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Methodist North Hospital becomes First Adult Hospital in West Tennessee to Receive Prestigious Magnet® Designation Less than ten percent of hospitals nationally receive highest recognition

Methodist North Hospital has received Magnet designation by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), making it the first Adult Magnet Hospital in West Tennessee and the ninth Magnetdesignated hospital in the State. Less than ten percent of hospitals in the country hold the Magnet designation.

“The Magnet designation is the highest and most prestigious recognition a healthcare organization can receive for nursing excellence and highquality patient care,” said Michael Ugwueke, CEO of Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare. “We are so proud of our North family for reaching this momentous achievement. Magnet reinforces and validates our commitment to providing a higher standard of care for all people in the communities we serve.”

Directed by the ANCC, Magnet recognizes health care organizations for quality patient care, nursing excellence and innovations in professional nursing practice. Consumers rely on the designation as the ultimate credential for high quality patient care.

“It’s because of true teamwork and dedication from our leaders and associates that we are able to make our Magnet dream a reality,” said Florence Jones, president of Methodist North Hospital. “Achieving Magnet designation tells our community that we are committed to providing everyone with exceptional care. It also reflects our commitment to providing our nursing team with continuing educational and developmental opportunities so they can always be at their best.”

Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi recently won Baptist Memorial Health Care’s President’s Quality Award for its sepsis quality initiative. The award is the health care system’s top quality award and is given out annually to the hospital that develops an initiative that transforms and influences quality of care across the entire health care system.

“It was my honor to award Baptist North Mississippi the 2019 President’s Quality Award,” said Dr. Henry Sullivant, vice president/chief medical officer for Baptist Memorial. “This initiative has elevated the quality of care at the hospital and saved many patients’ lives. I believe it will have a substantial impact on the quality of care within the Baptist system, and I look forward to seeing other Baptist Memorial hospitals implement this initiative and achieve great outcomes.”

Sepsis is the body’s extreme response to an infection and can happen when an infection you already have — in your skin, lungs, urinary tract or somewhere else — triggers a chain reaction throughout your body. According to the CDC, nearly 270,000 Americans die as a result of sepsis each year. Baptist North Mississippi’s Sepsis Champions quality team developed a protocol, or process, to ensure the consistent and early identification of sepsis followed by immediate and effective treatment. It included ensuring patients’ antibiotic therapy was appropriate and necessary. The initiative has saved 118 lives since being implemented in 2015.

“We are very proud of this team of experts who are improving the outcomes of our patients who are fighting sepsis,” said Bill Henning, CEO and administrator of Baptist North Mississippi. “The team’s hard work is saving lives and will advance patient care.”

US News and World Report recognizes Regional One Health Subacute Unit For the second year in a row, Regional One Health’s Skilled Nursing and Subacute Care facility has been recognized by US News and World Report as one of the nation’s Best Nursing Homes. Regional One Health Subacute Care is among only 19 percent of facilities in the United States earning this honor. The ratings are based on U.S. News’s in-depth analysis of publicly available data, including information that is not factored into CMS’s star ratings.

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Unlike the star ratings, the U.S. News ratings recognize that patients undergoing relatively short-term rehabilitation have very different needs from those who require longer-term care.

Regional One Health’s Subacute Unit provides the necessary postacute care for patients to help them realize their maximum potential. Due to the integration in the health system, the Subacute Unit is able to work closely with physician partners to coordinate patient appointments on the unit, removing the need for patents to be taken offsite unnecessarily. They are also able to accept patients with a higher acuity than would typically be seen in a skilled nursing unit because of their affiliation with the trauma center.

Regional One Health Subacute Unit offers skilled nursing care; occupational, physical and speech therapy; social work; group and individualized activities; medical services; and special consultants available to meet other clinical needs.

For more information about Regional One Health’s Skilled Nursing/Subacute Care services, please call 901-515-4300.

Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis Receives Advanced Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center Certification from the Joint Commission Saint Francis Healthcare recently earned the Advanced Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center certification from The Joint Commission, in collaboration with the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA). This certification signifies the hospital meets rigorous standards for performing mechanical endovascular thrombectomy.

To be eligible for the certification, the hospital was required to meet strict guidelines that include performing endovascular thrombectomy on a minimum of 15 patients in the past year, or 30 patients in the past two years, and the capability to perform endovascular thrombectomy around the clock, seven days a week. The hospital’s primary neurointerventionists also must meet the highest standards of subspecialty training.

“Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis has thoroughly demonstrated a high level of care for patients experiencing a potentially lifealtering stroke,” said Dr. Audrey Gregory, market chief executive officer, Saint Francis Healthcare. “We are excited to receive this recognition honoring our team for the work they do to serve the healthcare needs of the Mid-South community.”

“With the recent advances in endovascular therapies for acute ischemic stroke, it’s important to recognize hospitals which can perform this critical intervention safely and effectively and we commend Saint Francis HospitalMemphis on this designation,” said Edward C. Jauch, MD, chair of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Hospital Accreditation Stroke Subcommittee.

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