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Memorial Hermann Home Health Receives Award for Quality Improvement Initiative

Houston, Texas, May 25, 2005 – Memorial Hermann Home Health recently received recognition for its continued dedication to quality patient care. The distinction came as a result of effective collaboration with the Texas Medical Foundation (TMF).

Memorial Hermann Home Health enables patients to continue living in their own homes. Staff members coordinate and provide skilled care and therapy, directed by doctors, with the goal of helping patients regain independence and self-sufficiency.

Memorial Hermann Home Health was one of the first organizations in Texas to engage in a voluntary process through which the TMF helps healthcare agencies improve results in specific clinical areas. Memorial Hermann excelled in the two criteria selected – managing oral medications and transferring patients (from bed to chair, for example).

To measure and encourage such improvements, the national Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services launched a Home Health Quality Initiative in October 2003. The program provides comparative results through the Home Health Compare website. The most recent data shows Memorial Hermann Home Health ahead of the state average in nine of the 10 quality measures reported.

“It’s our goal to continually provide exceptional patient care,” said Kathy Sudela, Director of Outcomes& Improvement for Memorial Hermann Home Health. “We’re honored to serve our patients and pleased that our work in home healthcare finds us among the leaders in the field.”

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