For Immediate Release                                                            Contact: Jeff Johns

February 21, 2011                                                                        570-893-5420

Lock Haven Hospital Salutes 100% Core Measures Club 

Performance standards set by Joint Commission 

Lock Haven, PA – Lock Haven Hospital is proud to announce that thirteen physicians achieved 100% Core Measures Club status at the facility in the fourth quarter of 2010.

The Joint Commission developed a series of performance measurement standards in 1987, in a variety of practice areas including: Emergency Department, In-Patient and Surgical among others. National experts in healthcare identified a set of criteria in key areas that determine if the care given in hospitals is appropriate, timely and preventive. 

Emergency Department

Three Lock Haven Hospital emergency room physicians achieved 100% Core Measures status in the fourth quarter of 2010. They are: Jerome Ellis, M.D., David Gingrich, M.D. both of whom achieved 100% Core Measures for all four quarters of 2010, and Dennis Probst, D.O.

   

In-Patient 

Five Lock Haven Hospital doctors achieved 100% Core Measures status in the In-Patient category, in the fourth quarter of 2010 including: Faryal Afzal, M.D., Pravin Chapla, M.D., Jeffrey Eaton, M.D., John Parry, M.D., and Christopher Tobiasz, M.D.

   

Surgical

Five Lock Haven Hospital surgeons achieved 100% Core Measures Club status in the fourth quarter of 2010 including; Apostolos Dimitroullias, M.D., Ryhor Harbacheuski, M.D., Mohammed Islam, M.D., Sarla Kapoor, M.D. and Sang Choi, M.D., who achieved 100% status for all four quarters in 2010.

  

Evidence-based Medicine

The Joint Commission utilized evidence-based medicine to determine that by meeting a series of specific treatment guidelines, there was an improvement in patient outcomes. 

“We utilize the Joint Commission’s core measures standards in key treatment areas, to help ensure quality patient care,” said Cindy Segar-Miller, chief executive officer, Lock Haven Hospital. “We are very proud of the physicians who work so diligently to achieve 100% Core Measures Club status at Lock Haven Hospital.”

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