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SAS customer Brigham and Women’s Hospital wins national health care awardHospital receives national group’s highest awardCARY, N.C. (Mar. 08, 2006) – Business intelligence leader SAS announced that its customer, Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, received the 2006 National Quality Health Care Award from the National Committee for Quality Health Care (NCQHC). This prestigious annual award – presented March 8 in Washington, D.C. – honors one institution demonstrating a commitment to the highest standards of safety and quality, while ensuring and improving the delivery of superior healthcare. Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a nonprofit teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, adopted SAS® Strategic Performance Management for Healthcare in 2002. The software powers the hospital’s balanced scorecard initiatives to facilitate communication, enhance strategic alignment across departments and empower decision makers. “Brigham and Women's Hospital has implemented an extensive balanced scorecard performance management program throughout the institution over the past five years, using the SAS Strategic Performance Management for Healthcare solution,” says Michael Gustafson, MD, MBA, vice president for clinical excellence at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. “The balanced scorecard has allowed our key strategic goals related to service, quality and safety, efficiency, staff satisfaction and development, and financial performance to be effectively measured, tracked and communicated to more than 1,000 staff members.” “It has been an honor to work with a world-renowned and respected healthcare provider such as Brigham and Women’s Hospital,” said Melissa Fitzpatrick, RN, MSN, FAAN, SAS’ principal healthcare strategist. “It is extremely satisfying to see SAS solutions brought to life in such a focused and collaborative way, enhancing the quality of patient care along with satisfaction and empowerment.” About Brigham and Women’s HospitalBrigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) is a 747-bed nonprofit teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School and a founding member of Partners HealthCare System, an integrated healthcare delivery network. BWH is committed to excellence in patient care with expertise in virtually every specialty of medicine and surgery. The BWH medical preeminence dates back to 1832, and today that rich history in clinical care is coupled with its national leadership in quality improvement and patient safety initiatives, dedication to educating and training healthcare professionals, and strength in biomedical research. With $370 million in funding and more than 500 research scientists, BWH is an acclaimed leader in clinical, basic and epidemiological investigation – including the landmark Nurses Health Study, Physicians Health Studies and the Women's Health Initiative.
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