Saint Mary's Regional Health System, in Russellville, Arkansas, recently received a 2019 Arkansas Governor's Quality Award. The Governor's Quality Awards Program was created to allow organizations to measure progress in the journey of performance excellence. The program takes into account a full breadth of factors, including leadership; strategic planning; patients, measurement, analysis and knowledge management; workforce; operations; and results. Jim Davidson, FACHE, chief executive officer of Saint Mary's, accepted the award on the hospital's behalf from Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson during the program's 25th annual awards celebration on September 12 in Little Rock. For more on the program, click here.
