Premier Insurance Management Services Honors Premier Healthcare Alliance Hospitals for Reducing Liability, Enhancing Quality of Care

Six Hospitals Are Winners of the Premier AEIX Risk Management Award

CHARLOTTE, N.C. & WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Premier Insurance Management Services Inc. (PIMS) of the Premier healthcare alliance has honored six alliance member health systems with the American Excess Insurance Exchange (AEIX) Risk Management Award, which is presented annually.

Behavioral Healthcare Providers of Fairview Health Services; Akron City Hospital of Summa Health System; Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth of Texas Health Resources; and Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano of Texas Health Resources received the award on June 9 at the 2010 Premier Annual Breakthroughs Conference and Exhibition in Washington. All four shared best practices that were the basis for their awards in concurrent sessions during the Breakthroughs Conference. Additionally, Fairview Northland Medical Center and Texas Health Resources corporate office were recognized and presented their best practices at a February 2010 meeting with the AEIX Insurance Advisory Committee.

“These organizations have a clear image of what makes an exceptional healthcare provider, and Premier is honored to recognize them as industry leaders,” said PIMS President Robert Dowdy. “AEIX Risk Management Award winners are recognized for specific projects that reduce liability while increasing safety, credibility of metrics and ‘spreadability’ of best practices.”

Ninety-fivehospitals and associated entities within AEIX,an excess liability risk retention group managed by PIMS, were eligible to apply for the award. Criteria for selection included whether or not the project demonstrably reduced cost and enhanced patient safety, as well as whether clear metrics were established to track and sustain success. A criterion scoring “spreadability,” or how replicable the approach is for other healthcare systems, was also essential in the selection process. The criteria were numerically scored by a task force of corporate risk managers representing the Insurance Advisory Committee of AEIX.

For more information, please visit: http://www.premierinc.com/about/news/awards/index.jsp#aeix

About the Premier healthcare alliance, 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient

Premier is a performance improvement alliance of more than 2,300 U.S. hospitals and 67,000-plus other healthcare sites working together to achieve high quality, cost-effective care. Owned by not-for-profit hospitals, Premier maintains the nation's most comprehensive repository of clinical, financial and outcomes information and operates a leading healthcare purchasing network. A world leader in helping deliver measurable improvements in care, Premier works with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the United Kingdom's National Health Service North West to improve hospital performance. Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Premier also has offices in San Diego, Philadelphia and Washington. www.premierinc.com

Premier Inc.
Alven Weil, 704-733-5797
[email protected]

Source: Premier Inc.