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Harrison Memorial Hospital Nationally Recognized With An ‘A’ For the Fall 2019 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade

Harrison Memorial Hospital was awarded an ‘A’ in fall 2019 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national distinction recognizing Harrison Memorial Hopsital’s achievements protecting patients from harm and providing safer health care. This is the third time in a row that HMH has been awarded an A from The Leapfrog Group.

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To our Valued Passport Patients

Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond our control, Passport has informed Harrison Memorial Hospital and HMH Physician Group that they are terminating our contract effective October 1, 2019.

You are welcome to stay in Passport. However, you would not be able to be seen at HMH Physician Group: Primary Care Office, HMH Physician Group: Obstetrics and Gynecology Offices or the Clinic at Walmart operated by Harrison Memorial Hospital.

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HMH ranked 2nd in Best Places to Work in Kentucky

Harrison Memorial Hospital (HMH) was recognized and honored at the Best Places to Work in Kentucky fifteenth Annual Awards Dinner on April 23 at the Lexington Heritage Hall. The final rankings were announced at the event, and HMH ranked second out of 27 in the medium business category. The second place ranking was the highest for HMH since being a part of awards ceremony in 2011. For the past nine years, HMH has been ranked seven times in the top ten.

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Harrison Memorial Hospital Earns Trauma Level IV Center Re-Designation

Harrison Memorial Hospital (HMH) announced it is officially re-verified as a Level IV Trauma Center by the Kentucky Trauma System and verified by the Commonwealth of Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services Department of Public Health. The designation was awarded in December.

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Harrison Memorial Hospital awarded Best Places to Work in Kentucky for ninth consecutive year

Harrison Memorial Hospital (HMH) in Cynthiana, Kentucky, was recently named as one of the Best Places to Work in Kentucky 2019. The awards program was created in 2005 and is a project of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, the Kentucky Society for Human Resource Management (KYSHRM) and Lifestyle Health Plans.

The statewide survey and awards program was designed to identify, recognize and honor the best places of employment in Kentucky, benefiting the state's economy, its workforce and businesses. The Best Places to Work in Kentucky 2019 list is made up of 100 companies.

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Harrison Memorial Hospital Receives 2018 Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award for

Harrison Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce it has been named a 2018 Guardian of Excellence Award® winner by Press Ganey. The Guardian of Excellence Award recognizes top-performing health care organizations that have achieved the 95th percentile or above of performance in Clinical Quality.

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Harrison Memorial Hospital Receives an “A” for Patient Safety in Fall 2018 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade

Harrison Memorial Hospital was awarded an ‘A’ from The Leapfrog Group’s Fall 2018 Hospital Safety Grade. The designation recognizes Harrison Memorial Hospital’s efforts in protecting patients from harm and meeting the highest safety standards in the United States. The Leapfrog Group is a national organization committed to improving health care quality and safety for consumers and purchasers. The Safety Grade assigns an A, B, C, D or F grade to hospitals across the country based on their performance in preventing medical errors, infections and other harms among patients in their care.

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Harrison Memorial Hospital Receives ACC Chest Pain Center with Primary PCI Accreditation

The American College of Cardiology has recognized Harrison Memorial Hospital (HMH) for its demonstrated expertise and commitment in treating patients with chest pain. HMH was awarded Chest Pain Center with Primary PCI Accreditation in August based on a rigorous onsite evaluation of the staff’s ability to evaluate, diagnose and treat patients who may be experiencing a heart attack.

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HMH Earns National Accreditation from the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons

The Commission on Cancer (CoC), a quality program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) has granted three-year accreditation to the cancer program at Harrison Memorial Hospital (HMH). To earn voluntary CoC accreditation, a cancer program must meet 34 CoC quality care standards, be evaluated every three years through a survey process, and maintain levels of excellence in the delivery of comprehensive patient-centered care.

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HMH Physician Group: Primary Care Earns National Recognition for Patient-Centered Care

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) announced that HMH Physician Group: Primary Care in Cynthiana, KY has received NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Recognition for using evidence-based, patient-centered processes that focus on highly coordinated care and long‐term, participative relationships. NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home™ standards emphasize enhanced care through patient-clinician partnership. M. Shane Gainey. M.D. is the physician leader of the HMH Physician Group: Primary Care.

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