AFMC Quality Awards

In May 2006, St. Edward Mercy Medical Center in Fort Smith, Arkansas received two Quality Improvement Awards from the Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care (AFMC); the Gold Quality Achievement Award and the Innovator Award.

The Gold Quality Achievement Award is given to facilities that have sustained a decreased failure rate of at least 20% for six consecutive months on five (5) Core Measures indicators. In addition, St. Edward Mercy received the Innovator Award for Quality Improvement. It is given in recognition of a facility’s willingness to share innovative and successful quality improvement strategies and act as a mentor for other facilities. The awards were presented during AFMC’s 13th annual Quality Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas.

This is the third straight year that St. Edward Mercy has received recognition from the Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care.