Oct. 14, 2004
3 MGHS
medical clinics honored by MPRO Presented Governor’s
Award for Excellence
for Improving Preventive Care in the Ambulatory Care Setting
Three
Marquette General Health system physician offices have been honored
for improving the quality of patient
care.
North Shore Internal
Medicine in Escanaba, Marquette
Medical Clinic-Iron River and MMC-Kingsford have been presented the Governor’s
Award of Excellence for Improving Preventive Care in the Ambulatory
Care Setting. MMC-Iron River
has won the award three consecutive years.
The three clinics are among 165 physician offices in Michigan recognized.
The award, presented by Michigan’s Peer Review Organization (MPRO), is
the organization’s most prestigious. Award recipients have demonstrated
leadership in quality improvement efforts in breast cancer screening, influenza
and pneumococcal pneumonia immunizations, and diabetes screenings to prevent
complications.
“Preventing and catching disease early is the key to good health,” said
Debra l. Moss, MD, MBA, president and chief executive officer of MPRO. “It
is clear that physicians’ offices in Michigan are taking preventive care
seriously. Preventive care is an investment in our health that we cannot afford
to neglect.”
MPRO, Michigan’s Quality Improvement Organization, works with physicians’ offices,
hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies and managed care plans to improve
patient care for Michigan’s 1.4 million Medicare beneficiaries. It also
bestows an annual Governor’s Award of Excellence to Acute Care and Critical
Access Hospitals.
MGHS Chief Executive Officer Bill Nemacheck applauds the clinics for their
hard work.
“Providers and employees at our clinics work extremely hard to provide
preventive services and early disease detection,” he said. “It is
an honor to have three clinics receive the Governor’s award.”
Earlier this summer, MGHS was the recipient of the 2004 Governor’s Award
of Excellence for Improving Care in the Hospital Setting. Awarded by the MPRO,
the prestigious award recognizes outstanding quality improvement practices.
MGHS received the inaugural award for improving care in three categories: Acute
Myocardial Infarction (heart attack), congestive heart failure and pneumonia.
North Shore Internal Medicine is located at 2420 1st Avenue South in Escanaba.
It can be reached at 786-1563 or 1-888-893-3974.
MMC-Iron River is located at 1500 West Ice Lake Road. It can be reached at
265-5378/265-5426 or 1-888-859-5107.
MMC-Kingsford is at 800 East Boulevard in Kingsford. To reach MMC-Kingsford,
call 774-4000 or 1-888-287-5651.
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