CTMC Receives Award For Excellence In Patient Safety Across The Board From Premier Inc.

SAN MARCOS, TEXAS — Central Texas Medical Center (CTMC) has been recognized by Premier Inc. as a recipient of the Premier Hospital Improvement Innovation Network (HIIN) Excellence in Patient Safety Across the Board Award.

The award recognizes CTMC’s commitment and execution, from the C-suite to bedside, to creating a culture of patient safety and delivering high-quality, safe, reliable care and services to the patients we serve.

“We are proud to receive the Premier HIIN Award as we continue our hard work of keeping hospital-acquired conditions and readmissions to a minimum,” said CTMC President/CEO Anthony Stahl. “Participation in this initiative reinforces our commitment to consistently deliver the best care experience to our community.”

Premier is one of 16 HIINs for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) national Partnership for Patients initiative.

Using a Safety Across the Board approach, the Premier HIIN works collaboratively with 514 hospitals across 40 states, to improve the quality and safety of care, reduce preventable harm across 13 topic areas, enhance patient and family engagement and advance a culture of safety.

As a member of Premier’s HIIN, CTMC is one of 22 hospitals to receive the Premier HIIN Excellence in Patient Safety Across the Board Award and to be recognized at the Premier Breakthrough Conference recently held in Nashville, Tennessee. To be eligible for the award, hospitals had to demonstrate exceptional performance as a participant in the Premier HIIN program.