, and long term care environments and was designed to allow integration and interoperability with other clinical applications.