North Carolina hospital selects Primaris as its quality measures abstraction partner

PRLog (Press Release) - Nov. 1, 2012 - Northern Hospital of Surry County recently hired Primaris to provide medical record abstraction services for its mandated quality measures reporting to The Joint Commission and the CMS Inpatient and Outpatient Quality Reporting programs. The contract begins Nov. 15.

Northern Hospital is a 133-bed, not-for-profit, governmental district facility in Mount Airy, N.C., with a number of outpatient service locations and physician offices. The hospital serves a variety of community needs, from infant to geriatric care in the northwest Piedmont region of NC and neighboring counties in southwest Virginia. For more information, please call (336) 719-7000 or visit www.northernhospital.com

Acknowledged as a pioneer in core measures abstraction since 1999, Primaris chart abstraction teams partner with hospitals to produce timely and accurate quality measure reporting, allowing hospitals to shift the priority of their quality department team from reporting to making a direct impact on quality. And with a chart abstraction team assigned specifically to each account, hospitals can be sure of consistent abstraction as well as frequent and informed feedback about time-sensitive issues such as measure failure and systemic clinical document problems.

For More Information About Primaris Hospital Quality Measure Chart Abstraction Service, Please Contact:

Mr. Robbin D. Smith
1-800-735-6776 x134
1-573-230-9659
rsmith@primaris.org
http://www.healthcarecoremeasures.com