Article Date: 5/23/2012

Text Area 1: DALLAS - May 23, 2012 -- Centennial Medical Center in Frisco, Texas recently received the Texas Health Care Quality Improvement Silver Award from the TMF Health Quality Institute for its commitment to delivering high quality care to patients. Centennial and 118 other hospitals in Texas were honored for the Silver Award at a ceremony on May 3 in Austin, Texas. 

“Centennial is proud to receive an award recognizing its dedication to patient care,” said Joe Thomason, Centennial Medical Center’s chief executive officer. “It is our highest priority to deliver quality care to the community and patients we serve, and we are pleased that our hard work and improvement is being recognized by the TMF Health Quality Institute.”

The award recognizes hospitals that have undertaken quality initiatives to improve outcomes in patient care, and it serves as an internal benchmarking process meant to give hospitals the chance to look at their performance and to find areas where improvement is needed. Each hospital’s performance is evaluated based on its Appropriate Care Measure (ACM) score and the ability to meet all other national quality care measures.

Over the course of 12 months, Centennial worked to improve the quality of care for clinical topics related to heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia and surgical care. Centennial demonstrated significant improvement on all 27 quality measures that make up the ACM scoring system, meriting Centennial with the Silver Award.

TMF Health Quality Institute established the awards program in partnership with the Texas Hospital Association, Texas Medical Association, Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals and Texas Osteopathic Medical Association.

ABOUT CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER

We care completely at Centennial Medical Center, where your family’s total well being is our reason for being.  Located off Highway 121 and Coit Road, Centennial offers an array of services ranging from maternity, radiology and pediatrics to sophisticated services such as neurosurgery, open heart surgery, and the latest procedures in joint replacement. We also have a 12-bed critical care unit to care for the most critical patients.

Our emergency department is fully accredited by the Society of Chest Pain Centers because of our commitment to high standards and quality of care that helps ensure our patients are neither sent home too early nor needlessly admitted during a coronary event. We are staffed with board-certified ER physicians, and our wait times are half the national average!

Centennial has all-inclusive maternity services that include a variety of classes, tours and support to help you prepare for what to expect when you’re expecting. We have private LDR suites, mom/baby rooming, care packages, as well as a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to ensure the best possible care in any circumstance.

Absolute care from absolute caregivers. It’s why Centennial takes tremendous pride in delivering the utmost compassion and care to all who enter our doors. Visit Centennial on Facebook and Twitter.

Article Date: 12/12/2012

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FRISCO, Texas — December 12, 2012 – Centennial Medical Center in Frisco, Texas, was recently designated a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology (ACR). Awarding facilities the status of a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence, the ACR recognizes breast imaging centers that have earned accreditation in mammography, stereotactic breast biopsy, breast ultrasound and ultrasound-guided breast biopsy.

Peer-review evaluations, conducted in each breast imaging modality by board-certified physicians and medical physicists who are experts in the field, determined that Centennial has achieved high practice standards in image quality, personnel qualifications, facility equipment, quality control procedures and quality assurance programs.

 “We are proud to receive the ACR center of excellence designation because it shows that the Centennial mammography department and its physicians are well qualified and have exceeded standards in all aspects of breast imaging diagnostics,” said Joe Thomason, Centennial Medical Center’s chief executive officer. “We are always looking for ways to improve our quality of care and are happy to be recognized for the hard work and dedication by our staff.”

In addition, Centennial was recently named one of the nation’s Top Performers on Key Quality Measures by The Joint Commission. Hospitals recognized as Top Performers demonstrate exemplary performance in using evidence-based clinical processes that are shown to improve care for certain conditions.

 

ABOUT CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER

We care completely at Centennial Medical Center, where your family’s total well being is our reason for being.  Located off Highway 121 and Coit Road, Centennial offers an array of services ranging from maternity, radiology and pediatrics to sophisticated services such as neurosurgery, open heart surgery, and the latest procedures in joint replacement. We also have a 12-bed critical care unit to care for the most critical patients.

Our emergency department is fully accredited by The Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care because of our commitment to high standards and quality of care that helps ensure our patients are neither sent home too early nor needlessly admitted during a coronary event. We are staffed with board-certified ER physicians, and our wait times are half the national average!

