By Maria Miranda -
Photographer: COURTESY PHOTO
Some of the leaders who contributed to Catholic Health Services nursing homes being among the top-ranked in the nation, from left: Peggy Moses, director of nursing at St. John�s Nursing Center; Carol Ann Preston, director of quality for Catholic Health Services; Jacqueline Mills, registered nurse at St. John Nursing Center; and Brenith Delson, director of nursing at Villa Maria Nursing Center.
The recognition program honors those nursing homes that achieved one to four goals that are designed to improve the quality of care in America�s skilled nursing centers. The goals are:
- Safely reduce by 15 percent the number of hospital readmissions within 30 days of a nursing home stay
- Reduce by 15 percent the turnover in nursing staff
- Increase by up to 90 percent the number of customers who would recommend the facility to others
- Safely reduce the off-label use of antipsychotic drugs by 15 percent.
St. Anne�s Nursing Center in Miami and Villa Maria West Skilled Nursing Center in Hialeah Gardens received Tier II recognition, an honor achieved by only 21 percent of nursing homes nationwide.
The honors were announced at the AHCA Quality Symposium held in New Orleans Feb. 10-12. As a Tier IV recipient, Villa Maria Nursing Center also is featured in the February 2014 edition of �Provider� magazine.
The American Health Care Association is a non-profit federation of affiliate state health organizations, together representing more than 12,000 non-profit and for-profit nursing centers, assisted living, developmentally disabled and sub-acute care providers.
Catholic Health Services is a ministry of the Archdiocese of Miami and the largest post-acute provider in the southeast United States. CHS operates 30 facilities in Broward and Miami-Dade counties that serve more than 6,000 people daily, with over 7,500 new patients per year.
