The Joint Commission’s Top Performers on Key Quality Measures™ program recognizes accredited hospitals and critical access hospitals that attain and sustain excellence on accountability measure performance. The program is based on data reported about evidence-based clinical processes for certain conditions, including heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care and children’s asthma.
In 2011, 405 hospitals are being recognized, which represent the top 14 percent of Joint Commission accredited hospitals (of those hospitals that report core measure performance data). Each year, the percentage of top performing hospitals will vary.