Fairview Lakes Regional Medical Center, Wyoming, was recognized in May as a national winner of the prestigious Premier Award for Quality TM at the Premier Annual Breakthroughs Conference and Exhibition in Las Vegas.

Deb Stumm, vice president of quality, accepted the award on behalf of Fairview Lakes. Selected from a field of 400 hospitals, Fairview Lakes was named a Premier Quality Merit Award Winner in two categoriesóheart failure and community acquired pneumonia.

Of the 32 hospitals recognized at the national event, two were from MinnesotaóFairview Lakes and Park Nicollet ñMethodist Hospital, which was honored in the area of acute myocardial infarction (heart attack).

Premier, Inc., is a strategic health care alliance that includes hospitals from across the nation. The award is based on both quality and efficiency indicators and is viewed as an important benchmark for recognizing clinical excellence.

Hospitals considered for the award were top performers in one of five clinical areas: heart failure, community acquired pneumonia (CAP), acute myocardial infarction (AMI), coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) and total joint replacement of the hip and knee.

Hospitals that submitted data to Premierís clinical comparative database between July 2003 and June 2004 were eligible for the 2005 award. Fairview Lakes was one of only a handful of participants to achieve awards in two of the five categories.

In its announcement, Premier stated, ìThese awards recognize the true industry leaders...they are setting the standard in clinical excellence for the nation...These hospitals, big and small, are leading the industry by using best practices and evidence-based decision-making to develop more efficient ways to deliver excellent patient care.î

ìI would like to take this opportunity to extend my appreciation and congratulations to every staff member who contributed to this achievement,î said Dan Anderson, president, Fairview Lakes Regional Health Care.

ìCredit for these awards belongs to every nurse, physician, manager and employee who is committed to providing our patients with consistent, best-practice medical care on a daily basis. Because of their skill and dedication, Fairview Lakes is well on its way to achieving its vision of ëLeading community health care to the highest standards.í

Fairview Lakes Regional Medical Center offers complete inpatient hospital and ambulatory services including round-the-clock emergency care, urgent care seven days a week, comprehensive diagnostic and rehabilitation services, a pharmacy, six primary and specialty medical clinics and the University of Minnesota Physicians Radiation Therapy Center on its medical campus in Wyoming.

A division of Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services, Fairview Lakes Regional Health Care includes the regional medical center, medical clinics at Rush City, North Branch, Chisago City and Lino Lakes and regionwide occupational and home health services headquartered at Chisago City.

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