Ozarks Healthcare recognized for multi-disciplinary Quality Improvement

Ozarks Healthcare has received the American Heart Association’s Commitment to Quality award for achieving high performance across three or more clinical areas in the Get With The Guidelines® program.

Hospitals earning this recognition demonstrate a comprehensive, systemwide approach to quality improvement. Through recognition in three or more Get With The Guidelines programs, these organizations commit to using real-time data registries, evidence-based clinical protocols and cross-disciplinary collaboration to raise the standard of care across multiple specialties.

"This recognition reflects our team’s dedication to treating the whole person, not just a single condition,” Terence Farrell, Ozarks Healthcare President and CEO, said. “We remain focused on continuous improvement and delivering the highest quality care across every department."

Get With The Guidelines is the American Heart Association’s hospital-based quality improvement initiative designed to help ensure people receive care aligned with the most current, science-based guidelines. Participating hospitals benefit from clinical tools, performance feedback and peer benchmarking to drive ongoing improvement and better patient outcomes.

“This award highlights the impressive commitment Ozarks Healthcare has made to improving care across multiple disciplines,” said Karen E. Joynt Maddox, M.D., MPH, chair of the American Heart Association Quality Oversight Committee. “By taking a systems-level approach to quality, these hospitals are building a strong foundation for better outcomes, fewer complications and healthier communities."

For more information, visit www.ozarkshealthcare.com.

Ozarks Healthcare is a not-for-profit health system that serves more than 160,000 residents across south-central Missouri and northern Arkansas. With its main campus residing in West Plains, Missouri, the health system offers a full spectrum of healthcare for all ages through its 114-bed hospital, behavioral health, therapies, pharmacies, rehabilitation, and home care services, along with specialty and family medicine clinics. Ozarks Healthcare has rural locations across an eight-county service area and is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations.