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Wooster Community Hospital Named One of the Nation’s 100 Top Hospitals®
by Fortune and PINC AI™
Wooster Community Hospital demonstrated lower inpatient mortality rates, with fewer readmissions and complications.
WOOSTER, OH (September 22, 2023) ─ Wooster Community Hospital (WCH) was identified as one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals® according to an independent quality analysis provided by PINC AI™ and reported by Fortune.
To create the list, an objective, quantitative analysis of publicly available data was conducted to identify the top hospitals in the United States. The primary purpose of the PINC AI™ 100 Top Hospitals® program is to inspire hospital and health system leaders to pursue higher performance and deliver added value to patients and communities. The program leverages transparent, nonbiased data to help inform strategies for sustained performance. Organizations do not apply to participate in the study, and award winners do not pay to market their honor.
“We are proud to again be selected as one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals. The information which follows underscores WHY this award should be impactful for patients and our community,” said Bill Sheron, WCH CEO/President. “We hope all patients utilize such information to make informed choices.”
Bill Sheron continues, “Having received this recognition now a total of nine times underscores our staff’s commitment to sustained excellence in patient care, satisfaction, and outcomes. Very few hospitals can match this level of achievement. This award means a great deal to us, and we thank everyone involved for making our hospital such a special place.”
Tara Raudebaugh, WCH’s VP of Quality Management, remarked “We are delighted to be on this distinguished list of 100 Top Hospitals! The Board, executive leadership, staff, and providers are always striving to provide the very best care, and this validates the value we provide to the patients and community we serve. Being a repeat winner demonstrates our sustained improvement and achievement in quality, safety, outcomes, operations, and financial performance.”
100 Top Hospitals® program performance This year, based on comparisons between the study winners and a peer group of similar hospitals that were not winners, the analysis found that the winners of the 100 Top Hospitals® program delivered better outcomes while operating more efficiently and at a lower cost. Compared to non-winning hospitals, this year’s winners had:
∙ 31percent fewer deaths than non-winning hospitals.
∙ 9 percent fewer patients with complications.
∙ 39 percent fewer healthcare associated infections (HAIs).
∙ Nearly 20 percent lower inpatient expenses per discharge.
∙ 0.5-day shorter average length of stay.
∙ Better reported patient experience scores, with a top-box Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) score of 77 percent versus 70 percent for non-winning hospitals.
“As hospitals continue to share the nation’s focus on changing healthcare for the better, hospitals and health systems are recognizing the importance of identifying areas within their walls for quality improvement,” said Leigh Anderson, Premier’s Chief Operating Officer and the leader of PINC AI™. “The transparent and nonbiased measures this study provides, helps leaders make informed decisions for change, and proves that Wooster Community Hospital excels across a range of core performance indicators, which can directly lead to significantly higher quality patient outcomes, with fewer readmissions and complications.”
Wooster Community Hospital Quality Care: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 5-Star Hospital Rating Highlights Superior Healthcare
Wooster, OH— {September 14, 2023} Every year the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) rate over 3,000 acute care hospitals across the nation. And every year Wooster Community Hospital (WCH) scores well. This year they notched a 5-star rating again.
“It’s a big deal,” said Tara Raudebaugh, WCH Vice President of Quality Management. “We are the only acute care hospital in the area who was awarded the 5-star rating this year.”
The CMS considers five quality metrics: readmission, mortality, safety of care, timely and effective care, and patient ratings.
“This rating really speaks to our culture and teamwork as well as the expertise of our staff and providers,” said Tara. “Without the right people and processes in place, a 5-star rating isn’t possible. We are always striving to reach the next level of excellence. We are never satisfied with status quo.”
Michelle Quisenberry, Director of Marketing & Public Relations, wants patients to know they have a choice for their care. “You can choose where you have your surgery. We are a 100 Top Hospital as well. Patients should look carefully at their options.”
Publicly reported information regarding the 5-Star rating can be found at medicare.gov/care-compare/.
WOOSTER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL HEALTH SYSTEM IS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR ITS COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING HIGH-QUALITY STROKE CARE
Wooster, OH— {July 10, 2023} Wooster Community Hospital (WCH) Health System has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Gold Plus quality achievement award for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines, ultimately leading to more lives saved and reduced disability.
Stroke is the No. 5 cause of death and a leading cause of disability in the U.S. A stroke occurs when a blood vessel that carries oxygen and nutrients to the brain is either blocked by a clot or bursts. When that happens, part of the brain cannot get the blood and oxygen it needs, so brain cells die. Early stroke detection and treatment are key to improving survival, minimizing disability, and accelerating recovery times.
“WCH is the only Certified Primary Stroke Center in Wayne, Holmes & Ashland counties. We are especially proud of this certification, as it allows us to treat most stroke patients in our community, close to home. We’re committed to improving patient care by adhering to the latest treatment guidelines, Amelia Welsh, RN, CCRN, Critical Care/Stroke Coordinator. “Get With The Guidelines makes it easier for our teams to put proven knowledge and guidelines to work on a daily basis, which studies show can help patients recover better. The end goal is to ensure more people in Wayne and surrounding counties can experience longer, healthier lives.”
Each year, program participants qualify for the award by demonstrating how their organization has committed to providing quality care for stroke patients. In addition to following treatment guidelines, Get With The Guidelines participants also educate patients to help them manage their health and recovery at home.
WCH also received the American Heart Association’s Target: StrokeSM Elite Honor Roll award. To qualify for this recognition, hospitals must meet specific criteria that reduces the time between an eligible patient’s arrival at the hospital and treatment with the clot-buster Alteplase or Tenecteplase.
Additionally, WCH received the American Heart Association’s Target: Type 2 Honor Roll award. Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes may be at might be at higher risk for complications, receive the most up-to-date, evidence-based care when hospitalized due to stroke.
Wooster Community Hospital (WCH) would like to welcome Amanda Erhard as Director of Perioperative Services. Her most recent role as Director of Surgical Services for the Southwest Region, brings a level of experience and education that is ideally suited for the exceptional standard of care provided at WCH.
During her time at both Barberton and Wadsworth, Erhard received both BSN and MSN from Western Governor's University. Beginning her nursing journey in 2007, Erhard received her associate RN degree. She began her nursing career with University Hospitals in the OR.
