National Raking Attributed to Six Sigma

Fitch Ratings rates Valley Baptist Medical Center and considers the enterprise's management systems in its assessment. ...

... "Lastly, management has made Six Sigma its top strategic initiative in order to maximize performance and patient satisfaction throughout the health system. Management credits the Six Sigma method with Valley Baptist Hospital-Harlingen's #1 national ranking in the treatment of heart failure by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in the recent pay-for performance demonstration project. More than 340 Valley Baptist employees have been trained in Six Sigma methodologies including 27 physicians. " ...

Via Fitch Ratings: Baptist Health System's, Texas, $94MM Ser 2007 Revs BBB; Outlook Stable