July 25, 2019
Joint Commission names five hospitals as 2019 Pioneers in Quality Expert Contributors
Editor's Note
The Joint Commission on July 24 named five hospitals/healthcare systems as 2019 Pioneers in Quality Expert Contributors for their leadership efforts in using electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) practices to drive their quality improvement.
The five are:
- Baptist Health (Jacksonville, Florida)
- Johns Hopkins Health System (Baltimore, Maryland)
- Memorial Hermann/QPSIC & ISD Enterprise Analytics (Houston, Texas)
- HCA/Terre Haute Regional Hospital (Terre Haute, Indiana)
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania).
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