Munson Healthcare Manistee Hospital is pleased to announce it has received MPRO’s 2017 Governor’s Award of Excellence for outstanding achievement in increasing identification of behavioral health conditions in its physician practices.
"We are honored to be recognized with this award," said Theresa Anderson, Director of Practice Operations for Munson Healthcare Manistee Hospital. "As part of Manistee Hospital's commitment to taking care of the whole person, our organization has implemented a number of initiatives to better identify our patients' behavioral health needs and to address those needs in our practices or provide referrals to other resources." The Manistee Hospital team was invited to give a presentation about their successful efforts at the awards conference.
Munson Healthcare Manistee Hospital's provider network includes more than 30 physicians and advanced practice professionals in a number of specialties. Efforts to improve behavioral health care in the Manistee Hospital practices included bringing a social worker into the primary care practice, performing regular depression and alcohol use disorder screenings on primary care patients, and providing training to the staff on recognizing patients' needs.
This year, more than 100 Michigan hospitals, physician practices, nursing homes, inpatient psychiatric facilities, ambulatory surgery centers, home health agencies and community-based organizations were honored with the Governor’s Award of Excellence. This award recognizes participants for their dedication and success in improving healthcare quality and patient safety in Michigan. To be eligible for the award, participants must have achieved, maintained and continually improved in specific and rigorous milestones related to the award they received.
“We are fortunate to be able to partner with Munson Healthcare Manistee Hospital and all the other dedicated organizations across the state of Michigan,” said MPRO President and CEO Leland Babitch, M.D., MBA. “To be able to recognize these outstanding accomplishments with the Governor’s office highlights the importance of improving healthcare quality in our state.”
The Governor’s Award of Excellence was first developed in 2003. The current award is based upon work from 2015-2016 in the following areas:
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Improving coordination of care
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Improving heart health
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Increasing adult immunizations
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Lowering the risk of infection in hospitals
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Effective reporting and measurement
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Improving care in nursing homes
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Increasing identification of behavioral health conditions
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Improving diabetes management
Award recipients were honored May 10, 2017 at Eagle Eye Golf Course in Bath Township, MI. For more information about the Governor’s Award of Excellence, including a list of winners, visit http://www.mpro.org/gae2017.