LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 23, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- National Research Corporation is proud to announce the 2013 Path to Excellence and Innovative Best Practice award winners. The winners were recognized last night, Sunday, September 22, during an awards banquet at the 19th Annual International Patient-Centered Care Symposium in Baltimore.
In all, 33 National Research clients received the Path to Excellence award. The award recipients were selected based on their achievement status within categories that patients have identified as being most important to the quality of their care. The award is only bestowed upon those organizations that are ranked by patients as being a top performer in one of the following categories: Rate Hospital, Specialty Hospital: Rank Hospital, Children's Hospital: Overall Rating, Adult: Would Recommend Doctor's Office, Pediatric: Would Recommend Doctor's Office, Improvement Planner Champion, and Most Improved Client. Click here to learn more about the award categories.
See the full list of winners here.
Two clients received the Innovative Best Practice award. The award is given to organizations who have demonstrated best practices that result in significant improvements in patient-centered care and healthcare outcomes. National Research defines a best practice in patient-centered care as an innovative use of resources with documented results of significant improvement in cost, quality, patient satisfaction and safety—all factors that affect the health of an organization and its patients.
Meriter Health Services in Madison, Wisconsin, and Central Community Care Access Centre, North York, Ontario, Canada, are the Innovative Best Practice award recipients.
"National Research congratulates all of our outstanding winners," said Susan Henricks, President and Chief Operating Officer of National Research. "Driving improvement initiatives across an organization takes an incredible amount of time and resources, and involves senior leadership to fully execute the mission. These winners prove that with dedication and a commitment to improve the patient and family experience, anything is possible."
About Symposium
The International Patient-Centered Care Symposium provides an opportunity for healthcare professionals to network and share best practices related to improving the patient experience across the healthcare continuum. The event encompasses leading professional speakers, hands-on breakout sessions, and topical agenda items that cover the latest trends in healthcare.
About National Research Corporation
For more than 30 years, National Research Corporation (NASDAQ: NRCIA|NRCIB) has been at the forefront of patient-centered care. Today, the company's focus on empowering customer-centric healthcare across the continuum extends patient-centered care to incorporate families, communities, employees, senior housing residents, and other stakeholders.
Recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of the largest patient satisfaction firms in the U.S., National Research is dedicated to representing the true voice of patients and other healthcare stakeholders. This integration of cross-continuum metrics and analytics uncovers insights for effective performance improvement, quality measurement, care transitions, and many other factors that impact population health management.
National Research is headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska. For more information, call 800-388-4264, write to info@nationalresearch.com, or visit www.nationalresearch.com.
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