Sample website/newsletter copy for hospitals recognized as part of the Pioneers in Quality™ program in The Joint Commission’s 2016 Annual Report, “America’s Hospitals: Improving Quality and Safety”
EMBARGOED UNTIL NOVEMBER 7, 2016
(Organization name) Receives National Recognition from The Joint Commission
(Organization name) is one of only 39 hospitals to receive national recognition from The Joint Commission for its contributions toelectronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) adoption. The recognition appears in The Joint Commission’s 2016 Annual Report, “America’s Hospitals: Improving Quality and Safety,” as part of its Pioneers in Quality™ program to acknowledge hospitals at the forefront of a new era in health care quality reporting.
As a designated 2016 Pioneers in Quality™ hospital, (organization name) has assisted The Joint Commission in the evolution and utilization of eCQMs, a clinical quality measure that uses structured, encoded data present in the electronic health record. (Organization name) is being recognized as an [insert applicable category/categories you are being recognized for as denoted in the notification letter]. To be recognized as a 2016 Pioneers in Quality™ hospital, criteria must have been met in at least one of three categories of participation with The Joint Commission:
- Expert Contributor: Hospitals that have advanced the evolution and utilization of eCQMs through such contributions as presenting at a Pioneers in Quality™webinar or participating in eCQM development during 2016.
- Solution Contributor: Hospitals that submitted an eCQM solution or implementation experience during 2016 for the Core Measure Solution Exchange®, a quality improvement tool that promotes the sharing of performance measurement successesamong accredited hospitals.
- Data Contributor: Hospitals that voluntarily transmitted2015 eCQM data during 2016.
[Insert specific details about how category/categories were achieved.]
“We are thrilled to be recognized by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in the United States,” said (name, title, organization). “It reflects on our staff’s commitment to continuous quality improvement, especially as itrelates to the adoption of eCQMs—the evolution of data reporting. Like The Joint Commission, we believe gathering and analyzing performance data are crucial to continuously improving quality of care and outcomes for all patients.”
The Joint Commission developed thePioneers in Quality™ program to assist healthcare organizations in their transition to electronic reporting. It includes educational webinars for continuing education units, a comprehensive eCQM resource portal, a Pioneers in Quality™ Technical Advisory Panel and outreach from The Joint Commission’s Speaker’s Bureau.