WellStar Kennestone Hospital is pleased to announce that it ranked in the top 10 percent of 797 inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) that qualified to be ranked in the IRF database of Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation (UDSmr) in 2010. This is the third consecutive year Kennestone has ranked in the top 10 percent.
"Wellstar Kennestone is extremely proud of this recognition," said Vimala Nair, M.D., Medical Director of WellStar Rehabilitation Services. "Our rehabilitation team exemplifies WellStar's vision to deliver world-class healthcare to our patients and this award is a testament to our commitment to excellence."
The rankings were determined by using UDSmr’s program evaluation model (PEM), a case mix-adjusted and severity-adjusted tool that provides facilities with a composite performance score and percentile ranking drawn from nearly three-quarters of all IRFs in the country. UDSmr’s PEM Report Card is used to recognize high-performing facilities for their delivery of quality patient care that is effective, efficient, timely, and patient-centered.
“We are pleased to present this award to Kennestone Hospital in recognition of the excellent care it provides to its patients,” said Maggie DiVita, Manager of the Analytical Services Group at UDSMR. “As the creator and caretaker of the nation’s largest database of rehabilitation outcomes, and with 20 years of experience and data, we have long worked with the industry to establish best practices. We developed the PEM Report Card as a tool to identify and recognize facilities that perform at a high level, to work with them to learn how they achieve high performance, and to share what we learn with others to elevate the performance of all. We look forward to working with Kennestone Hospital and the other top performing facilities across the country that rank in the top 10 percent to improve care in all inpatient rehabilitation facilities.”
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