Erhard brings a level of expertise from her experience and knowledge with both trauma and neuro teams and also her prior leadership roles.
WCH is excited to announce Scott Wilson as Director of Environmental Services. In May of 2019, Scott moved to Wooster to become the supervisor of EVS here at Wooster Community Hospital and now as Director he feels like WCH is his "second home".
Formally, Scott worked in the transportation logistics industry for 18 years in several management roles. He also owned and operated a commercial and industrial cleaning company for several years. Scott attended Gallipolis Business College in Gallipolis, OH.
Wooster Community Hospital Health System (WCH) is excited to announce the appointment of Douglas Nichols as Laboratory Director. Formerly laboratory manager of phlebotomy and processing at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Nichols brings experience and education that is ideally suited to WCH’s commitment to exceptional laboratory services.
Nichols received his Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology at the University of Findlay, and his Master of Business Administration at Franklin University in Columbus. He also brings experience working as a Medical Laboratory Specialist for the United States Army at the 47th Field Hospital and Reynolds Army Community Hospital in Fort Sill, Okla.
In his new role at WCH, Nichols will be overseeing all laboratory operations for patient testing. He will be promoting updates to various laboratory testing equipment in microbiology, chemistry and molecular testing to continue to support the testing needs of WCH patients.
“I am excited and honored to take on this new role as the Laboratory Director here at Wooster Community Hospital, as the laboratory team is committed to provide high quality service and results to our patients,” Nichols says.
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Wooster Community Hospital is excited to welcome Kyle Adams, Managing Director, and Investments at Stifel Adams Reichert Wealth Management Group, to the Board of Governors.
“I am Thankful for the Mayor’s appointment and City Council’s approval to work with and learn from such an experienced and successful leadership team, and I am excited to help support our community hospital’s future.” ~ Kyle.
Kyle joined Stifel in 2018 after spending nine years as a financial advisor and one year as an intern with Wells Fargo Advisors and its predecessor firm, Wachovia Securities.
Kyle was named to Forbes’ Top Next-Gen Wealth Advisors list in 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, and 2022, and to Forbes’ Best-in State Wealth Advisors list in 2018, 2021, and 2022. He was also named to AdvisorHub's National Fastest Growing Advisors To Watch and 25 Next Gen Advisor To Watch lists in 2022. He earned the Chartered Retirement Planning CounselorTM designation and holds Series 7 and 66 securities licenses.
Kyle grew up in North Canton, Ohio. He earned a B.A. in Economics Management from Ohio Wesleyan University, where he was a four-year starting running back and captain of the Battling Bishop football team. Outside the office, Kyle serves as a trustee for Goodwill of Wayne and Holmes Counties, a voting member of the Wooster City Planning Commission, a member of Wooster Kiwanis, a board member of Adaptive Sports of Ohio, a board member for the Wooster Community Hospital Health System, and running backs coach for the College of Wooster. Kyle lives in Wooster with his wife, Sara, and their two boxers.
[WOOSTER, OH] – January 24, 2023− [WCH Skilled Nursing Unit] has been recognized as a Best Nursing Home for SHORT-TERM REHABILITATION, for 2022-2023 by U.S. News & World Report.
The annual Best Nursing Homes ratings, now in their 13th year, assist prospective residents and their families in making informed decisions in consultation with their medical professionals about where to receive short-term or long-term nursing home care. Only 16% of U.S skilled-nursing facilities earned the “Best Nursing Home” designation this year.
“We are pleased to, once again, have our TCU skilled nursing unit – which call our Transitional Care Unit – recognized among the best in Ohio and in the top 16% in the nation," said Bill Sheron, President/CEO, Wooster Community Hospital. "It demonstrates a consistent commitment to high level care and is a testament to our outstanding staff and Medical Director. We trust that patients and families utilize such rankings when making their health care choices.”
For 2022-2023, U. S. News rated more than 15,000 nursing homes on care, safety, infection rates, staffing and health inspections. For the first time, the Best Nursing Homes ratings feature a new measure on weekend staffing and another new measure on infection rates that led to hospitalizations.
“Choosing the right nursing home based on care needs and comfort is a critical decision for prospective residents and their families,” said Zach Adams, health data engineer at U.S. News. “The Best Nursing Homes ratings highlight nursing homes that excel in short-term rehabilitation and long-term care needs.”
The Best Nursing Homes methodology factors data such as resident care, safety, and outcomes. To calculate the Best Nursing Homes ratings, U.S. News evaluated each nursing home’s performance using a variety of data obtained from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Both short-term and long-term ratings include data on consistency of registered nurse staffing, use of antipsychotic drugs, and success in preventing ER and hospital visits. The long-term care rating also includes measures of whether a home changed ownership and how well they were staffed on weekends. The short-term rehabilitation rating also includes measures of a home’s success in preventing falls, preventing serious infections, and making sure residents are able to return homes.
Limited reservations available.
Wooster Community Hospital Welcomes Tara Snyder as Director of Women’s Pavilion
Demonstrates Commitment to Maternity Care Throughout the Wayne County Community
Wooster, OH [September 22, 2022]: Wooster Community Hospital Health System (WCH) is excited to announce the appointment of Tara Snyder as Director of the WCH Women’s Pavilion. Born and raised in Wooster, Snyder’s experience, education and personal history is ideally suited to WCH’s commitment to exceptional maternity care.
Snyder received her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing at Kent State University and her Master of Science degree in Nursing, Education at Walden University. Snyder was previously Executive Director Nursing Services at Aultman Orrville Hospital. She has more than 20 years of experience as an obstetrics nurse and more than 8 years of leadership experience. Her hobbies of camping and working on a family share farm demonstrate her commitment to health and wellness.
The Women’s Pavilion houses WCH’s obstetrics unit, which offers exceptional, personalized maternity care for women, babies and families. This unit has been designed to ensure that childbirth is a cherished, memorable occasion. Providers and nursing staff are prepared to accommodate birth plans and respect the wishes of mothers and families. The Women’s Pavilion features spacious private birthing suites, breastfeeding support services, and childbirth education classes. Facility tours are available. For more information, please visit our website at woosterhospital.org/services/obstetrics-womens-pavilion.
“I’ve had a connection to Wooster Community Hospital since I worked there in my teens as a candy striper," Snyder says. "I was born and raised in Wooster and love the community here. I am looking forward to serving my hometown and its growing families.”
