I also congratulate Dr. Luis Marcos, HHC's President, whose skillful leadership has made HHC an accountable, efficient and successful hospital system. It evaluates 564 standards in several distinct areas, including assessment and care of patients, management of human resources, patients' rights and organization ethics, leadership, information management, infection control, organization performance, and environment. The four HHC hospitals surveyed uniformly demonstrated a high degree of excellence. The following are the scores of the surveyed hospitals.
Final scores are generally the same or higher than the preliminary scores.
The survey's findings are especially meaningful in light of the significant reengineering that has taken place at the Corporation in recent years. This is in sharp contrast to the preceding years, when several HHC hospitals faced significant problems meeting accreditation standards. The Health and Hospitals Corporation is comprised of 11 acute care hospitals, four long-term care facilities, six diagnostic and treatment centers, a certified home health program, and MetroPlus, a managed care health plan. The Corporation provides five million clinic visits, nearly one million emergency room visits and 235,000 hospital admissions, annually.