FRIDAY,SEPT. 28, 2018 Inside: 75¢ 80,000 died of flu last winter. — Page 6B Vol. 90 ◆ No. 155 SERVING CLOVIS, PORTALES AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES EasternNewMexicoNews.com Clovis hospital receives state awards ❏ Organizations praise Hospital Association and the 2018 off.” of readmission within 30 days was So readmissions, we want to avoid Hospital Quality Award from Reducing the rate of readmis- just under 5 percent while the cur- those so that when we send our PRMC quality of care. HealthInsight, a nonprofit organi- sion, or the number of times rent rate is just under 3 percent. patients home, we know that they zation seeking to improve health patients have to return to the hospi- Cruz said physicians, nurses and are ready to go home and do not By Jamie Cushman care in New Mexico, Nevada, tal shortly after being discharged, members of the case management warrant having to come back to STAFF WRITER Oregon and Utah. played a role in both awards PRMC office all came together to address seek further medical attention.”
[email protected] “Honestly it just speaks to the received. the issue of readmission. In addition to readmission rates CLOVIS — Plains Regional quality of care we provide at the The HIIN Award was based off a “Honestly we just put a team and healthcare-associated infec- Medical Center recently received a hospital,” Chief Nursing Executive two-year period from 2016 to 2018 together and went over all of our tions, the HealthInsight Quality pair of statewide awards related to Jorge Cruz said. “It speaks to the in which PRMC was recognized readmissions and put a plan togeth- Award was also based on patient the quality of care at the hospital, commitment of the staff in regards for its decrease in hospital readmis- er to address whatever we needed surveys that gives the patient’s per- according to a PRMC press release.