Centennial has all-inclusive maternity services that include a variety of classes, tours and support to help you prepare for what to expect when you’re expecting. We have private LDR suites, mom/baby rooming, care packages, as well as a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to ensure the best possible care in any circumstance.

Absolute care from absolute caregivers. It’s why Centennial takes tremendous pride in delivering the utmost compassion and care to all who enter our doors. Visit Centennial at www.centennialmedcenter.com or on Facebook and Twitter.

ABOUT THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY

The ACR is a national professional organization serving more than 36,000 diagnostic/interventional radiologists, radiation oncologists, nuclear medicine physicians and medical physicists with programs focusing on the practice of medical imaging and radiation oncology and the delivery of comprehensive health care services.

Article Date: 11/29/2012

Text Area 1: FRISCO, TEXAS November 29, 2012 – Centennial Medical Center, based in Frisco, Texas, was honored with an “A” Hospital Safety Score by The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit run by employers and other large purchasers of health benefits.  The A score was awarded in the latest update to the Hospital Safety Score^SM, the A, B, C, D or F scores assigned to U.S. hospitals based on preventable medical errors, injuries accidents, and infections. The Hospital Safety Score was compiled under the guidance of the nation’s leading experts on patient safety and is designed to give the public information they can use to protect themselves and their families.

 

“Patient safety is of the utmost importance at Centennial. We are honored to receive recognition for our leadership and dedication to providing the best and safest care possible for our patients.” said Joe Thomason, Centennial Medical Center’s chief executive officer. “This A rating would not have been possible without our outstanding staff and the teamwork that has become an integral part of Centennial’s culture in order to deliver the best outcomes for our patients and their families.”

 

“Hospitals like this that earn an A have demonstrated their commitment to their patients and their community,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “I congratulate Centennial Medical Center for its safety excellence, and look forward to the day when all hospitals will match this standard.”

 

To see Centennial Medical Center’s scores as they compare nationally and locally, visit the Hospital Safety Score website at www.hospitalsafetyscore.org, which also provides information on how the public can protect themselves and loved ones during a hospital stay. People can also check their local hospital’s score on the free mobile app, available at www.hospitalsafetyscore.org.

 

The Hospital Safety Score uses 26 measures of publicly available hospital safety data to produce a single score representing a hospital’s overall capacity to keep patients safe from infections, injuries, and medical and medication errors. U.S. hospitals were assigned an A, B, C, D or F for their safety.

 

ABOUT CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER

We care completely at Centennial Medical Center, where your family’s total well being is our reason for being.  Located off Highway 121 and Coit Road, Centennial offers an array of services ranging from maternity, radiology and pediatrics to sophisticated services such as neurosurgery, open heart surgery, and the latest procedures in joint replacement. We also have a 12-bed critical care unit to care for the most critical patients.

 

Our emergency department is fully accredited by the Society of Chest Pain Centers because of our commitment to high standards and quality of care that helps ensure our patients are neither sent home too early nor needlessly admitted during a coronary event. We are staffed with board-certified ER physicians, and our wait times are half the national average!

 

Centennial has all-inclusive maternity services that include a variety of classes, tours and support to help you prepare for what to expect when you’re expecting. We have private LDR suites, mom/baby rooming, care packages, as well as a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to ensure the best possible care in any circumstance.

 

Absolute care from absolute caregivers. It’s why Centennial takes tremendous pride in delivering the utmost compassion and care to all who enter our doors. Visit Centennial at www.centennialmedcenter.com or on Facebook and Twitter.

 

ABOUT THE LEAPFROG GROUP

 

The Leapfrog Group (www.leapfroggroup.org) is a national nonprofit organization using the collective leverage of large purchasers of health care to initiate breakthrough improvements in the safety, quality, and affordability of health care for Americans. The flagship Leapfrog Hospital Survey allows purchasers to structure their contracts and purchasing to reward the highest performing hospitals. The Leapfrog Group was founded in November 2000 with support from the Business Roundtable and national funders, and is now independently operated with support from its purchaser and other members.