Texas Spine and Joint Hospital Honored

TYLER � Texas Spine & Joint Hospital has received the Texas Hospital Quality Improvement Gold Award from TMF Health Quality Institute, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Texas. The Texas Hospital Quality Improvement Award program is sponsored by TMF, the Texas Hospital Association, and the Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals. According to a news release, the program recognizes Texas hospitals that have undertaken quality initiatives to improve outcomes in patient care and improve their performance on specific national quality measures. The program was established in 2004 as a non-competitive recognition program designed to recognize exemplary outcomes achieved by hospitals statewide. Texas Spine & Joint Hospital is the only Tyler hospital to win the Gold Award.

�We are proud to have achieved this recognition. Our success illustrates our commitment to patient safety and to delivering quality health care,� said Tony Wahl, CEO of Texas Spine & Joint Hospital. �It was a significant amount of work, but well worth it because it was the right thing to do for our patients.