Ionia County Memorial Hospital

Ionia, MI — Ionia County Memorial Hospitals’ home healthcare service, ICMH Home Care, was recently named in the top 25% of the more than 1,700 Home Care agencies in the United States by HomeCare Elite. This annual review identifies the top 25% of agencies, ranked by an analysis of performance measures in quality outcomes, quality improvement and financial performance.

“We applaud the success of all the providers named to the 2007 HomeCare Elite,” said Bill Bassett, Senior Director of Market Strategy at OCS, Inc. “Being noted as one of the top performers in the nation in this very competitive environment shows that ICMH Home Care is dedicated to quality and performance.”

“We work as a team with physicians, nurses, therapists, and medical social services to provide high-quality and personalized healthcare that patients should expect in their home”, said Nikki Reed, ICMH Home Care Director “I am very proud of the staff at ICMH Home Care. They are very dedicated to their profession and committed to exceptional care of our patients.”

"Making the 2007 HomeCare Elite is commendable in today’s highly competitive home health care industry," said Jonathan Stern, Group Publisher of DecisionHealth’s Home Health Group. "We congratulate ICMH Home Care on being one of the top 25% best performing home care agencies in the country."

The 2007 HomeCare Elite is the only performance recognition of its kind in the home health industry. The 2007 HomeCare Elite is brought to the industry by OCS, Inc., the leading provider of healthcare informatics and DecisionHealth, publisher of home care’s most respected independent newsletter Home Health Line. The entire list of the 2007 HomeCare Elite agencies can be viewed by visiting the OCS web site at www.ocsys.com.

OCS is the market leader in healthcare information solutions. By collecting, evaluating and interpreting healthcare information, they empower leaders with data-driven insight that helps optimize mission-critical decision making. Their information-based solutions facilitate providers, payors, industry analysts, consultants, Federal and state governments, medical products and pharmaceutical companies with advancing their missions using objective, independent information that is not available from other sources. Learn more at www.ocsys.com.

DecisionHealth™ serves the business and regulatory needs of health care providers and their administrative staffs nationwide, including home health agencies. They offer more than 50 independent newsletters, magazines, books, websites and loose-leaf services. You may visit www.homehealthinteractive.com.for more information.

About ICMH Home Care

ICMH Home Care, a service of Ionia County Memorial Hospital, established in 1994, is the only Ionia County based home health agency. ICMH Home Care is a Medicare certified state home care agency providing high quality home care services to hundreds of people across the county.

Home health care is a term used to describe a variety of health and social services that are provided in the homes of individuals who are disabled or ill. Home health care is often the best option for people who prefer to be at home but whose health care needs cannot be met by visits to health care facilities and assistance from family and friends.

ICMH Home Care is accredited by the nationally recognized accrediting body, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Accreditation is an important measure in selecting quality health care services. For more information call 1-616-527-7060 or visit www.ioniahospital.org.

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Listed in the picture are a few of the ICMH Home Care staff (from left to right):

Shelly Devers, Judy Sweet, Chris Thwaites, Nikki Reed, Carol Purcey (in front), Linda VanderMolen, Cindy Cowles (in front), Tracy Leonard, Kristine Krampe, and Tammi Ross.

Last updated: 23 February, 2010 02:01 PM