CoxHealth Recognized as One of the Nation's Top Hospitals for Neurosurgery, Spinal Surgery
Thursday, January 26, 2012
CoxHealth has been named by Becker’s Hospital Review as one of the nation’s “101 Hospitals with Great Spine and Neurosurgery Programs.” The list recognizes some of the most outstanding hospitals for neurosurgery and spinal surgery care in the United States, including Johns Hopkins, Yale New Haven, Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Stanford, Cedars Sinai and Barnes-Jewish.
Hospitals on this list are selected by the Becker’s Hospital Review editorial team based on nominations, quality care data, clinical accolades and contributions to the field of neurosurgery and spine care.
“It is gratifying to be recognized alongside of some of the best institutions in the world. We are deeply committed to providing world class care in southwest Missouri, and we intend to be second to none. This recognition is a reflection of years of hard work and devotion by our staff and the surgeons at Springfield Neurological and Spine Institute,” says Steve Edwards, CoxHealth President and CEO.
CoxHealth purchased SNSI in December 2010. SNSI is the largest group of neurosurgeons in the state of Missouri.
To learn more about the “101 Hospitals with Great Spine and Neurosurgery Programs,” list, visit http://beckersorthopedicandspine.com/.
CoxHealth is Springfield’s only locally owned, not-for-profit health system.
It is accredited by The Joint Commission and distinguished as one of the nation’s Top 100 Integrated Healthcare Systems (2006-2012).
Becker’s Hospital Review is a bimonthly publication offering up-to-date business and legal news and analysis relating to hospitals and health systems. Each issue reaches more than 18,000 people, primarily acute-care hospital CEOs and CFOs.
HealthStream Research for Quality Improvement
Monday, January 23, 2012
Springfield Neurological and Spine partners with HealthStream Research for Quality Improvement
Through a partnership with HealthStream Research, Inc., a nationally-recognized healthcare improvement firm, Springfield Neurological and Spine plans to utilize customer perception surveys to improve patient care experiences with the clinic’s employees and physicians.
HealthStream Research, Inc. conducts telephone interviews with randomly selected patients shortly after their appointment. Patients will share confidential responses on a variety of topics such as staff communication and their overall experience at the facility.
In addition to monitoring patient perceptions of care, HealthStream Research will also assist Springfield Neurological and Spine in assessing employee and medical staff engagement and satisfaction.
Springfield Neurological and Spine Institute’s President, Brian Williams, says “The goal of SNSI and CoxHealth is to provide the highest quality of patient care and patient experience. HealthStream Research will enable us to evaluate areas that we can improve upon and insure a positive experience for our patients.”
About Springfield Neurological and Spine Institute
Since 2001, Springfield Neurological and Spine has been recognized as a leader in healthcare with over 170 years of combined experience in neurosurgery, physiatry, and interventional neuroradiology. The team of physicians at SNSI provide a wide range of services to treat brain, spinal and peripheral nerve disorders utilizing non-surgical and surgical techniques. On January 1, 2011, SNSI joined CoxHealth, a top 100 Integrated Health System, through CoxHealth’s acquisition of SNSI.
About HealthStream
HealthStream (NASDAQ: HSTM) is a leading provider of learning and research solutions for the healthcare industry, transforming insight into action to deliver outcome-based results for healthcare organizations. Through its research products, executives from approximately 1,100 healthcare facilities gain valuable insight about patients' experiences, workforce challenges, physician relations, and community perceptions of their services. Through HealthStream's learning solutions—which are used by approximately 1.4 million hospital-based healthcare professionals —healthcare organizations create safer environments for patients, increase clinical competencies of its workforce, and facilitate the rapid transfer of the latest knowledge and technologies. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, HealthStream has three satellite offices. For more information about HealthStream's learning and research solutions, visit www.healthstream.com or call us at 800-933-9293.
Our Commitment to Better Patient Care
Monday, January 23, 2012
Our Commitment to Better Patient Care
To help us better serve our patients, Springfield Neurological and Spine Institute [SNSI] has hired an independent research company, HealthStream Research, to interview a random sample of patients treated at our clinic. You may be called to answer questions about your care experience.
If HealthStream Research calls you, the number that will appear is 301.575.9366. This area code is in the Baltimore, Maryland region where HealthStream’s executive interviewing center is located.
