Union City, Tenn.–Leaders from Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation in Memphis visited Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City recently to present the 2017 QUEST Award for High-Value Healthcare to the hospital’s staff.
Only 21 hospitals in the nation received recognition for achieving top performance in any five of the six areas measured in Premier’s QUEST collaborative program, including cost and efficiency, evidence-based care, mortality, safety, patient and family engagement and appropriate hospital use. Baptist Union City is the only hospital in Tennessee to be recognized for achieving top performance for safe, efficient, and effective health care. Pictured are (left to right) Skip Steward, Baptist Chief Improvement Officer; Derick Ziegler, Vice President Regional Operations; Dr. Henry Sullivant, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer; Skipper Bondurant, Administrator and CEO; Teresa Vinson, Director of Quality; and Lori Brown, Chief Nursing Officer.