Logan Regional recognized as a top community hospital
*Audio clip is the voice of Brandon McBride, the CEO and administrator for the Logan Regional Hospital.
On Sept. 22, the healthcare performance company Vizient selected the Intermountain Logan Regional Hospital to receive the Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership Award. This award recognizes the hospital as a top community hospital.
Brandon McBride, the CEO and administrator for the Logan Regional Hospital, mentioned the significance of receiving the award.
“What it really means is we are providing our community with safe, high-quality care and providing our patients with a really good experience when they’re here,” said McBride. “It’s a recognition for all of our caregivers and all of our physicians that do such a great job caring for our patients.”
Vizient studies and ranks the performance of hospitals throughout the U.S. based on safety, mortality, effectiveness, efficiency, patient centeredness and equity.
The study organizes the hospitals by size and adds additional hospitals to the study each year. The Logan Regional hospital was categorized in the community hospital group.
This year a total of 650 hospitals were studied and 266 hospitals were in the community group.
Vizient used multiple sources of data to rank the hospitals, including the Vizient Clinical Data Base, the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey, and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Healthcare Safety Network.
Data is not only used to rank hospitals, but it also helps improve their functionality.
David Levine, group senior vice president, advanced analytics and product management for Vizient is quoted in a press release from Intermountain Healthcare.
“Hospitals today are using data and analytics to help them more effectively deliver superior clinical outcomes and patient experiences,” said Levine. “Intermountain has demonstrated a successful leadership style, a shared sense of purpose, a focus on results, and a culture of collaboration.”
Regan Luke, a USU senior, has utilized the hospital a couple of times while living in Logan and has had positive experiences.
“They were helpful,” she said. “They listened to me, which is good. Sometimes I feel like medical people don’t listen to me, but they did.”
McBride said patient experience is their number one goal for 2022. He said safety of their patients and employees is an important priority at the hospital, and they build safety into their operating model and daily discussions.
“Our goal is to make sure that we continue to build and deliver on the trust that we have in the community, so that our patients and community know that they can trust Logan Regional Hospital to deliver great care to them,” McBride said.
McBride said the Logan Regional Hospital is valuable to the community because it is the only full-service hospital facility in the Cache Valley area. The hospital has a wide range of services, including an emergency room, operating rooms, cancer program and services, heart services and behavioral health services.
The hospital was among six Intermountain Healthcare hospitals recognized in Utah. Vizient recognized University of Utah hospitals and clinics as top performers of the comprehensive academic medical centers category.
The other Intermountain hospitals recognized are the Intermountain Cedar City Hospital, Intermountain Layton Hospital, Intermountain McKay-Dee Hospital, Intermountain Medical Center and Intermountain St. George Regional Hospital.
In a press release from Intermountain Healthcare, Intermountain Healthcare’s chief clinical officer JP Valin, MD said, “Everything we do at Intermountain is for the well-being of our patients and our communities. I am proud of our caregivers for delivering outstanding patient outcomes thanks to their relentless focus on quality, safety, equity, and clinical excellence.”
-Carter.Ottley@usu.edu
Featured photo by Elise Gottling