2007 Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence Award
Just three years after reinventing itself as a physician-led, safety-centered organization, Wellmont Health System has been named the winner of the 2007 Excellence Award presented by the Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence
Wellmont is the sole winner of the 2007 Excellence Award, which is the highest level of achievement in the TNCPE awards program. Businesses and organizations representing a wide range of industry participated in the statewide awards program, but Wellmont is the only organization to earn TNCPE’s top honor that year.
“This prestigious honor recognizes our hospitals’ consistent delivery of clinically superior health care and unsurpassed customer service to the communities we serve. The commitment of our physicians and employees to patient safety through continuous process improvement is truly setting our organization apart not only in Tennessee but also across the nation.”
A. Lee Shillito, past chairman of the Wellmont board of directors "TNCPE Award"
Top 100 Heart Hospital
For the second time in three years, Holston Valley Medical Center has been named one of America’s 100 best heart hospitals, a significant designation that is a result of the facility’s superior patient outcomes, quicker recovery times and shorter lengths of stay.
Holston Valley is one of just four Tennessee hospitals – and the only hospital east of Knoxville – to be recognized as a Top 100 heart hospital in the national 2007 Thomson 100 Top Hospitals: Cardiovascular Benchmarks for Success. The comprehensive study examined the performance of nearly 1,000 U.S. hospitals by analyzing their outcomes for eight measures related to congestive heart failure, heart attacks, coronary artery bypass grafts and percutaneous coronary interventions such as angioplasties.
"There are many rankings available in the healthcare industry, some of which are marketing packages that may be purchased for a fee. However, this study of our nation’s heart hospitals is independent, and the hospitals that achieve this recognition listed don’t pay for the award or the rights to use it."
Blaine Douglas, Holston Valley’s president