SMH Accepts Governor’s Award Of Excellence

May 10, 2019

Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce it has received MPRO’s 2019 Governor’s Award of Excellence for Outstanding Achievement in Effective Reporting and Measurement: Critical Access Hospitals.

This year, more than 130 Michigan hospitals, physician practices, nursing homes, inpatient psychiatric facilities, ambulatory surgery centers and home health agencies were honored with the Governor’s Award of Excellence. This award recognizes participants for their dedication and success in improving healthcare quality and patient safety in Michigan. To be eligible for the award, participants must have achieved, maintained and continually improved in specific and rigorous milestones related to the award they received.

“We are fortunate to be able to partner with Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital and all the other dedicated organizations across the state of Michigan,” said MPRO President and CEO Leland Babitch, M.D., MBA. “To be able to recognize these outstanding accomplishments with the Governor’s office highlights the importance of improving healthcare quality in our state.”

The Governor’s Award of Excellence was first developed in 2003. The current award is based upon work from 2017-2018 in the following areas:

Improving heart health
Increasing adult immunizations
Lowering the risk of infection in hospitals
Effective reporting and measurement
Improving care in nursing homes
Increasing identification of behavioral health conditions
Improving diabetes management

“We are honored to be recognized for this achievement,” said Mark Hébert, RN, BSN, Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Consultant. “This award was earned by the frontline physicians, nurses, registration staff, laboratory staff, and medical imaging staff who work tirelessly to constantly improve the quality of care provided to our emergency department patients.”

“The efforts recognized by this award are a direct reflection of our staff’s commitment to providing the best care to our patients,” explained Merrisa MacGregor, RN, BSN, Medical-Surgical and Emergency Room Manager. “I am proud of the hard work and dedication of our staff to our patients.”

Award recipients were honored May 8, 2019 at Eagle Eye Golf Course in Bath Township, MI. For more information about the Governor’s Award of Excellence, including a list of winners, visit http://www.mpro.org/gae2019.

About MPRO

MPRO is a nonprofit organization and national leader in healthcare quality improvement and medical review. Our goal is simple – we are helping healthcare get better. MPRO provides medical consulting and review, as well as data analysis to federal agencies, state Medicaid and public health organizations, healthcare facilities, private health plans and other third party payers. For more information about MPRO, visit www.mpro.org. In addition, MPRO represents Michigan in Lake Superior Quality Innovation Network (QIN), which also serves Minnesota and Wisconsin under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Improvement Organization Program (QIO). For more information about Lake Superior QIN, visit www.lsqin.org.