We are excited to share the Congratulatory video for the staff at Wooster Community Hospital from a few of the local area businesses for being named a 100 Top Hospital for the 8th TIME! Thank you all for your support! Check it out!
Great news! Wooster Community Hospital has developed a new app, WCHConnect, to help patients better manage their healthcare and take advantage of our high-quality services. Starting September 10, 2022 you can download the WCHConnect app to log onto the WCH eCare Patient Portal, where you can see test results, get appointment reminders, request prescription refills, and estimate costs for common health services. The app also allows users to see WCH provider profiles, find career opportunities, watch WCH videos, view class schedules, and sign up for our new WCH Friends Program. Get started by downloading our app today!
August 10, Wooster OH... This August, the new senior leadership of Hospital Regional de Occidente visited Wooster Community Hospital during a ten-day mission to study best practices that will help elevate quality of care in Honduras’ largest public hospital. The visit, necessitated by recent political upheavals in that country, was arranged and funded by Central American Medical Outreach (CAMO) of Orrville.
Dr. Marith Lopez, an OB/GYN physician, and Lourdes Hernandez, a banking executive with expertise in risk management, were recently appointed by the new government of Honduras to the top two positions of the Hospital de Occidente. Their challenge: the outgoing Honduran president ordered all files of every government-run institution erased, leaving the new leadership with an impossible learning curve and few resources to fall back on.
“Their relationship with CAMO has been ongoing for years in their former positions,” recalls Kathy Tschiegg, founder of CAMO. “As we recognized their struggle in what amounts to a broken system, we asked how we might help. Their answer: the opportunity to see a good hospital model.” As an eight-time recipient of the Fortune/Merative (formerly IBM Watson Health) 100 Top Hospitals award, WCH was an obvious choice.
Together with WCH leadership, Dr. Lopez and Ms. Hernandez spent four days observing best practices, logistics procedures, departmental protocols (such as facilitating patient flow/access and privacy in the ER for example) and health information management. Given the dire condition of their hospital’s entire warehousing/medical supply system, they spent considerable time with WCH’s materials management experts, learning how the hospital handles inventory control, expiry date stock rotation, etc.
“In just about every respect, this 300-bed, full-service hospital in Honduras faces enormous obstacles... from crowding and deteriorating technology to staffing and budget inequity,” observes Angela Rincon, WCH Director of Development. “Two patients sharing one bed is commonplace. Our visitors are literally starting over in improving management of health services, operations, HR and hospital infrastructure. It’s about saving lives and improving quality of life for hundreds of thousands of families... a mission we genuinely understand.”
Launched in 1993 by former Peace Corps nurse, Kathryn M. Tschiegg, RN, BBA, CAMO is a non-denominational, Christian-based, humanitarian organization that brings life-saving medical services, education and community development to Central America. The CAMO model was designed by Ms. Tschiegg. “As a Peace Corps nurse, I witnessed 31 babies die in one month as a result of not having the supplies, equipment and educated staff to save them. Today, infants and adults are being saved daily due to the CAMO model.” From CAMO’s first program, 18 other programs have branched off, bringing services to meet the needs that otherwise would not have been met.
For more information, please contact:
Angela Rincon, Director of Development
Wooster Community Hospital Health System
arincon@wchosp.org
330.263.8701
Wooster Community Hospital Named Recipient of Huron’s 2022 Excellence in Healthcare Award
Recognized for [delivering exceptional outcomes or driving innovations]
Wooster, OH (July 27, 2022)— Wooster Community Hospital announced it has received the 2022 Excellence in Healthcare Award from Huron, a global professional services firm, at its 20th annual What’s Right in Health Care® conference on August 8-10, 2022. Wooster Community Hospital is being recognized for excellent outcomes and innovations which positively impacts its people, consumers, or business operations.
“News of this award was a pleasant surprise,” said WCH CEO, Bill Sheron. “Huron is a leading national healthcare advisory company, and to be selected as one of only two recipients of this award is noteworthy. It is yet another example of our hospital being independently recognized as a national leader in healthcare outcomes and innovation.”
“We congratulate Wooster Community Hospital on this well-deserved achievement,” said Debbie Ritchie or Curt Whelan, managing director at Huron. “This recognition is a testament to the innovation and resilience of their teams enabling them to achieve performance excellence throughout the past year.”
Huron’s Excellence in Healthcare Awards are presented annually to a select group of organizations which demonstrate What’s Right in Health Care® and [deliver exceptional outcomes to patients or drive innovations]. To be eligible for an award, an organization must demonstrate outstanding performance and achievement in areas such as patient care, and employee and physician engagement.
The What’s Right in Health Care® conference is for healthcare leaders eager to think critically about bringing more innovation to their organization, prioritizing a high-performing and engaged workforce. Over the two-and-a-half days, attendees have the opportunity to connect with peers and find inspiration in their path to organizational improvement and become an ambassador for cultural growth, positive clinical and operational outcomes, and advanced leadership skills. Conference attendees joined in-person and virtually to hear inspiring stories and best practices from other high-performing healthcare leaders and staff across the care continuum.
About Wooster Community Hospital
Wooster Community Hospital (WCH) is an 8-time Fortune/Merative 100 Top Hospital (formerly IBM Watson Health) that offers a complete range of inpatient and outpatient services. WCH strives to expand facilities and add services to meet the needs of our community. Through ongoing quality improvement initiatives, WCH is always working to provide the highest quality care and treatment. Additionally, WCH was named by CMS (Centers for Medicare Services) as a 5-Star facility and recognized as part of Newsweek’s annual list of World’s Best Hospitals for 2021/2022. For more information, visit www.woosterhospital.org.
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Wooster Community Hospital Health System President/CEO Bill Sheron and Vice President, CFO/COO Scott Boyes were both featured presenters at the QHR Health 2022 national leadership conference in Nashville on July 21, 2022. Additionally, seven WCH board members attended the event. Together Sheron and Boyes presented, “Pursuit of Excellence: Delivering Exceptional Care While Growing People, the Organization, and the Business.” QHR Health is a consultant organization that works with independent U.S. hospitals and health systems to help them achieve their best outcomes. The meeting included QHR leaders as well as other healthcare innovators and entrepreneurs. Attendees heard presentations on how to increase patient engagement, strategies to grow physician specialties, and updates on QHR Health itself.
