Full Text of HR0354 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Truven Health Analytics has released its Top 100 | 3 | | Hospitals award annually since
1993; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The Truven Health 100 Top Hospital program | 5 | | utilizes independent and objective
research to guide hospital | 6 | | and health system performance; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Hospitals do not apply or pay for this prestigious | 8 | | recognition, nor do they pay to promote
their award; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Award-winning hospitals and health systems have | 10 | | shown that better care is possible
and will serve as an example | 11 | | for hospitals to follow nationwide; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, The 100 Top Hospitals award winners demonstrate | 13 | | top performance on both how
patients are cared for through | 14 | | clinical measures and how the hospital performs as an efficient
| 15 | | business; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital, located in Breese, is | 17 | | an award-winning, acutecare
hospital, providing complete | 18 | | inpatient, obstetric, surgical, and outpatient facilities; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, St. Joseph's Hospital provides state-of-the-art |
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| 1 | | equipment and facilities and medically-based fitness training | 2 | | and rehabilitation therapies, enabling individuals to live | 3 | | healthier lifestyles
and actively participate in improving | 4 | | their health; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Charlie Meier's nephew, Dr. Josh Knolhoff, | 6 | | serves as a general
surgeon at St. Joseph's Hospital; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, As part of Hospital Sisters Health System, St. | 8 | | Joseph's Hospital offers a
"continuum of care" to the patients | 9 | | and families they serve; by leveraging the strengths of their
| 10 | | 14-hospital system, patients in St. Joseph's rural hospital are | 11 | | able to receive care that was once
available only in large, | 12 | | urban medical centers; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Truven Health Analytics honors hospitals with the | 14 | | "Everest Award" for achieving
both the highest current | 15 | | performance and the fastest long-term improvement over 5 years; | 16 | | and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Truven Health Analytics recently awarded HSHS St. | 18 | | Joseph's Hospital the 2015
Everest Award; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 21 | | recognize HSHS St. Joseph's
Hospital for its achievements and |
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| 1 | | exemplary work resulting in obtaining the Truven Health
| 2 | | Analytics 100 Top Hospitals "2015 Everest Award"; and be it | 3 | | further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital and
the HSHS Medical | 6 | | Group as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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