Quality Initiatives

West Georgia Health System is currently involved in several quality initiatives to measure and improve quality for patient care. WGHS is participating in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration Project, as well as quality initiatives launched by the Georgia Medical Care Foundation and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Although each of these projects is separate, all three focus on four specific clinical diagnoses: acute heart attacks, congestive heart failure, community-acquired pneumonia and hip and knee replacement surgeries.  

WGHS physicians and staff are working diligently to benchmark with top-performing hospitals across the country to improve the quality of care we offer our patients. As we implement new processes to raise the bar with these four diagnoses, we will add new clinical areas on which to focus our improvement efforts.