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NEWS FROM
CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE
December 3, 2008
Cambridge Health Alliance Named to Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Honor Rolls
Cambridge, MA...Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) announced
today that it has been named to Harvard Pilgrim Health Care's second
annual Hospital Honor Roll. Harvard Pilgrim also named the Cambridge
Health Alliance Physicians' Organization to its seventh annual Quality
Honor Roll for pediatric care. CHA operates three hospital campuses
(Cambridge, Somerville, and Whidden) and more than 20 community-based
health centers which serve Cambridge, Somerville, and Boston's Metro-North
region.
Harvard Pilgrim's Hospital Honor Roll highlights acute care hospitals
whose performance was among the top 25% of those measured nationally
on a set of quality and patient experience measures. The 2008 Honor
Roll recognizes 37 hospitals in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine,
and Rhode Island. Hospitals were evaluated on processes for caring
for patients with heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, and those
having surgery. The scores were reported by the Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services on Hospital Compare and also include the Leapfrog
Group's patient safety measures.
Eighty physician groups in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine
earned a spot on Harvard Pilgrim's Quality Honor Roll, which highlights
adult and pediatric physician groups that have achieved exceptional
results in their approach to disease prevention and the treatment
of chronic illness. Physician groups are selected based on clinical
performance measured against national standards set by HEDIS®
(Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set), a tool developed
for the National Committee for Quality Assurance to assess the clinical
performance of doctors and other medical professionals.
"We are very pleased to be recognized for our dedication to
our patients," said Gerald Steinberg, MD, CHA's Senior Medical
Director and Chief Medical Quality Director. "Cambridge Health
Alliance staff, management, and its Board of Trustees are fundamentally
committed to continuously improving the quality of care we provide
and to do that at a cost that represents great healthcare value.
These awards recognize our progress in fulfilling our mission to
improve the health of our communities."
Harvard Pilgrim is a not-for-profit health plan that provides
a variety of health benefit options and funding arrangements to
more than one million members in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and
Maine. Harvard Pilgrim is the #1 commercial health plan in America
according to an annual joint ranking of the nation's best health
plans by U.S. News & World Report and the National Committee
for Quality Assurance (NCQA). For more information, please visit
www.harvardpilgrim.org.
Cambridge Health Alliance is an innovative, award-winning
health system that provides high quality care in Cambridge, Somerville,
and Boston's metro-north communities. It includes three hospital
campuses, more than 20 primary care and specialty practices, the
Cambridge Public Health Dept., and the Network Health plan. CHA
is a Harvard Medical School teaching affiliate and is also affiliated
with Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard School of Dental Medicine,
and Tufts University School of Medicine.
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Media Contact
David Cecere
Media Relations Manager
Phone: 617-503-8428
Cell: 617-921-9613
Pager: 617-546-1879
dcecere@challiance.org
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