JKBH named 2016 HOSPICE HONORS recipient


Pictured looking over the award are Beverly Dale, 18 year administrative volunteer with Judith Karman Bristol Hospice and Kerry Campbell, executive director of Judith Karman Bristol Hospice.

Judith Karman Bristol Hospice has been named a 2016 Hospice Honors recipient by Deyta Analytics, a division of HEALTHCAREfirst, the leading provider of Web-based home health and hospice software, coding and outsourced billing services, and advanced analytics.

Hospice Honors is a prestigious program that recognizes hospices providing the highest level of quality as measured from the caregiver’s point of view. The JKBH is one of only 100 hospices so honored in the U.S. in 2016.

Hospice Honors is a landmark compilation of hospices that provide the best patient and caregiver experiences,” said Bobby Robertson, President and CEO of HEALTHCAREfirst. “I am extremely proud of the Judith Karman Bristol Hospice for achieving this highest of honors, and I congratulate them on their success.”

Award criteria were based on Hospice CAHPS survey results for an evaluation period of April through September 2015. In order to receive the award, hospices must have partnered with Deyta Analytics, a division of HEALTHCAREfirst, as their survey partner and must have had at least one completed survey returned in each quarter of the Hospice Honors evaluation period.
Award recipients were identified by evaluating hospices’ performance on a set of 24 quality indicator measures.

Individual hospice scores were aggregated from all surveys with a final survey status of complete for the evaluation period, and were compared on a question-by-question basis to a national performance score calculated from all partnering hospices contained in Deyta Analytics’ Hospice CAHPS database.