#100TopHospitals
[WOOSTER, OH] - [July 6, 2022] – Wooster Community Hospital (WCH) has been named to the 2022 100 Top Hospitals® list. This is the EIGHTH TIME WCH has been recognized with this honor as one of the top performing hospitals in the U.S. The annual list was published by Fortune.
A data, analytics and technology partner for the health industry, has identified the top hospitals from a rigorous evaluation of 2,650 short-term, acute care, non-federal hospitals in the U.S. The annual list recognizes excellence in clinical outcomes, operational efficiency, patient experience, and financial health. Merative, formerly IBM Watson Health, established the list to help identify best practices that may help other healthcare organizations achieve consistent, balanced, and sustainable high performance.
"For us, the 100 Top Hospital award is one of the most important we could receive, said Bill Sheron, President/CEO. “WCH not only made the Fortune/Merative 100 Top Hospital list, but now has done so eight times. Very few hospitals can demonstrate that kind of sustained excellence and top performance. That we could achieve such excellence, especially during a pandemic, is a testament to our dedicated employees and medical staff. The award independently validates what we at WCH already knew: that our team can deliver measurable, outstanding care.”
Wooster Community Hospital Health System is a 172-bed, full-service and acute-care facility. Located in Wooster, the hub of Wayne County, OH. Since inception in 1950, we have expanded our facilities and added services to meet the need of patients in our community. WCH strives to provide quality health care services to all people, all the time. Through ongoing quality improvement initiatives, WCH is always working to provide the highest quality care and treatment.
Recognition as one of the 100 Top Hospitals demonstrates Wooster Community Hospital’s ongoing commitment to prioritize patient-centered care. According to Merative, as compared to similar hospitals, the hospitals included on the Fortune/Merative 100 Top Hospitals list had better results on key clinical and operational performance indicators. These include survival rates, patient complications, healthcare associated infections, 30-day mortality and 30-day hospital-wide readmission rates, length of stay, throughput in emergency departments, inpatient expenses, profitability and ratings from patients.
The Fortune/Merative 100 Top Hospitals lists also incorporates a community health measure into its ranking process. For the community health measure, hospitals were surveyed across three components: 1) assessing hospital contributions to community health as a provider of critical services for community health and preventive care; 2) identifying ways that hospitals contribute to community health as a community partner teaming up with local organizations to implement critical programs; and 3) focusing on ways that hospitals promote community health through their practices as anchor institutions supporting local economic and social progress. The community health measure is weighted equally with other ranking measures.
For more information, visit http://www.100tophospitals.com/.
About Wooster Community Hospital
Wooster Community Hospital (WCH) is an 8-time Fortune/Merative 100 Top Hospital that offers a complete range of inpatient and outpatient services. WCH strives to expand facilities and add services to meet the needs of our community. Through ongoing quality improvement initiatives, WCH is always working to provide the highest quality care and treatment. Additionally, WCH was named by CMS (Centers for Medicare Services) as a 5-Star facility and recognized as part of Newsweek’s annual list of World’s Best Hospitals for 2021/2022. For more information, visit www.woosterhospital.org.
About the Fortune/Merative 100 Top Hospitals® List
The Fortune/Merative 100 Top Hospitals list is determined using independent and objective research to analyze hospital performance. Organizations do not apply or pay for this honor or pay to promote their award. Award-winning hospitals serve as a model of excellence for the industry.
About Merative
Merative is a data, analytics and technology partner for the health industry, including providers, payers, life sciences companies and governments. With trusted technology and human expertise, the company works with clients to drive real progress. Merative helps clients orient information and insights around the people they serve to improve healthcare delivery, decision making and performance. Formerly IBM Watson Health, Merative became a new standalone company as part of Francisco Partners in 2022. Learn more at www.merative.com.
WOOSTER, OH (July 6, 2022) -- We are excited to announce that Mary Andre has accepted a promotion to Director of Operations for Bloomington Medical Services (BMS). As an affiliate of Wooster Community Hospital (WCH) Health System, BMS operates a multispecialty physician practice and provides physician management services.
Mary first joined WCH as an Administrative Executive Assistant in 2013 and received a promotion to Physician Liaison in 2014. In 2019, she was promoted to Coordinator of Provider Relations and Administrative Support. Mary received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Akron, with a double major in history and english.
She has been married for 30 years and is the mother of two and grandmother of six.
WOOSTER, OH (July 1, 2022) -- We are thrilled to announce that Tara Raudebaugh has accepted the position of Vice President of Quality Management. Tara has been with Wooster Community Hospital Health System since 1997, first as a perinatal staff RN, then as Director of Perinatal Services in July 2011. In her previous role, Tara had operational and clinical responsibility for the perinatal service line, which includes 1,200 births a year and a 70-person team. Tara earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the Ohio State University and her Master of Science in Nursing at Indiana Wesleyan University.
Tara has been married to her wonderful husband David for 22 years. They enjoy spending time with their 4 children and 3 grandchildren.
WCH is excited to welcome Tara to the Administrative team.
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Be ready to be inspired...
Now through July 31, 2022, Wooster Community Hospital is proud to offer another remarkable student art exhibition, this time featuring Edgewood Middle School’s
fifth-through-seventh-grade students. Colorful, eclectic and utterly fresh views of the everyday and the amazing, these creations are already inspiring our staff and recent visitors. Now it’s your turn to be inspired as you stroll down the Outpatient Pavilion Concourse on the ground floor at WCH... or peer in through the big windows from outside on the next sunny summer day. This exhibition is presented in collaboration with the Wayne Center for the Arts. We hope you’ll find a moment to stop by and enjoy the show.
This ought to cheer you up...
Wooster Edgewood Middle School Students’ Gift of Artwork Will Brighten WCH Cancer Center.
Earlier this spring, WCH CEO Bill Sheron received a remarkable letter from a fifth grade teacher at Edgewood Middle School, regarding an even more remarkable gift: a collection of student-created artworks intended to lift the spirits of our patients. The letter explained how Edgewood has set up “lead groups” throughout the school to give back to Wooster through community projects, and how Mr. Steve Fox’s fifth grade lead group chose our Hospital as recipient of these bright, cheerful, even humorous works of art.
