Trident Health Earns ‘Top Performer on Key Quality Measures®’ Recognition from The Joint Commission

CHARLESTON, SC – For the fifth year in a row, Trident Health facilities have been recognized as aTop Performer on Key Quality Measures® by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in the United States.

With only 117 hospitals nationwide to receive this distinction five years running, Trident Health hospitals – Trident Medical Center and Summerville Medical Center — join a select group of hospitals in the country.  The Top Performer program recognizes hospitals for improving performance on evidence-based interventions that increase the chances of healthy outcomes for patients with certain conditions.

“Trident Health is proud to have a team of physicians and medical providers who are committed to providing outstanding patient care,” says Todd Gallati, Chief Executive Officer of Trident Health. “This distinction recognizes the knowledge, teamwork and dedication of our entire hospital staff.”

To be a Top Performer, a hospital must: 1) achieve cumulative performance of 95 percent or above across all reported accountability measures; 2) achieve performance of 95 percent or above on each and every reported accountability measure with at least 30 denominator cases; and 3) have at least one core measure set with a composite rate of 95 percent or above and, within that measure set, achieve a performance rate of 95 percent or above on all applicable individual accountability measures.

For more information about the Top Performer program, visit www.jointcommission.org/accreditation/top_performers.aspx.

Trident Health is a 407-bed HCA hospital system comprised of two acute care hospitals – Trident Medical Center and Summerville Medical Center – as well as two free standing emergency departments- Centre Pointe Emergency and Moncks Corner Medical Center. The Joint Commission recently named Trident Health as one of the nation’s top hospitals for quality and safety for the fifth year in a row. Other noteworthy services include a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence, an award-winning Heart Center, the Trident Breast Care Center, and the South Carolina Institute for Robotic Surgery. Together, Summerville and Trident Medical Centers welcome more babies than any other hospital in the Lowcountry. Accredited by The Commission, Trident Health is committed to providing quality health services along with wellness information and opportunities to the communities it serves. For more information about Trident Health, visit www.tridenthealthsystem.com or call 843.797.7000.