Ochsner Health System Recognized By AMGA As 2017 Foundation Star

NEW ORLEANS – Ochsner Health System was one of 21 member organizations to be awarded the 2017 Foundation Star Award by the AMGA Foundation. Ochsner is the only health system within Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas and Tennessee to receive this recognition.

         Each organization was recognized for their participation in four or more AMGA Foundation initiatives:

 

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• Applied for the Acclaim Award

• Participated in one or more Best Practices Learning Collaboratives

• Taken part in AMGA national campaigns, Measure Up/Pressure Down® or Together 2 Goal®

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• Donated to the Foundation

 

         “We are pleased to recognize these leading organizations with the distinguished Foundation Star award for their passion for high performance health as well as their commitment to our Foundation,” said Jerry Penso, M.D., M.B.A., president of AMGA Foundation and chief medical and quality officer of AMGA. “Together we are revolutionizing health care by identifying, implementing, and sharing data-driven best practices that provide millions of patients the safest, most efficient, and most effective care possible.”

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         Other 2017 Foundation Star awardees include: Advocate Medical Group, Carle Physician Group, Cleveland Clinic, Crystal Run Healthcare, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, Mercy, Mercy Medical Group (CA), , Park Nicollet HealthPartners Care Group, Premier Medical Associates, P.C., Prevea Health, Riverside Medical Group, Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group, Summit Medical Group, P.A., Sutter Medical Foundation, The Iowa Clinic, UPMC Susquehanna Health Medical Group, USMD Health System, Wake Forest Baptist Health (formerly Cornerstone Health Care), WESTMED Medical Group, and Wilmington Health.

         Ochsner Health System is Louisiana’s largest non-profit, academic, healthcare system. Driven by a mission to Serve, Heal, Lead, Educate and Innovate, coordinated clinical and hospital patient care is provided across the region by Ochsner's 30 owned, managed and affiliated hospitals and more than 60 health centers. Ochsner is the only Louisiana hospital recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a “Best Hospital” across three specialty categories caring for patients from all 50 states and more than 80 countries worldwide each year. Ochsner employs more than 17,000 employees and over 1,000 physicians in over 90 medical specialties and subspecialties, and conducts more than 600 clinical research studies. Ochsner Health System is proud to be a tobacco-free environment, reps said.

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