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Northern Dutchess Hospital was recognized by the commission for exemplary performance in using evidence-based clinical processes for its surgical care improvement project and pneumonia, and Vassar Brothers Medical Center for the following measure sets: heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia and surgical care. Northern Dutchess Hospital and Vassar Brothers Medical Center are two of only 1,099 hospitals in the United States earning the distinction for attaining and sustaining excellence in accountability measure performance. The ratings are based on an aggregation of accountability measure data reported to the commission during 2012. The list of "Top Performer" organizations increased by 77 percent from last year and it represents 33 percent of all commission-accredited hospitals reporting accountability measure performance data for 2012. In addition, Northern Dutchess Hospital and Vassar Brothers Medical Center will be recognized on the commission’s quality check website (www.qualitycheck.org). The "Top Performer" program will be featured in the December issues of The Joint Commission Perspectives and The Source. Health Quest is the Hudson Valley’s largest integrated family of hospitals and health care providers. Its affiliates also include Putnam Hospital Center in Carmel and 10 primary care Health Quest Medical Practice locations, several Health Quest Medical Practic specialty locations and two Health Quest Urgent Care walk-in locations. Health Quest delivers care to more than one million people in Columbia, Dutchess, Ulster, Orange, Putnam and northern Westchester counties.
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