The excellent Modern Healthcare HIT Strategist (which you should subscribe to if you do not already) writes:

Memorial Hermann wins NQF Healthcare Award

Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Houston, was named the recipient of the National Quality Forum’s 2009 National Quality Healthcare Award. The 16th annual award recognizes a healthcare organization that successfully uses performance measures to drive quality improvement in patient care. Dan Wolterman, Memorial Hermann’s president and chief executive officer said the award “is a wonderful recognition of our employees’ and medical staff physicians’ dedication to ensuring that patients benefit from the best possible clinical outcomes with exceptional patient-care experiences.”

Janet Corrigan, the NQF’s president and CEO said, “In a remarkable group of applicants, Memorial Hermann stood out as a true leader in its commitment to quality in healthcare.”

The NQF, a quality standards consensus-building organization, conducts the award program in partnership with Modern Healthcare and the Studer Group. Modern Healthcare will profile Memorial Hermann and its quality-improvement efforts in a special feature to be published in the May 18 issue. The NQF will honor Memorial Hermann at a gala in Washington on May 19. For more information on the event, visit the NQF’s Web site at qualityforum.org.