GOALS LEAD TO BETTER HEALTH OUTCOMES, PATIENT SAFETY AND COST EFFICIENCY
FAITH REGIONAL’S
core strat-
egies are based on a patient-centered
approach focusing on cost, quality,
efficiency and value. These goals are
at the center of everything we do and
every decision we make. So it was
very gratifying when the hospital was
recognized recently by Blue Cross and
Blue Shield of Nebraska. They an-
nounced that Faith Regional Health
Services was designated as a Blue
Distinction
®
Center+ for Maternity
Care and a Blue Distinction Center for
Knee and Hip Replacement, part of
their Blue Distinction Specialty Care
program. Blue Distinction Centers
are nationally designated health care
facilities shown to meet require-
ments for cost efficiency and deliver
improved patient safety and better
health outcomes, based on objective
measures that were developed by Blue
Cross and Blue Shield with input from
the medical community.
How do our goals and these des-
ignations align to benefit our pa-
tients? Hospitals designated as Blue
Distinction Centers for Knee and Hip
Replacement demonstrate expertise in
total knee and total hip replacement
surgeries, resulting in fewer patient
complications and hospital readmis-
sions. With the Blue Distinction
Center+ for Maternity Care, Faith
Regional was one of the first hospitals
to receive this new designation (read
more about this and our maternity
services on pages 4 and 5). Both of
these designations affirm our ability to
deliver high-quality care at the lowest
cost.
Faith Regional also received 11 qual-
ity awards for 2016 from Healthgrades
®
,
including heart failure, stroke and pul-
monary care. The hospital is a certified
primary stroke center and an accred-
ited chest pain center. Nebraska state
guidelines recommend the emergency
medical services transfer of any patient
exhibiting signs/symptoms of a stroke
or heart attack to the closest primary
stroke center and closest hospital ca-
pable of PCI (percutaneous catheteriza-
tion intervention). Using national best
practices as the standard of care ensures
patients have better health outcomes.
When it comes to value, we can look
at the top five service lines—cardiac,
orthopedics, maternity, pulmonary
and cancer—and compare costs with
similar-volume hospitals in Nebraska.
On average, we are able to offer health
care services that are below the cost of
care provided at other facilities.
As we work to become a regional
referral center, Faith Regional will
continue to focus on the needs of
our patients where they receive care.
Delivering evidence-based, quality
care safely; managing the costs for
those services; and working with pro-
viders, suppliers and payers to maxi-
mize the greatest savings for patients
will be the hospital’s priorities.
While we are proud of the
Blue Distinction designations and
Healthgrades achievements, doing
what is best for our patients means
more to us.
Mark Klosterman, FACHE, CMPE
President and CEO
FRHS.ORG3
Faith offers
our patients value