Iroquois Memorial Hospital’s Accountable Care Organization Team was awarded the North “Go-Getter” Award from the Illinois Rural Community Care Organization. The winners were selected based on their excellence in the following criteria:
1. Modified workflow and monitored modifications to ensure continuous improvement. 2. Continuous upward trend in ACO quality metrics and playbook data. 3. Built and expanded team as needed to achieve goals. 4. Motivated to acquire more knowledge. 5. Attended meetings and is timely with data submissions.

“As a member, we follow the IRCCO mission to strive to deliver the best healthcare possible to the rural communities that we serve and to improve the health of our patients”, says Iroquois Memorial Hospital Director of ACO, Julie Giroux, “I am so proud of all the hard work our ACO team has put in here at IMH, to ensure better care management for our patients. The work goes beyond just our team and we would like to thank all the staff at IMH that worked with our team and helped implement the changes we have suggested. In the words of Henry Ford, ‘Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.’ It certainly is awesome seeing everyone work together to help our patients and improve outcomes.

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