On May 20th, Director of Development Angela Rincon visited Edgewood for the presentation of the artwork, which will be displayed in our Cancer Center Infusion Bays. “Each student spoke briefly about his or her painting before presenting it to the Hospital... including one student cancer survivor,” she recounted. “It was a remarkable, generous and genuinely uplifting event. Our Cancer Center Director, Michelle Flory loves the paintings, which will rotate from bay to bay so patients can enjoy different works when they visit for their treatments.”
From the entire Wooster Community Hospital family, a huge thank-you to Edgewood Middle School and Mr. Fox’s fifth-grade artist/philanthropists... what a wonderful difference they’ve made!
WCH Power of the Purse
Talk about your powerful turnout: on Wednesday, May 25, nearly 200 remarkable women of Wooster Community Hospital gathered at the Greystone Events Center for our third “Power of the Purse” dinner, live auction and raffle to benefit the Hospital’s Cardiovascular Institute and Cancer Center.
A celebration of women’s philanthropy and heart health awareness, the auction included 13 fabulous designer purses stuffed with goodies and gift certificates donated by friends of the Hospital and local establishments. Another 20+ designer bags were raffled off to lucky winners, bringing the net raised to over $38,000 in support of the Cardiovascular Institute’s Cardio-Oncology Program.
Launched in 2020, the Program recognizes that while newer, more effective cancer treatments are helping patients live longer, that ongoing therapy can worsen or even cause heart problems. Many of these survivors are at risk for heart disease and now will live long enough after their cancer treatments to develop other health problems.
Speaking prior to the auction festivities, three women with very personal perspectives on the new Program described how a multidisciplinary team of doctors, nurses and healthcare professionals provide comprehensive, coordinated care for people with cancer who also need heart care.
Tyra Schlabach, MSN, NP-C, AOCNP, an Oncology Nurse Practitioner; Pam Boreman, a Cardio-Oncology patient; and Phyllis Kilner, RN, a Cardiovascular Nurse Coordinator spoke about this “collaboration for improved care” that provides the most up-to-date diagnostic testing, preventative advice and therapy, medical management and cardiac interventional procedures for patients before, during and after cancer treatment.
The Cardiovascular Institute at WCH continues to lead the way in addressing the specific needs of our local population in understanding, preventing and combating heart disease... a powerful force for better quality of life in our communities.
A: Consistency and Structure. Whether your goal is to lose weight, feel better overall, build lean muscle mass, or all three of these and more, you must first have structure and follow that up with consistency. Get a realistic workout regimen for yourself based around the time you can commit to it, your interest, and what’s available to you. Decide one or two areas you can improve nutritionally, it may be portion size, improving snack choices, or eating more nutrient-dense foods. Once you have a workout and nutrition plan in place focus on consistently hitting those et targets. Think if you have a vehicle and you only took it in for maintenance work half the time, the vehicle is much more likely to break down and not get you to where you need to be versus if you had it regularly serviced. Set a minimum target of hitting 80% of your weekly workout and nutrition goals to best achieve results. Wooster Community Hospital’s HealthPoint Health & Wellness staff can help you set goals, and structure, and keep you accountable for being consistent in these areas. Contact us at 330.202.3318.
Many have recently heard of Bruce Willis stepping away from his acting career following a recent diagnosis of “aphasia.” Some of you may be asking, what is aphasia? Our speech-language pathologists (SLP) at HealthPoint are glad you asked!
Aphasia is an acquired neurogenic disorder often seen following a stroke, traumatic brain injury, or a brain tumor, for example. According to the National Aphasia Association, “aphasia is a communication disorder that affects an individual’s ability to process and produce language but does not affect intelligence.” According to the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA), impairments can be seen in spoken language expression and/or comprehension, written expression, and reading comprehension. Cognitive skills such as memory, executive functioning, and attention skills are not affected. One unique type of aphasia, Primary Progressive Aphasia, is a type of dementia, which would affect the individual’s cognitive skills.
Our speech-language pathologists at HealthPoint are fully equipped to provide education, treatment, and home programs via a person- and family-centered approach that is specific to the individual and their lifestyle. Our goal is to ensure our patients can become active communicators in their life by reducing potential feelings of isolation due to their communication disorder. If you had a stroke, traumatic brain injury, or another neurological diagnosis and are having difficulty with word finding, understanding spoken language, or have writing and reading difficulties, we are happy to answer any questions that you may have.
Your Speech Language Pathologists,
Becca Ebert, Emily Relic, and Jamie McClain
[Wooster, Ohio, March 15, 2022] – Wooster Community Hospital been awarded on Newsweek’s list of World’s Best Hospitals 2022. This prestigious award is presented by Newsweek and Statista Inc., the world-leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider. The awards list was announced on March 2, 2022 and can currently be viewed on Newsweek’s website.
Newsweek and Statista developed a complex methodology to ensure the quality and validity of the ranking. Three data sources were used for the evaluation:
• Hospital recommendations from peers: an international online survey sent to more than 80,000 doctors, hospital managers & health care professionals
• Patient experience: surveys measuring patient satisfaction with hospitals
• Medical KPIs: patient safety, hygiene measures, and quality of treatment
The World’s Best Hospitals 2022 recognizes the best medical institutions across 27 countries: USA, Canada, Germany, France, UK, Switzerland, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Australia, Israel, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Thailand, Italy, Brazil, India, Spain, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Colombia, Austria, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
Wooster Community Hospital is ecstatic to be recognized on Newsweek’s list of World’s Best Hospitals 2022. “We are proud to AGAIN be included on this list of outstanding hospitals from around the world. It demonstrates that a community hospital can have outcomes on the same level as some of the most prestigious hospitals around the globe, and it also shines a light on our employees, physicians and community,” said Bill Sheron, Wooster Community Hospital CEO.
Why I left a large system and CHOSE WCH for ALL my HEALTHCARE NEEDS
After her heart attack in 2017, Diana wasn’t taking any chances with her cardiovascular health. While traveling in May 2021, her Apple smartwatch notified her that she was showing signs of atrial fibrillation (AFib), or irregular heartbeat. Diana contacted her cardiologist in Cleveland as soon as she returned home to Medina, Ohio.
