River Oaks Hosptial Earns ‘Top Performer on Key Quality Measures’ Recognition from The Joint Commission

River Oaks Hospital was named one of the nation’s top performers on key quality measures by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in America.

River Oaks Hospital was recognized by The Joint Commission based on data reported about evidence-based clinical procedures that are shown to improve care for certain conditions, including heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care and children’s asthma.

River Oaks Hospital is one of only 405 U.S. hospitals and critical access hospitals earning the distinction of top performer on key quality measures for attaining and sustaining excellence in accountability measure performance. Inclusion on the list is based on an aggregation of accountability measure data reported to The Joint Commission during the previous calendar year. For example, this first recognition program is based on data reported for 2010.

To be recognized as a top performer on key quality measures an organization must meet two 95 percent performance thresholds. First it must achieve a composite performance of 95 percent or above after the results of all the accountability measures for which it reports data to The Joint Commission were factored into a single score, including measures that had less than 30 eligible cases or patients. Second it must meet or exceed a 95 percent performance target for every single accountability measure for which it reports data, excluding any measures with less than 30 eligible cases or patients.

River Oaks Hospital was recognized for achieving these thresholds for Pneumonia.

Waller Joins Clinic, Opens Dermatology Office

William L. Waller, III, M.D., is a board-certified dermatologist who recently joined Hattiesburg Clinic and opened Dermatology-South.

 Waller’s medical training includes a medical degree from the University of Mississippi School of Medicine in Jackson; an internship in internal medicine at St. Mary’s Medical Center in San Francisco, Calif.; a residency in dermatology at Tulane University in New Orleans, La.; and a clinical research fellowship in dermatology at Tulane University in New Orleans, La. In his final year of training, Waller served as chief resident and received the Peterkin Award for outstanding original research in dermatology.

He is a diplomate of the American Board of Dermatology and his professional affiliations include the American Academy of Dermatology, American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, American Medical Association and Louisiana State Medical Society.

UMMC Graduate Elected to the Board of National Family Physicians Group

A graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Medicine has been elected to the board of directors of the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Dr. Brent Smith, who’s in his third year of residency training in family medicine at UMMC, was elected to a one-year term by the National Congress of Family Medicine Residents and confirmed by the AAFP’s governing body, the Congress of Delegates. The AAFP represents 100,300 physicians and medical students nationwide.

As the resident member of the board of directors, Smith is responsible for representing the interests and opinions of the National Congress of Family Medicine Residents to the AAFP Board of Directors and Congress of Delegates. In addition, he will advocate on behalf of family physicians and patients nationwide to inspire positive change in the U.S. health-care system.

A graduate of Ouachita Baptist University in Arkansas, Smith earned the M.D. at UMMC in 2009. He is completing his family medicine residency training and also working on his M.S. in clinical education at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

In addition to his academic work, Smith has contributed to his community as a volunteer with the Jackson Free Clinic, Habitat for Humanity, Ronald McDonald House, and as a volunteer team physician for multiple local high school sports teams.

River Oaks Hospital Announces New COO

Dennis R. (Denny) Bruns, President and CEO of River Oaks Hospital, announced that Shannon Brown had been named Chief Operating Officer of River Oaks Hospital, a 160 bed facility located in Flowood.  Prior to this role, Brown served as Chief Operating Officer at Central Mississippi Medical Center, a sister-facility of River Oaks Hospital.

Brown has over nineteen years of healthcare administrative experience and received a bachelor’s degree in medical technology from the University of Texas Health Science Center, as well as a master’s degree in business administration from Texas A&M University.  He is a member of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists and the American College of Healthcare Executives.

River Region Medical Center Earns ‘Top Performer” from The Joint Commission

River Region Medical Center received notice today that it was named one of the nation’s top performers on key quality measures by The Joint Commission, which is the leading accreditor of health care organizations in America. The hospital was recognized by The Joint Commission based on data reported about evidence-based clinical processes that are shown  to improve care for certain conditions, including heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, and surgical care.

River Region Medical Center is one of only three Mississippi hospitals and 163 U.S. hospitals and critical access hospitals earning the distinction of top performer on all four key quality measures for attaining and sustaining excellence. Inclusion on the list is based on an aggregation of accountability measure data reported to The Joint Commission during the previous calendar year. For example, this first recognition program is based on data reported for 2010.

To earn this distinction, an organization must meet two 95 percent performance thresholds. First, achieve a composite performance of 95 percent or above when the results of all the accountability measures for which they report data to The Joint Commission are factored into a single score, including measures that had less than 30 eligible cases or patients. Second, hospitals must meet or exceed a 95 percent performance target for every accountability measure for which they report data, excluding any measures with less than 30 eligible cases or patients.

River Region Medical Center was recognized for achieving these thresholds for all four core measures:  heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, and surgical care.

Gibson Joins Heart Care Center

Hattiesburg Clinic’s Heart Care Center in Laurel is pleased to welcome Brian C. Gibson, A.C.N.P., F.N.P.

Gibson received a bachelor’s in nursing from The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg. He also completed a master’s in nursing with a concentration in advanced emergency nursing from the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Ala.

Gibson is board certified as an acute care nurse practitioner by the American Nurse Credentialing Center and as a family nurse practitioner by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. He is a member of the American College of Cardiology, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and Golden Key International Honour Society.

UMMC Performs First Pediatric Heart Transplant In Eight Years

The state’s only dedicated pediatric heart transplant team has performed the first heart transplant in eight years on 13-year-old Malcolm Jones of Winona.

Jones underwent surgery Sunday, September 18 at Batson Children’s Hospital. He is listed in fair condition.

The pediatric heart transplant program had become inactive due to a gradual loss of the highly-specialized team members needed to perform these complex surgeries.  The last pediatric heart transplant was performed in 2003 by Dr. Giorgio Aru, professor of surgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.

The reactivation of the program has been led by the congenital heart surgery team, which was re-established with the recruitment of Dr. Jorge Salazar, associate professor of surgery and chief of the congenital heart program, in April 2010. Prior to that, patients needing heart surgery were transferred out of the state. Since his arrival, more than 400 pediatric heart surgeries have been performed at the Medical Center and no patients have been sent out of the state.

Jones was seriously ill when he arrived at Batson Children’s Hospital last month. He was born with tetralogy of fallot, a condition that includes four congenital defects of the heart and major blood vessels. He has had three surgeries to correct the defects, but his left ventricle was failing for unknown reasons, necessitating his placement on the transplant waiting list.

His transplant was his last chance to grow and develop and have a normal life, said Dr. Daniel Dibardino, assistant professor of surgery, who joined the congenital heart surgery team in July.

Aggarwal said having a formal pediatric heart transplant program fills an important need in the state.

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