The Advanced Breast Center at Wellington Regional Medical Center was recently recognized as a certified participant in the National Quality Measures for Breast Centers program for the second year in a row. This distinguished honor represents a commitment to provide the highest level of quality breast healthcare to patients in the community.
Measuring and comparing quality performance is essential in assessing patient care and allocating resources where improvement is desired. In today’s dynamic healthcare industry, breast centers are faced with providing quality care while simultaneously keeping costs under control. A center’s staff must not only be familiar with existing standards of care but must also be aware of new advances in technology. The Advanced Breast Center at WRMC has taken a major step to ensure they provide the best possible quality care to patients.
WRMC is a 235-bed, acute care hospital. It is proud to have provided high quality healthcare services to the residents of Palm Beach County since 1986. As a community hospital, accredited by the Joint Commission, WRMC prides itself on its continued commitment to remain at the forefront of advanced technologies and expanding programs and services to meet the needs of the growing community it serves.
Launched in April 2005 and now used in 45 states, the NQMBC program offers facilities providing breast healthcare with the ability to track and measure breast center performance in more than 40 individual quality indicators. The NQMBC has been validated by multiple peer reviewed medical journal publications. The most compelling component of this program is the ability of participants to enter their data and immediately compare their performance with other participating centers across the country. Participants use these comparison reports to identify where quality care already exists and where quality care improvement opportunities exist.
The National Consortium of Breast Centers is proud to recognize WRMC as a certified participant. The consortium promotes excellence in breast healthcare for the general public through a network of diverse professionals dedicated to the active exchange of ideas and resources. It serves as an informational resource and provides support services to those rendering care to people with breast diseases through educational programs, newsletters, a national directory and patient forums. Learn more at www.nqmbc.org.