Unfortunately, the cardiologist was not available for an appointment for many weeks. At her daughter’s recommendation, Diana made an appointment at Wooster Heart Group at Wooster Community Hospital (WCH). Within just a few days, she was able to see Dr. Cyril Ofori and discuss her AFib concerns.
“He’s just wonderful,” Diana says.
Although no longer in AFib at the time of her appointment, Diana did go into AFib again the next day. Dr. Ofori met her at the WCH emergency room, where he was able to monitor her and determine the best course of action.
Diana has been particularly concerned about blockage around her heart. “I saw four cardiologists before coming to WCH, and [Dr. Ofori] was the only one that assured me that I would be okay,” Diana says. The other cardiologists knew about the blockage, but “they wouldn’t even address it,” she says.
Under Dr. Ofori’s care, Diana is currently on the appropriate medication for AFib, and is getting regular checkups. She has not had another episode of AFib since June 2021.
Thanks to her experience with Dr. Ofori and the WCH staff, Diana has moved all her healthcare, including her family doctor and gynecologist, to Bloomington Medical Services, an affiliate of Wooster Community Hospital Health System. Her previous family doctor with a large health system in Cleveland often did not have appointments available for up to six months.
Diana became concerned about her husband’s heart health when he was symptomatic and became winded walking up the stairs. She knew he needed a cardiologist appointment soon, and Dr. Ofori was quickly available. He performed a heart catheterization and confirmed the need for urgent bypass surgery. “I attribute
my husband’s improved quality of life to Dr. Ofori,” Diana says. “I just feel that if we hadn’t gone to him, my husband would possibly have had a heart attack.”
Navigating a larger health system can get overwhelming, which is not a problem at WCH. “It’s a hometown hospital,” Diana says. “I just feel more comfortable there.” Being able to see a physician promptly with a very competent office staff is so important.
In addition, “the staff has made the most impact on us. I don’t care who I talk to, everyone is so pleasant and nice,” she says. “[Dr. Ofori] and the staff at Wooster Heart Group and Wooster Community Hospital, you just can’t beat it.”
The Wooster Community Hospital (WCH) Women’s Pavilion has opened a new milk drop site for donated human milk. Starting Tuesday, September 28, 2021, donations from healthy, lactating women can be made at 1761 Beall Avenue in Wooster. WCH will store donated human milk in a freezer before transferring it to a milk bank located in the OhioHealth Eastside Health Center in Columbus, at no cost to the donor.
This initiative has been launched in partnership with the OhioHealth Mothers’ Milk Bank, under the guidelines of the Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA). This project provides pasteurized human milk to infants whose mothers are unable to provide their own milk.
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Wooster Community Hospital's HealthPoint (HP) facility would like recognize the lifesaving actions taken by HP staff members. Since opening in 2003, there have been many firsts at HP. Recently, we had our first cardiac arrest, while this may be a common occurrence at the hospital, I assure you it was not a typical morning for HP. All staff members at HP are trained in CPR and AED, and, their readiness was apparent.
Health & Wellness member Mike Hartel was exercising in the main gym at HP when Sean Hartzler, physical therapist, recognized Mr. Hartel wasn’t breathing and gently placed him on the floor and activated EMS. The entire staff sprang into action with a sense of urgency that was palpable, yet focused. Jeremy Brantner called the EMS, Brian Musselman grabbed the AED, Justin Gasser started compressions and Eric Graham started breathing for Mr. Hartel and delivered his first AED shock. Abby and Kelseigh waited for EMS at the front door and directed them to the patient. April Manley was in charge of praying; I think their family motto is time is muscle.
Brian Coote, Director of HealthPoint received an e-mail from Kristen Brockway, one of the first responding Firefighter/Paramedics that stated, “This is a phenomenal team resuscitation! The patient’s survival undoubtedly falls on the early recognition and treatment of cardiac arrest administered by the HealthPoint staff! Well-done."
Coote adds, "To be honest, I couldn’t have been prouder of the entire HP team, from the initiation of EMS, to when the Wooster Fire Department arrived was less than 10 minutes but felt much longer."
This award is an international award from ILCA (the International Lactation Consultant Association) and IBLCE (International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners, The IBLCE exam is the premier, internationally recognized measure of knowledge in lactation consulting and ILCA is the independent professional association for health care professionals who care for breastfeeding families.
This global award requires facilities to not only hire and utilize IBCLC's but also have a dedicated lactation program, complete an evidence-based project that protects, promotes, and supports breastfeeding and the IBCLC credential, and produce proper documentation for said project. It also requires the achievement and documentation of a specific breastfeeding training program for health professional staff who care for new families which is separate from the said IBCLC project.
Last round, the United States produced only 149 hospitals to receive this recognition and of those 149 Ohio had ten the majority were large health systems. We are extremely proud to be able to enhance Wooster Community Hospital's portfolio of Award-winning quality health care close to home.
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The Commission of Cancer (CoC), a quality program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) has granted Three - Year Accreditation to the cancer program at Wooster Community Hospital. For the full release, click here the read the full article.
WCH - Commission on Cancer Accredited Program
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WCH just got better by making life easier! The Pharmacy Drive-Thru went live on May, 24th. This is located on the north side of the main campus by Outpatient Pavilion. We're looking to provide service with ease and to help you be on your way.
Wooster Community Hospital has received its Commitment to Excellence award which is a feat to achieve! All applicants were rigorously evaluated by an independent board of examiners in seven areas defined by the Baldrige Excellence Framework: leadership; strategy; customers; measurement, analysis, and knowledge management; workforce; operations; and results. The evaluation process for each of the recipients included more than 1,000 hours of review and a three-day virtual site visit by a team of examiners to clarify questions and verify information in the application.
Own the Bone Provides Tools for Success to Address Growing Major Health Crisis
Wooster, OH – [April 27, 2021] – Wooster Community Hospital Health System (WCH) announced today that it has implemented The American Orthopedic Association’s Own the Bone® Program. Own the Bone™ is an evidence-based quality improvement program intended to prevent future fractures in patients with current fragility fractures (broken bones that result from a fall from standing height or less). The program aims to better identify, evaluate and treat patients that suffer from an osteoporosis- or low bone density-related fracture and to reduce the risk of secondary fragility fractures.
