The Georgia Hospital Association has announced that two Navicent Health hospitals have achieved its Health Research and Education Trust Hospital Improvement and Innovation Network Honor Role for quality and safety improvements.
 
Those hospitals recognized with this quality honor were Medical Center of Peach County, Navicent Health in Byron, Ga. and Navicent Health Baldwin in Milledgeville, Ga. In order to achieve this recognition, each hospital met or exceeded goals for hospital acquired conditions, hospital acquired infections and readmissions during a time period between October 1, 2016 and August 1, 2018.
 
“Navicent Health is committed to continuous improvement in quality and patient safety. We continue to raise the bar for ourselves and welcome outside organizations to monitor our progress. We are thrilled that Navicent Health Baldwin and the Medical Center of Peach County, Navicent Health have been recognized for their efforts to continuously meet and exceed goals for avoiding hospital acquired infections and conditions, as well as readmissions. This is a testament to the diligence of our staff to ensure we deliver the most excellent standard of care,” said Dr. Ninfa M. Saunders, President and CEO of Navicent Health.
 
HRET partners with 34 state hospital associations, including GHA, and more than 1,600 hospitals for the HRET HIIN project to ensure continuous improvement in patient care.