Barry M. Straube, MD, director of the Office of Clinical Standards and Quality (OCSQ) and the chief medical officer at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) presented SMH with the Innovator Award for its efforts in enhancing cardiac care for the community. Accepting for SMH was Clint Mickle, SMH Administrator of Cardiovascular Services, Sherry Jensen, SMH Quality and Risk Manager and Stefanie Ballard, SMH Quality and Risk Analyst.
BENTON — Increasing access to cardiac care in Saline County has been a priority of Saline Memorial Hospital’s over the past few years and it continues to be. SMH was recently chosen as a recipient of the 2010 Innovator Award at the Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care’s annual Quality Awards program for its efforts to enhance cardiac care for the community.