According to the National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF), up to 50% of all women and 25% of men over the age of 50 years will sustain a fragility fracture. Studies show that patients who have had a fragility fracture are 2 to 4 times more likely to experience another fracture than those who have never had a fracture. Yet, 80% of Medicare patients do not receive recommended osteoporosis care following a fragility fracture.
By joining the Own the Bone Program, WCH is now one of over 270 health care institutions nationwide bringing attention to the severe health implications of fragility fractures to ensure patients receive effective, comprehensive care. Through the Own the Bone program and its national web-based quality improvement registry, WCH has received tools to establish a fracture liaison service (FLS) and to document, track and benchmark the care of patients who experienced fragility fractures.
Through an FLS program, a care coordinator, such as a nurse or physician’s assistant, ensures that fragility fracture patients are identified, evaluated and treated. By simply entering information in the web-based registry, improvements in patient care can be documented, tracked and quantified.
Own the Bone uses current, evidence-based guidelines established in the NOF Clinician’s Guide to the Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis and highlighted in the 2004 Surgeon General’s Report on Bone Health and Osteoporosis. WCH has also incorporated Own the Bone’s 10 prevention measures to improve patient care, including:
- Calcium supplementation
- Vitamin D supplementation
- Physical activity counseling
- Fall prevention education
- Smoking cessation counseling
- Education on limiting excessive alcohol intake
- Bone mineral density testing and DXA scans
- Pharmacotherapy for osteoporosis, when appropriate
- Physician referral to endocrinology, when appropriate
- Providing education materials to the patient
“WCH has an extraordinary orthopedic program and now through the Own the Bone program we will be making an impact on preventing secondary fractures,” says Candy Mori, PhD, RN, APRN, Director of Advanced Practice Nurses and Education at WCH. “We are absolutely thrilled to have Drs. Joseph Borruso and Toni King collaborating to address this emerging epidemic of osteoporosis related fragility fractures by reducing the incidence of future fractures and focusing on osteoporosis treatment.”
"The Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals® annual study program has named Wooster Community Hospital as one of the highest-performing Hospitals in the nation.
Using independent public data and proprietary analytics, the newly released 100 Top Hospital study recognizes hospitals that have clearly demonstrated top performance in CARE, EFFICIENCY and COMMUNITY VALUE. The study objectively gauges leadership impact and organizational health by assessing the ability to drive consistent, outstanding performance versus the performance of industry peers.
As a 2021 100 Top award winner, our leadership team, medical staff and employees — together as a team — have set national benchmarks for the highest balanced performance in the US."
-Bill Sheron, Wooster Community Hospital CEO/President
Darby Buehler was a recent patient here at Wooster Community Hospital. She was suffering from serious back pain and was looking for a solution and fast. Wooster Community Hospital accomplished this feat and more for Darby. She was kind of enough to share her story as well. If you'd like to take a read her story, click on the link down below.
Wooster Community Hospital (WCH) Health System welcomes new Vice President of Human Resources, Tina Myers.
Tina brings over 23 years of human resources experience to the role. Her previous position was Director of Human Resources for the Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital in Dover, Ohio. She has held several other HR roles over the years. Tina earned her bachelor’s degree from Malone University and her master’s degree from Argosy University.
Tina currently lives in Bolivar, Ohio, with Sean, her husband of nearly 25 years, and three “furry” kids. They hope to relocate to Wayne County to keep a hobby farm and venture into beekeeping. Tina enjoys traveling, reading and spending time with her niece and nephew.
“I am most excited about returning to an independent hospital committed to its patients, employees and community,” says Tina. “I have been overwhelmed by the friendliness of everyone at the hospital as well as the passion and commitment to excellence. I am blessed to have been invited to join this tremendous organization.”
About Wooster Community Hospital
Wooster Community Hospital (WCH) is a 172-bed, full-service and acute-care facility. Located in Wooster, the hub of Wayne County, Ohio. WCH is a 6-time IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospital that offers a complete range of inpatient and outpatient services. We have continued to expand facilities and add services to meet the needs of our community. We’re the second largest employer in Wayne County and, most recently, was named by CMS (Centers for Medicare Services) as a 5-Star facility and recognized as part of Newsweek’s annual list of World’s Best Hospitals for 2020/2021. For more information, visit www.woosterhospital.org.
American Heart Association Award recognizes Wooster Community Hospital Health System commitment to quality stroke care.
Wooster, August 5, 2020 ― Wooster Community Hospital (WCH) Health System has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence.
WCH earned the award by meeting specific quality achievement measures for the diagnosis and treatment of stroke patients at a set level for a designated period. These measures include evaluation of the proper use of medications and other stroke treatments aligned with the most up-to-date, evidence-based guidelines with the goal of speeding recovery and reducing death and disability for stroke patients. Before discharge, patients should also receive education on managing their health, get a follow-up visit scheduled, as well as other care transition interventions.
“Wooster Community Hospital is dedicated to improving the quality of care for our stroke patients by implementing the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines-Stroke initiative,” said Karrie Boss, Clinical Nurse Specialist. “The tools and resources provided help us track and measure our success in meeting evidenced-based clinical guidelines developed to improve patient outcomes.”
WCH additionally received the Association’s Target: StrokeSM Honor Roll award. To qualify for this recognition, hospitals must meet quality measures developed to reduce the time between the patient’s arrival at the hospital and treatment with the clot-buster tissue plasminogen activator, or tPA, the only drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat ischemic stroke. And, received the Association’s Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll award. To qualify for this recognition, hospitals must meet quality measures developed with more than 90 % of compliance for 12 consecutive months for the “Overall Diabetes Cardiovascular Initiative Composite Score.”
“We are pleased to recognize Wooster Community Hospital for their commitment to stroke care,” said Lee H. Schwamm, M.D., national chairperson of the Quality Oversight Committee and Executive Vice Chair of Neurology, Director of Acute Stroke Services, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. “Research has shown that hospitals adhering to clinical measures through the Get With The Guidelines quality improvement initiative can often see fewer readmissions and lower mortality rates.”
According to the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, stroke is the No. 5 cause of death and a leading cause of adult disability in the United States. On average, someone in the U.S. suffers a stroke every 40 seconds and nearly 795,000 people suffer a new or recurrent stroke each year.
