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Twin Cities Community Hospital Receives Prestigious Tenet Circle of Excellence Award
TEMPLETON, Calif. – April 23, 2008 – Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC) announced today that Twin Cities Community Hospital in Templeton has been selected to the company’s 2008 Circle of Excellence.
The Circle of Excellence honors those Tenet hospitals that have performed at the highest levels in the past year in the areas of quality, service and operation performance. Key factors involved in the process include patient, physician and employee satisfaction scores, clinical quality scores and financial performance.
“The hard work and dedication of the employees at Twin Cities Community Hospital made 2007 a great year for the hospital,” said Stephen Newman, M.D., Tenet’s chief operating officer. “I’m proud of all that they accomplished and am thrilled to honor them with Tenet’s Circle of Excellence Award.”
Dr. Newman also praised the hospital executive team, led by Chief Executive Officer Rick Lyons, for their leadership in the past year. “Health care is a business that requires dedication, passion and strong leadership skills to achieve positive results. The executive team, employees and vitally important medical staff at Twin Cities Community Hospital performed incredibly well in 2007, and I congratulate them on their successes.”
Lyons, Chief Operating Officer Joe Badalian, Chief Financial Officer Paul Posmoga and Chief Nursing Officer Terry Murphy helped lead the hospital to a balanced scorecard score among the top 10 percent of Tenet hospitals for their performance in quality and satisfaction metrics.
About Twin Cities Community Hospital
Twin Cities Community Hospital, part of Tenet California, is an 114-bed acute care hospital located at 1100 Las Tablas Road in Templeton. Since opening in 1977, Twin Cities has provided personalized quality patient care as the cornerstone of its operating philosophy. Twin Cities’ new patient tower, opened in fall 2007, provides 30 new private rooms for obstetrics, intensive and telemetry care patients, and 23 ER suites, including three trauma rooms. Twin Cities Community Hospital provides a broad range of medical, surgical and outpatient care. Working closely with affiliated physicians, Twin Cities places special emphasis on clinical services important to local residents, including hip and knee replacement, surgical care, stroke intervention, emergency care and maternal child services. Twin Cities and its sister facility Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center together employ more than 1,700 local residents, making Tenet the second largest private employer in San Luis Obispo County. More than 115 active medical staff members practice at Twin Cities and 160 local residents volunteer at the hospital. The hospital is fully accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the nation’s oldest and largest hospital accreditation agency. To learn more about Twin Cities, visit www.twincitieshospital.com.
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