The feedback will be used by SNSI to monitor the quality of service and to improve care for our patients.
If you are asked to participate in the brief interview, please be assured that your responses will be kept completely confidential and will only be shared with the clinic leadership for the purpose of improving the quality of patient care.
SNSI does not provide personal information about patients or information about their medical status or treatment. After interviewing is completed, HealthStream Research destroys the patient lists.
If you should have any questions about Springfield Neurological and Spine’s patient satisfaction monitoring process, please contact 417.885.3888.
HIPAA Compliance:
As Springfield Neurological and Spine is committed to HIPAA compliance and patient privacy, please see the below CMS documentation:
According to HIPAA regulation section § 164.506 (c)(1), “A covered entity may use or disclose protected health information for its own treatment, payment, or health care operations.” As a “business associate” bound by written contract, HealthStream Research’s use of patient data for purposes of conducting quality-improvement research is considered “health care operations” as defined in HIPAA regulation section § 164.501 (1).
As a covered entity under HIPAA, a health care organization’s responsibility is to ensure that any business partner, to whom patient data are sent, implements appropriate safeguards to ensure that data remain secure.1 We at HealthStream Research have taken steps that go well above and beyond standard security practices, in order to provide our clients the highest degree of confidence that their data are being handled properly.
1 HIPAA section § 164.502 (e)(1)(i): “A covered entity may disclose protected health information to a business associate and may allow a business associate to create or receive protected health information on its behalf, if the covered entity obtains satisfactory assurance that the business associate will appropriately safeguard the information.”
4th Annual ONE Clinic
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
SPRINGFIELD NEUROLOGICAL AND SPINE INSTITUTE AND COX HEALTH FOUNDATION HOSTS THE 4TH ANNUAL ONE CLINIC
Springfield, MO- Springfield Neurological and Spine Institute, LLC (SNSI) along with the CoxHealth Foundation is proud to host the fourth annual Ozarks Neurosurgery Educational (ONE) Clinic which will take place August 4th-8th at the Big Cedar Lodge Convention Center in Ridgedale, MO. The clinic is intended to provide a focused and unique educational experience designed to guide senior level neurosurgery residents and fellows. The course brings together faculty from domestic and international neurosurgical centers including Mayfield Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Barrow Institute, Washington University, Olympia Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA, and University Medical Centre Ljubljana in Slovenia among others. This year’s course includes 15 residents and 20 physician faculty members coming together under one venue to participate in didactic discussions and an intense hands-on cadaver lab intended to teach the latest techniques in cranial and spinal surgery.
One of the highlights of this year’s ONE Clinic is featured speakers that are the chairmen of their programs including: Ralph Dacey, MD (Washington University), Mario Zucarrello, MD (Mayfield Clinic), and N. Scott Litofsky, MD (University of Missouri). We are also honored to welcome and host first time attendees Cameron McDougall, MD from Phoenix, Arizona, Carl Lauryssen, MD from Los Angeles, California and Andrej Vranic, MD from Slovenia. The topic of focus and theme for this year is “Motion and Flow: Improving the Mechanics of Neurosurgery.” The residents attending will benefit greatly from the lectures, round table discussions, and hands on cadaver training taught by the top neurosurgeons in the nation. Some topics include: spinal fusion verses motion preservation, the surgical management of aneurysms, and practice management topics such as health care reform, marketing your practice, physicians as leaders, and surgical billing “101.”
The ONE Clinic provides an exciting opportunity for neurosurgery residents and fellows to receive valuable insight into both surgical technique as well as practice management topics. The cadaver lab which will take place on Thursday August 5th and Friday August 6th, offers hands-on experience for the residents to improve surgical skills under the guidance of experienced physicians. The practice management day allows residents to engage in the business side of a medical practice. Bob Karstens from JMJ Associates in Austin, TX is the featured speaker and will touch on the topic of “Physicians as Leaders and Change Agents.” Business topics that are presented during this portion of the course are typically unexposed to residents in medical school making this segment very informative and valuable.
This year promises to be another exciting year of learning and fellowship among the country’s top neurosurgeons and residents. If you have any questions regarding the course please contact Molly Carter or Jessica Ratcliff at 417-885-3888.
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