About Wooster Community Hospital
Wooster Community Hospital (WCH) is a 172-bed, full-service and acute-care facility. Located in Wooster, the hub of Wayne County, Ohio. WCH is an award-winning hospital that offers a complete range of inpatient and outpatient services. WCH is the second-largest employer in Wayne County and was recently named a 5-Star Hospital for patient quality by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, received an ‘A’ from the 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national distinction; and, was recognized as part of Newsweek’s annual list of World’s Best Hospitals for 2020. This prestigious award is presented by Newsweek. To learn more visit www.woosterhospital.org.
About Get With The Guidelines®
Get With The Guidelines® is the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s hospital-based quality improvement program that provides hospitals with tools and resources to increase adherence to the latest research-based guidelines. Developed with the goal of saving lives and hastening recovery, Get With The Guidelines has touched the lives of more than 9 million patients since 2001. For more information, visit heart.org/quality.
Wooster Community Hospital Nationally Recognized with an ‘A’ for the Spring 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade
WOOSTER,OH, April 30, 2020 – Wooster Community Hospital was awarded an ‘A’ in the spring 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade a national distinction recognizing Wooster Community Hospital’s achievements providing safer health care. The Leapfrog Group is an independent national watchdog organization committed to health care quality and safety. The Safety Grade is a letter grade assigned to all general hospitals across the country and updated every six months, assessing how well the hospital prevents medical errors and other harms to patients.
The Leapfrog Group is a nationally respected non-profit organization – founded more than 20 years ago by large employers and purchasers – whose goal is to improve the safety and quality of American healthcare. They analyze 28 hospital performance measures, across six domains, to develop their rankings. These include inpatient care, inpatient surgeries, infection rates, medication safety and pediatric and maternity care. Their overriding concern has always been patient safety.
“To receive an “A” ranking from this group is a significant accomplishment, especially in this time of concern over hospital safety amid the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Bill Sheron, Wooster Community Hospital President/CEO. “This ranking, along with our numerous other national quality awards, further underscores the excellent care and safe patient environment provided by the physicians and staff at Wooster Community Hospital. We are proud to receive this designation.”
“As the Nation copes with a challenging pandemic, our gratitude extends to hospital leadership and health care workers everywhere for their tremendous dedication,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “We hope this ‘A’ helps to thank the people who work and volunteer for Wooster Community Hospital. They are role models in putting patients first, and their service has been extraordinary in our country’s time of need.”
Developed under the guidance of a national Expert Panel, the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade uses up to 28 measures of publicly available hospital safety data to assign grades to more than 2,600 U.S. acute-care hospitals twice per year. The Hospital Safety Grade’s methodology is peer-reviewed and fully transparent, and the results are free to the public.
Wooster Community Hospital was awarded an ‘A’ grade today, when Leapfrog updated grades for spring 2020. To see Wooster Community Hospital’s full grade details and access patient tips for staying safe in the hospital, visit hospitalsafetygrade.org and follow The Leapfrog Group on Twitter and Facebook.
About The Leapfrog Group
Founded in 2000 by large employers and other purchasers, The Leapfrog Group is a national nonprofit organization driving a movement for giant leaps forward in the quality and safety of American health care. The flagship Leapfrog Hospital Survey and new Leapfrog Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Survey collect and transparently report hospital and ASC performance, empowering purchasers to find the highest-value care and giving consumers the lifesaving information they need to make informed decisions. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, Leapfrog’s other main initiative, assigns letter grades to hospitals based on their record of patient safety, helping consumers protect themselves and their families from errors, injuries, accidents and infections.
CMS has updated their Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings for 2020, giving 407 hospitals a rating of 5 stars. There are more than 4,500 hospitals nationwide that were ranked based on the performance of their reviews.
For Ohio, there were 23 hospitals that reached a 5-star rating and Wooster Community Hosptial was one of them! To read the article from Becker’s Hospital Review, click here.
Wooster, OH (February 14, 2019): Wooster Community Hospital Health System (WCH) has been named a Community Value Top 100 Hospital for 2018 by Cleverley + Associates, a leading healthcare financial consulting firm. This marks the second time that WCH has been in the Top 100 of the firm’s Community Value Index® (CVI) hospital analysis. This is also the 13thconsecutive year that WCH has received a Community Value Five StarTM designation.
Cleverley + Associates released the rankings in its State of the Hospital Industry – 2018 Edition. This is the 15th year that the publication includes the CVI. This analysis is part of the Community Value Leadership Awards: The Community Value 100TMand the Community Value Five StarTM hospitals designations.
WCH is one of only five Ohio hospitals on the Community Value 100TM and the only Ohio hospital listed in the “Non-Teaching – Small” hospital category. To achieve its rankings, WCH has demonstrated its value to the community, financial viability, low costs, and high-quality care.
“We are extremely pleased to have again received this important award. This award independently validates our ongoing re-investment in our facility and community, and it recognizes our low costs and prices relative to other hospitals across the nation. Though primarily derived from financial data, the award also recognizes our outstanding quality of patient care.” says Bill Sheron, CEO/President of Wooster Community Hospital Health System. “We are pleased to share this honor with our dedicated staff and physicians. This places WCH in the top two percent of comparable hospitals in the U.S.”
“The CVI was the first study of its kind and remains the most comprehensive index dedicated to hospital value assessment,” the State of the Hospital Industry authors write. “The purpose of the annual study is to provide a measure of the value that a hospital provides to its community by examining ten measures in four key performance areas: Financial Viability and Plant Reinvestment, Hospital Cost Structure, Hospital Charge Structure and Hospital Quality Performance.”
About Wooster Community Hospital Health System
WCH Health System was named one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals by IBM /Watson Health for the fifth time. Also named one of America’s Best Hospitals by the Women’s Choice and by iVantage Health Analytics®, and by HealthStrong™ as a Top 100 Hospital in the country. WCH Health System supports patients in Wayne and surrounding counties, with 172 beds, and 272 active physicians. For more information visit us at www.woosterhospital.org.
About Cleverley + Associates
Cleverley + Associates was the first independent organization to release a nation-wide study on hospital community value. The community Value Index® was first published as part of the 2004 edition of the State of the Hospital Industry and has grown to be leading metric in the industry. For the ninth year, the State of the Hospital industry includes the Community Value Index® (CVI) hospital analysis. This analysis yields the Community Value Leadership Awards™. The Community Value 100® and the Community Value Five Star® hospitals designations.
