Hughes Health & Rehabilitation gets national award

WEST HARTFORD, CT -- The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living are pleased to announce the selection of Hughes Health & Rehabilitation as a 2012 recipient of the Silver – Achievement in Quality for its outstanding performance in the health care profession. The competitive award highlights select facilities across the nation that serve as models of excellence in providing high-quality long term care.
"This award is a benchmark of distinction in the journey to providing high quality care," said Mark Parkinson, president and CEO of AHCA/NCAL.
Hughes Health was one of 52 facilities nationwide to receive the Silver-level award this year. In addition, only 12 nursing homes in the State of Connecticut have achieved this distinction.
Implemented by AHCA/NCAL in 1996, the National Quality Award Program is centered on the criteria of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program. The program assists providers of long term and post-acute care services in achieving their performance excellence goals.
Hughes Health & Rehabilitation may now move forward in developing approaches and achieving performance levels that meet the criteria required for the Gold – Excellence in Quality award, which requires them to address the Baldrige Health Care Criteria for Performance Excellence in its entirety.
"Receiving this award is evidence of the staff commitment and successful leadership at Hughes Health & Rehabilitation and its ability to apply rigorous standards to operations and service," says Chick Stepahin, chair, AHCA/NCAL National Quality Award Board of Overseers. "Hughes Health has been consistent in its performance and dedication to providing high-quality care."