SunLink Health Systems, Inc. today announced that its Missouri Southern Healthcare facility, a 50-bed general medical and surgical facility located in Dexter, MO was named by OCS and DecisionHealth® to the 2008 HomeCare Elite™, a compilation of the most successful Medicare-certified home health care providers in the United States. This annual review identifies the top agencies nationally, ranked by an analysis of performance measures in quality outcomes, quality improvement and financial performance.
Missouri Southern Healthcare is the latest of SunLink’s facilities, and the first of its four home health businesses, to receive national recognition in the last three years. Last year SunLink’s Chilton Medical Center received national recognition from Ingenix Health Information Management for operational excellence or improvement and SunLink’s Memorial Hospital of Adel won a national Excellence Through Insight Award for Most Improved Emergency Department given by HealthStream Research. Trace Regional Hospital in Houston, MS was named one of Thomson Reuters’ Performance Improvement Leaders 2007, Chestatee Regional Hospital in Dahlonega, GA received Thomson Reuters’ award as a recipient of its 100 Top Hospital Performance Improvement Leaders in 2006 and Missouri Southern Healthcare in Dexter, MO received its award as one of its 100 Top Hospitals for Excellence in Hospital Management and Performance in 2006.
About SunLink Health Systems, Inc.
SunLink Health Systems, Inc. currently operates seven community hospitals and related nursing home and home care businesses in the Southeast and Midwest and its specialty pharmacy business, SunLink Scripts Rx, in Louisiana. Each SunLink hospital is the only hospital in its community. SunLink’s operating strategy is to link patients’ needs with dedicated physicians and health professionals to deliver quality, efficient medical care and healthcare products and services in each area it serves. For additional information on SunLink Health Systems, Inc., please visit the company’s website at www.sunlinkhealth.com.
About OCS
OCS is the market leader in healthcare information solutions. By collecting, evaluating and interpreting healthcare information, we empower leaders with data-driven insight that helps optimize mission-critical decision making. OCS combines the richness of the nation’s most comprehensive post-acute data warehouse with cutting-edge analysis tools, consulting services and custom technology solutions. Our information-based solutions facilitate providers, payors, industry analysts, consultants, Federal and state governments, medical products and pharmaceutical companies with advancing their missions using objective, independent information that is not available from other sources. Learn more at www.ocsys.com or call 888.325.3396.
About DecisionHealth®
Decision- Health® serves the clinical, business and regulatory needs of health care practitioners, providers and their administrative staff nationwide, including home health agencies. For more than 20 years, DecisionHealth has served as the industry's leading source for news, analysis and instructional guidance with brand names such as Home Health Line, Home Care Outcomes, the Complete Home Health ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Coding Manual, Private Duty Insider and Diagnosis Coding Pro for Home Health. Our unique blend of award-winning information specialists, in-house journalists and unmatched access to health care executives, providers and their staffs results in news, analysis and solutions that have captured the attention of nearly 100,000 healthcare readers. For more information, please visit www.DecisionHealth.com or call 877.602.3835.
Contact:
SunLink Health Systems, Inc.
Robert M. Thornton, Jr., 770-933-7000
Chief Executive Officer
Source: SunLink Health Systems, Inc.
Missouri Southern Healthcare is the latest of SunLink’s facilities, and the first of its four home health businesses, to receive national recognition in the last three years. Last year SunLink’s Chilton Medical Center received national recognition from Ingenix Health Information Management for operational excellence or improvement and SunLink’s Memorial Hospital of Adel won a national Excellence Through Insight Award for Most Improved Emergency Department given by HealthStream Research. Trace Regional Hospital in Houston, MS was named one of Thomson Reuters’ Performance Improvement Leaders 2007, Chestatee Regional Hospital in Dahlonega, GA received Thomson Reuters’ award as a recipient of its 100 Top Hospital Performance Improvement Leaders in 2006 and Missouri Southern Healthcare in Dexter, MO received its award as one of its 100 Top Hospitals for Excellence in Hospital Management and Performance in 2006.
About SunLink Health Systems, Inc.
SunLink Health Systems, Inc. currently operates seven community hospitals and related nursing home and home care businesses in the Southeast and Midwest and its specialty pharmacy business, SunLink Scripts Rx, in Louisiana. Each SunLink hospital is the only hospital in its community. SunLink’s operating strategy is to link patients’ needs with dedicated physicians and health professionals to deliver quality, efficient medical care and healthcare products and services in each area it serves. For additional information on SunLink Health Systems, Inc., please visit the company’s website at www.sunlinkhealth.com.
About OCS
OCS is the market leader in healthcare information solutions. By collecting, evaluating and interpreting healthcare information, we empower leaders with data-driven insight that helps optimize mission-critical decision making. OCS combines the richness of the nation’s most comprehensive post-acute data warehouse with cutting-edge analysis tools, consulting services and custom technology solutions. Our information-based solutions facilitate providers, payors, industry analysts, consultants, Federal and state governments, medical products and pharmaceutical companies with advancing their missions using objective, independent information that is not available from other sources. Learn more at www.ocsys.com or call 888.325.3396.
About DecisionHealth®
Decision- Health® serves the clinical, business and regulatory needs of health care practitioners, providers and their administrative staff nationwide, including home health agencies. For more than 20 years, DecisionHealth has served as the industry's leading source for news, analysis and instructional guidance with brand names such as Home Health Line, Home Care Outcomes, the Complete Home Health ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Coding Manual, Private Duty Insider and Diagnosis Coding Pro for Home Health. Our unique blend of award-winning information specialists, in-house journalists and unmatched access to health care executives, providers and their staffs results in news, analysis and solutions that have captured the attention of nearly 100,000 healthcare readers. For more information, please visit www.DecisionHealth.com or call 877.602.3835.
Contact:
SunLink Health Systems, Inc.
Robert M. Thornton, Jr., 770-933-7000
Chief Executive Officer
Source: SunLink Health Systems, Inc.
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