Kosciusko Community Hospital was named a top performer on key quality measures by the Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in America.

KCH was recognized for exemplary performance in using evidence-based clinical processes that are shown to improve care for certain conditions. Those conditions include heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care, children’s asthma, stroke and venous thromboembolism, as well as inpatient psychiatric services.

KCH is one of only 1,099 U.S. hospitals earning the distinction of top performer on key quality measures for attaining and sustaining excellence in accountability measure performance. The ratings are based on an aggregation of accountability measure data reported to the Joint Commission during the 2012 calendar year. The list of top performer organizations represents just 33 percent of all Joint Commission-accredited hospitals reporting accountability measure performance data for 2012.

“Our priority at KCH is to provide patients with high-quality, safe and effective care through proven practices that enhance outcomes and the patient experience,” said Stephen R. Miller, CEO at KCH. “The credit goes to our medical staff, employees and volunteers whose hard work every day makes this possible. It’s an honor to have the standard of care provided at KCH recognized on a national level.”

Each of the hospitals named top performers met three 95 percent performance thresholds. First, the hospital achieved cumulative performance of 95 percent or above across all reported accountability measures. Second, recognized hospitals reached performance of 95 percent or above on each and every reported accountability measure where there were at least 30 denominator cases. Third, hospitals must have had at least one core measure set that exhibited a composite rate of 95 percent or above, and within that measure set all applicable individual accountability measures had a performance rate of 95 or above.