NEWS RELEASE – May 24, 2024
Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital Selected as 2024 KHA Quality Award Winner for Critical Access Hospitals
The Kentucky Hospital Association (KHA) Quality Team selected Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital as the winner of the 2024 KHA Quality Award in the category for Critical Access Hospitals.
This is a significant achievement for Mary Breckinridge ARH CEO Mallie S. Napier-Noble and her team as the hospital was the only Critical Access Hospital in the state to receive this award. The team was presented with the award at the KHA Quality meeting. Mary Breckinridge’s work in the field of enhancing transitions of care through discharge process evolution was noted as exceptional and demonstrated a true commitment to ongoing innovation in how care is delivered.
“This is a wonderful reflection of how hard our team works at Mary Breckinridge. We strive to deliver quality care to our area and to give our patients the very best experience as they are receiving care in our facility. We love our community and they deserve expert care and service as they visit us,” says Mallie S. Napier-Noble, Mary Breckinridge ARH CEO.
Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital, located in Hyden redesigned their operational discharge process in order to improve the transition-of-care experience for their patients. With interdisciplinary engagement and best-practice quality models, they increased patient satisfaction with care transitions by 134%.
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Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH) is a not-for-profit health system operating 14 hospitals in Barbourville, Hazard, Harlan, Hyden, Martin, McDowell, Middlesboro, Paintsville, Prestonsburg, West Liberty, Whitesburg, and South Williamson in Kentucky and Beckley and Hinton in West Virginia, as well as multi-specialty physician practices, home health agencies, home medical equipment stores, retail pharmacies, and medical spas. ARH employs approximately 6,700 people with an annual payroll and benefits of $474 million generated into our local economies. ARH also has a network of more than 1,300 providers on staff across its multi-state system. ARH is the largest provider of care, the single largest employer in southeastern Kentucky, and the third-largest private employer in southern West Virginia.