Quality at ECMC – 2019

February

• The American College of Radiology’s Commission on Quality and Safety designated ECMC a Diagnostic Imaging Center of Excellence. The three-year designation Diagnostic Imaging Center of Excellence (DICOE) award signifies that ECMC delivers the highest levels of imaging quality, safety and care.

June

• ECMC received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award.  The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment and success in ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence.
• ECMC’s Victim Assistance Program awarded $1,237,757 grant from NYS Office of Victim Services. Grant, disbursed over three years, will support hiring program director, 3 social workers, full-time psychologist and patient facilitator.

July

• The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has determined that ECMC’s Terrace View Long-Term Care Facility has earned a Five-Star Rating for Overall Quality, marking the first time in its history that Terrace View received the highest CMS rating.
• NYS Division of Minority and Women’s Business Development MWBE Program Performance Report graded ECMC’s participation as an ‘A’ for Fiscal Year 2018-19, achieving 33.30% participation. The Report Cards are designed to gauge the effectiveness and success of each state Agency and Authority’s MWBE efforts.

November

• The Leapfrog Group, an independent, national not-for-profit organization founded more than a decade ago by the nation’s leading employers and private health care experts, rated ECMC’s overall patient safety score at ‘B’. The Leapfrog patient surveys assess: medical errors, accidents, injuries, infections and patient experiences.
• The Joint Commission granted ECMC three-year Comprehensive Accreditation.
• ECMC Family Health Center received a Certificate of Recognition from the National Committee for Quality Assurance for “systematic use of patient-centered, coordinated care management processes.”

December

• YOU Center for Wellness at Erie County Medical Center receives NYS Department of Health Commissioner’s Special Recognition Award for World AIDS Day. Providing HIV/AIDS services since 1984, the Center uses a systematic model to envelope patients with supportive services necessary to achieve an overall viral suppression rate of 90%, compared to the national average of 59.8%.
• ECMC designated as a Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement 2019 BlueCross/BlueShield of Western New York.