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WCH In the News |
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On June 4-6, the Healthcare business of Thomson Reuters hosted the 2008 100 Top Hospitals Summit at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colo. Members of Wooster Community Hospital's Board of Governors and Administration were in attendance to receive the hospital's award.  |
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| The awards continue to come in for Wooster Community Hospital. |
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Cleverley & Associates, a well-respected healthcare consulting firm, recently published their yearly State of the Hospital Industry Report. They rank hospitals based on a proprietary calculation called CVI (community value index), which is a financial metric only of cost, charges, and profit.
Based on their findings, WCH not only made their Top 100 List, but also received an award as a Five Star Hospital because our score was in the top 20% of all hospitals. |
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WCH Maintains Status as a Low-Cost Hospital |
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Recently released data from the Ohio Department of Health for Hospital Outpatient Procedures ranks Wooster Community Hospital the 19th lowest overall average Outpatient Charge among the 148 Ohio hospitals listed. The lowest charge hospital in Wayne or Holmes county in this listing, WCH is proud to maintain our status as a low-cost hospital. |
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A Message From the C.E.O. - Bill Sheron, C.E.O. |
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Wooster Community Hospital is proud to be recognized as one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals by Thomson Reuters Healthcare. This award is based on a set of objective measures that reflect highly effective and balanced performance across the whole organization.
These benchmark measures include patient outcomes, patient safety, national treatment standards, efficiency and financial stability. We were one of only 20 hospitals selected from over 1,100 across the country in the medium size community hospital category.
To borrow from the information that accompanies this award, being named a 100 Top Hospitals National winner means: |
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Quality Respiratory Care Recognition for WCH |
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Wooster Community Hospital is proud to receive yet another award recognizing high quality patient care. For more information on Respiratory Care at Wooster Community Hospital, call 330-263-8297.
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WCH Earns The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of ApprovalTM |
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By demonstrating compliance with The Joint Commission’s national standards for health care quality and safety, Wooster Community Hospital is proud to again have earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of ApprovalTM. |
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| More Recognition for WCH |
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The awards continue to come in for Wooster Community Hospital. Cleverley & Associates, a well-respected healthcare consulting firm, recently published their yearly State of the Hospital Industry Report. They rank hospitals based on a proprietary calculation called CVI (community value index), which is a financial metric only of cost, charges, and profit.
Based on their findings, WCH not only made their Top 100 List, but also received an award as a Five Star Hospital because our score was in the top 20% of all hospitals. |
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| WCH Sleep Lab Named Second in USA |
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The Sleep Lab at Wooster Community Hospital has been awarded honorable mention for being voted the second best sleep lab in the United States by ADVANCE Newsmagazines. |
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| Are You Happy with Your Hospital |
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This was the headline of a recent story in the Akron Beacon Journal newspaper. The article presented data that had been made available by Medicare related to patient satisfaction with area hospitals. This is public information that is now asked of all Medicare patients via patient satisfaction surveys. |
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| WCH “Goes Green” Again |
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Wooster Community Hospital has become a “Practice Greenhealth” hospital. Practice Greenhealth is the nation’s leading membership and networking organization for institutions in the healthcare community that have made a commitment to sustainable, eco-friendly practices. Members include hospitals, healthcare systems, businesses and other stakeholders engaged in the greening of healthcare to improve the health of patients, staff and the environment.
We’ve already been a member of Hospitals for a Healthy Environment, and this is another step in our effort to care for our community while providing care to our community. |
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| Quality Care Recognition |
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The Employers Health Coalition of Ohio, Inc. has just published their annual review of hospitals, “A Consumer Guide to Ohio Hospital Quality.” We are excited to share the results with you.
Your hospital, Wooster Community Hospital, was ranked in the highest quality tier of hospitals in the Northeast Ohio Region in 7 out of 8 areas, including:
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Cardiac Care – Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
- Orthopedic Surgery – Hip Replacement
- Orthopedic Surgery – Knee Replacement
- Pulmonary Disease – Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Pulmonary Disease – Pneumonia
- General Surgery – Colon Surgery
The rankings are based on our performance as compared to the average performers of all hospitals in the State of Ohio, using CMS data related to morbidity and major complications.
You can be proud of the accomplishments your physicians and hospital staff in allowing WCH to achieve such high rankings. Working together, we continue to provide quality care to you, our community. Thank you for your trust in us. |
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Continuing Professional Education 
