Houston Medical Center Receives National Award for Excellence in Operational Performance Improvement
Houston Medical Center has been awarded the 2006 Insight Award in recognition as one of 18 hospitals in the nation honored for excellence in operational performance improvement by Solucient, an information products company serving the healthcare industry by providing comparative measurements of cost, quality and market performance. The award was presented to Houston Medical Center at the 2006 Solucient Insight Conference in Phoenix, Arizona.
Houston Healthcare CEO Frank Aaron said, “Solucient measures cost, quality and performance data for more than 1,800 hospitals across the country using criteria based purely on performance improvement from one year to the next. We are very pleased to receive this award in recognizing the efforts of our staff and physicians in reducing costs and improving productivity in order to achieve operational excellence.”
"Solucient is proud to be a part of the success of our Insight Award winners," said Al Vega, senior vice president, sales and corporate marketing for Solucient. "Each organization honored has used Solucient tools or services to positively impact organizational efficiency, clinical quality and/or strategic planning and marketing."