Quality Care
How We Measure Quality
At Anderson Regional Health System, quality is measured in outcomes achieved; in the compliance with evidence-based processes known to enhance care; in the volume of patients successfully treated; and in the safety record of the system.
Anderson Regional Health System delivers quality health care using proven
therapies to treat our patients. In doing so, we adhere to a set of widely
accepted clinical indicators. These evidence-based measures were developed
by The Joint Commission (TJC), in conjunction with the American Hospital
Association (AHA) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
utilizing a value-based, disease centered approach.
Anderson rigorously measures patient safety and other clinical indicators
to ensure we are exceeding current standards and setting new benchmarks
for quality. We want you to feel confident choosing Anderson as your healthcare
provider. It is our goal to provide timely, accurate, safe and effective,
patient-centered care. We strive to create a high-reliability culture
that fosters and supports patient safety as a core value. We are committed
to delivering the best possible clinical care to our patients. We benchmark
and measure our performance against other hospitals across the country.
Anderson leaders evaluate quality and patient safety based on process
and outcomes data in order to ensure exceptional patient outcomes.
Our Quality Priorities
Our commitment to quality begins with the Board of Directors and the Executive Staff. They ensure that commitment by hardwiring processes to monitor and analyze patient experience and outcome data. Quality initiatives are then developed when indicated. These initiatives are executed as close to the bedside as possible. The organization’s Strategic Initiatives are evaluated annually and serve as the framework for quality and process improvement throughout the organization. An Annual Quality Report is then published each year and provided for the medical staff, executive staff as well as the board and the entire leadership team to share with their departments.
An Ongoing Commitment to Quality
Quality and process improvement are ongoing, organization-wide activities
that extend to all aspects of inpatient and outpatient care. These activities
affect and are impacted by patients and their loved ones, providers and
caregivers, as well as every team member within our organization, utilizing
a multidisciplinary approach to problem-solving. Lean process improvement
is used for this purpose.
Lean is an organizational culture dedicated to increasing value by driving
out waste. Lean is customer focused, realizing that the patient defines
the value of your product and anything other than value is defined as
waste. One such value is quality healthcare. In order to sustain system-wide
quality improvement, Anderson engaged fully in the implementation of Lean
value-based principles in 2014.
The Healthcare Lean Certificate program for Anderson employees is a four
month commitment. Each applicant is strategically selected based on the
need within the organization. Currently Anderson graduates two classes
per year. At Anderson, we understand that our patients have the right
to choose where they receive their healthcare and value is a big part
of that decision. For that reason, Anderson is dedicated not only to their
employees by offering this continued learning, but to the community we
serve by focusing on the customer’s point of view and understanding
that the expenditure of resources for any goal other than the creation
of value for the customer is waste.
Quality is dynamic in nature and success requires innovative thinking.
At Anderson Regional Health System, we recognize that to ensure quality
care we must be continuously vigilant. We are dedicated to providing excellence
in care in order to advance the health of the people we serve with a relentless
focus on quality and patient safety.
We welcome you to visit
http://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare to see how we’re doing.