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award-winning Community Healthcare System is your choice for quality care survival, complications, patient safety and how quickly patients may return to daily life. Community Healthcare System has performed in the top 20 percent of healthcare systems nationwide for five measures of performance: mortality, complications, patient safety, length of stay and use of evidence-based practices. Top performing healthcare systems were found to have 25 percent fewer mortalities, 19 percent fewer complications, 13 percent fewer patient safety incidents, better core measures compliance and 16 percent shorter length of stay. The study also found that healthcare systems performing in the top 20 percent treated sicker patients, noted 4 percent lower expense per patient discharge and achieved a higher level of operational integration. “This recognition, as one of the nation’s top performing hospital systems for high-quality healthcare, is a validation of the work by our staff and physicians to consistently deliver excellence in care throughout our three hospitals,” says John Gorski, chief operating officer of Community Healthcare System. care hen choosing healthcare for your family, you want to pick a leader—one with a proven track record of high performance and safety. Your choice, based on a new study on hospital quality and efficiency, is Community Healthcare System. Community Healthcare System has been recognized by Thomson Reuters as one of the top performing health systems in the nation. It is the only healthcare system in Northwest Indiana ranked in the top 50 that highlights the potential for health systems to impact the quality of healthcare. The study looked at the quality provided by a health system as a single organization, regardless of ownerships, religious affiliation, location, size or purpose. All three Community Healthcare System hospitals—Community Hospital in Munster, St. Catherine Hospital in East Chicago and St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart—were included in the study. Thomson Reuters’ goal was to gauge how this nation’s healthcare systems perform. It found significant differences between high- and low-performing systems in terms of patient W Community Healthcare System has been recognized by Thomson Reuters as one of the top performing health systems in the nation. So the next time you’re looking for quality healthcare services for you or your family members, think Community Healthcare System. To find a doctor on staff at Community Hospital in Munster, St. Catherine Hospital in East Chicago or St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart, please call our physician referral line at 219-836-3477 or toll-free 866-836-3477. vim & vigor • s p ri ng 2010 3

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Vim & Vigor - Spring 2010 - Community Healthcare

Vim & Vigor - Spring 2010 - Community Healthcare
Contents
Community Message
Award-Winning Care
Get Well Sooner!
Band of Gold
Confirming the Count
Excuses, Excuses
Easing the Pressure
Prostate Predicament
On Mended Knees
Imaging IQ
Caregiving: A Survival Guide
Form Factors
Wake-Up Call
Getting to the Bottom of Back Pain
From Growing Pains to Patient Gains
To Clot or Not to Clot

Vim & Vigor - Spring 2010 - Community Healthcare