Client Awards

Susan S. Hassell

Susan S. Hassell
Vice President, Marketing and Corporate Communications

2009 Client Awards: Congratulations to the Following QHR Hospital Clients!

With approximately 150 hospital clients across the nation, QHR is proud to work with people dedicated to service excellence in the healthcare field. Below is just a partial listing of the many awards and recognitions received by our clients.

If you have received an award and are not listed below, please contact Susan Hassell.

See Detail

QHR Hospital Clients Receive “100 Top Hospitals” Awards

    Two QHR hospital clients ranked among the nation’s top hospitals in Thomson Reuters’ 100 Top Hospitals National Benchmarks for Success were:
  • Rutherford Hospital
  • Wooster Community Hospital

    A QHR hospital client also won the Thomson Reuters’ Award for National Benchmarks
  • Rutherford Hospital

Five QHR hospital clients named “Overall Best Performers” by Avatar International:

  • Littleton Regional Hospital
  • North Valley Hospital
  • Northwestern Medical Center
  • Phelps Memorial Health Center
  • Trigg County Hospital

Five QHR hospital recognized for “Exceeding Patient Expectations” by Avatar International:

  • Gonzales Health Systems
  • Gritman Medical Center
  • Macon County General Hospital
  • Mena Regional Health System
  • Millinocket Regional Hospital

“Best Practices” honor by Avatar International

  • Montrose Memorial Hospital

“5-Star Service” Award in Emergency, Inpatient and Loyalty and Endorsement (Emergency)

  • Millinocket Regional Hospital

Top 10 Healing Hospitals in America

  • King’s Daughters Medical Center

Penobscot Valley Hospital received nods for “Most Improved Overall Inpatient Score” and “Most Improved Loyalty and Endorsement.”

2009 American Heart Association/American Stroke Association “Get with the Guidelines” winners:

  • Community Medical Center, Scranton – Gold, Sustained Performance
  • North Hawaii Community Hospital – Gold, Sustained Performance
  • Parkview Medical Center – Gold, Sustained Performance; Silver, Annual Performance Award
  • Sparks Health System – Gold, Sustained Performance

Cleverly + Associates’ Top 100 Hospitals for 2009:

  • Rutherford Hospital
  • Sturgis Hospital

American Hospital Associations’ 2009 NOVA Award for Taos First Steps program

  • Holy Cros Hospital

2008 Client Awards: Congratulations to the Following QHR Hospital Clients!

Two QHR Hospital Clients Celebrate Modern Healthcare Wins
B.J. Swanson, chairman of the Board of Trustees at Gritman Medical Center in Moscow, Idaho, and Bob Carty, former board member at Rhea Medical Center in Dayton, Tennessee, were honored with Trustee of the Year Awards for 2008.

2008 Ingenix Top 200 Coding Hospitals winners included:

  • Cary Medical Center, Caribou, ME
  • Harmon Memorial Hospital, Hollis, OK
  • Oconee Regional Medical Center, Milledgeville, GA
  • Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center, La Junta, CO
  • Halifax Regional Health System, South Boston, VA
  • Decatur County General Hospital, Parsons, TN
  • Newman Regional Health, Emporia, KS

Huron Regional Medical Center Takes Top Prize in QHR’s Annual “Best of the Web Awards”


Best Overall Web Site
Huron Regional Medical Center, Huron, SD
Best QHR Web Services Design
Down East Community Hospital, Machias, MA
Best External Design
Georgetown Hospital System, Georgetown, SC

Avatar Exemplary Service Awards winners included:

  • Georgetown Memorial Hospital, Exemplary Service (Overall Best Performer, Top Twelve)
  • Northwestern Medical Center, Exemplary Service (Overall Best Performer, Top Twelve)
  • Phelps Memorial Health Center, Exemplary Service (Overall Best Performer, Top Twelve)
  • Waccamaw Community Hospital, Exemplary Service (Overall Best Performer, Top Twelve)
  • Habersham County Medical Center, Exemplary Service (Most Improved) for its Physician Office Achievements
  • Habersham County Medical Center, Exemplary Service (Most Improved Loyalty and Endorsement) for its Physician Office Achievements

Avatar Five Star Service Awards winners included:

  • Alleghany Memorial Hospital in the area of ambulatory surgery
  • Fort Madison Community Hospital (Loyalty and Endorsement) in the area of obstetrics
  • Macon County General Hospital for its Inpatient Services
  • Millinocket Regional Hospital in the area of Emergency Department Services
  • Parkview Medical Center (Loyalty and Endorsement), for its Inpatient Services
  • Waccamaw Community Hospital (Loyalty and Endorsement) for its Outpatient Services

Avatar’s Innovation Award recipients included:

  • Coffeyville Regional Medical Center, Medical Imaging/Mammography
  • Gonzales Healthcare System, Waelder Medical Clinic
  • Gritman Medical Center, Total Rewards Program
  • Matagorda County Hospital District, Women’s Services
  • Montrose Memorial Hospital, San Juan Cancer Center
  • Waccamaw Community Hospital, Laboratory

QHR Hospital Clients Receive “100 Top Hospitals” Awards

Two QHR hospital clients ranked among the nation’s top hospitals in Thomson Reuters’ 100 Top Hospitals National Benchmarks for Success were:

  • Brazosport Regional Health System
  • Wooster Community Hospital

Two QHR hospital clients ranked among the nation’s top hospitals in Thomson Reuters’ 15th Anniversary 100 Top Hospitals Performance Improvement Leaders were:

  • Oconee Regional Medical Center
  • Rutherford Hospital

QHR Honors Its Hospital Clients at 2008 CEO Conference


Best Overall Performance:

  • Perry Memorial Hospital
  • Nevada Regional Medical Center
  • Northern Hospital of Surry County
  • Georgetown Health System
  • Sullivan County Community Hospital
    CEO of the Year:
  • Peter Hofstetter, Northwestern Medical Center

    Other Awards:

  • Parkview Homecare and Magnolia Regional Health Center Home Health and Hospice Named Among 2008 HomeCare Elite Top 100 Hospitals
  • Wooster Community Hosptial received the 2008 Commission on Cancer Outstanding Achievement Award
  • Abbeville Area Medical Center received a 2008 Palmetto Hospital Trust Safety Award.
  • Gritman Medical Center was ranked number one in “overall patient satisfaction” in the state of Idaho by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
  • Memorial University Medical Center was named one of the nation’s Most Wired hospitals for the ninth consecutive year by Hospitals & Health Networks magazine.
  • Morehead Memorial Hospital and Rutherford Hospital Inc. were named to the “100 Best Value Hospitals” index as part of the national Hospital Value Index released in 2008.
  • Sparks Regional Medical Center received the American Stroke Association’s “Get With the Guidelines” Bronze Performance Achievement Award.
  • Valley View Hospital was recognized for service excellence (ED) under the J.D. Power and Associates Distinguished Hospital Program.

Client Awards- 2007

With approximately 150 hospital clients across the nation, QHR is proud to work with people dedicated to service excellence in the healthcare field. Click here to view the Client Awards for 2007.