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St. Luke's Hospital Named a Top Performer in National Performance Improvement InitiativeCHESTERFIELD, MO, November 24, 2010 - St. Luke's Hospital has been named a top performer for providing high quality, safe and cost-effective patient care in the second year of a voluntary three-year nationwide hospital performance improvement initiative.The Premier healthcare alliance QUEST®: High Performing Hospitals collaborative includes more than 200 not-for-profit hospitals across the United States. In the first two years of the project, QUEST hospitals saved 22,164 lives and $2.13 billion. Developed in partnership with Premier and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), QUEST hospitals share ideas and best practices to create strategies to ensure every patient receives the right care at the right time and in the right manner. "Providing top quality care is at the very core of our mission to improve the quality of life for our patients and the community," said Jan Hess, St. Luke's Hospital vice president. "Participating in the QUEST collaborative is another way we continue to ensure that we are delivering the highest quality care to each of our patients, and we are honored to be named a top performer." QUEST hospitals also receive guidance from an advisory panel of experts made up of 20 of the country's top health organizations, such as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the National Quality Forum and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. BACK |