Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis is proud to announce that it has received Tenet’s 2013 Circle of Excellence Award. Saint Francis is one of nine Tenet hospitals recognized for superior achievement in the areas of quality care, service excellence and operational performance.
“The staff and physicians at Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis are being honored with a Circle of Excellence Award for demonstrating an outstanding commitment to their patients, community and hospital during 2012,” said Britt T. Reynolds, Tenet’s president of hospital operations. “I am proud to recognize them with this prestigious award as it recognizes Saint Francis as a preferred hospital for patients to receive care, for physicians to practice medicine and for employees to work.”
“Saint Francis has an impressive history of serving the citizens of the greater Memphis community with high quality medical care and compassion,” states Saint Francis CEO Dave Archer. “This year, the hospital has received recognition from The Joint Commission, the American Heart Association, Memphis Business Group on Health and managed care organizations for quality, patient safety and clinical excellence. This honor is a testimony to the hard work and dedication of our nurses, doctors and staff.”
ABOUT SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL-MEMPHIS
Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis is a 519-bed full service hospital. It has been recognized for excellence of care by United Healthcare, CIGNA, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, and Aetna. In 2012, the American Heart Association presented the Gold Performance Achievement Award to Saint Francis for Heart Failure and Cardiovascular Disease in their “Get With The Guidelines” program. Offering a wide array of medical services, Saint Francis is noted for its many Centers of Excellence, including its Center for Surgical Weight Loss, Sleep Center, Chest Pain Emergency Center, Heart & Vascular Center, Surgical Services, Diabetes Center, and Breast Center. The hospital received The Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval™ as a Certified Hip and Knee Replacement Program, as well as The Joint Commission Advanced Certification as a Primary Stroke Center.
Saint Francis Hospital serves as an academic training site for University of Tennessee Surgical, Family Practice, and Psychiatric Residents. The hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the nation’s oldest and largest hospital accreditation agency. To learn more about Saint Francis Hospital, visit www.SaintFrancisHosp.com.
Tenet Healthcare Corporation, a leading health care services company, through its subsidiaries operates 49 hospitals, 117 outpatient centers and Conifer Health Solutions, a leader in business process solutions for healthcare providers that serves over 600 hospital and other clients nationwide. Tenet’s hospitals and related health care facilities are committed to providing high quality care to patients in the communities they serve. For more information, please visit www.tenethealth.com.