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August 24, 2007

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Trillium Health Centre Recognized as High Performing Hospital in Acute Care and Rehabilitation Services in 2007 Hospital Reports

Mississauga/West Toronto - Trillium Health Centre is very proud to be recognized by the 2007 Hospital Reports as a "high-performing" hospital for clinical utilization and outcomes in both our rehabilitation and acute care services.

The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC), the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) and the Canadian Institutes for Health Information (CIHI) released four Hospital Reports today, concerning Acute Care, Complex Continuing Care, Emergency Department Care, and Rehabilitation.

"The Trillium Health Centre team is very pleased by the positive results in this year's Hospital Reports," said Janet Davidson, O.C., President and CEO of Trillium Health Centre. "This reaffirms the positive independent feedback we received earlier this summer during our successful accreditation by the Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation (CCHSA) and by the Level III Award we received from the National Quality Institute (NQI)."

"Trillium is recognized as a leader in community health care and continues to deliver on its commitment to transform the health care experience by providing the highest quality patient-centered care," added Davidson. "While we continue to make significant improvements, we recognize that there are still opportunities to improve and we will continue to work on them."

Hospital Reports 2007 are hospital-specific reports that provide performance information on Ontario's acute inpatient, emergency, complex continuing care and rehabilitation services using a balanced scorecard approach rating hospitals in four categories: system integration and change; clinical utilization and outcomes; patient satisfaction; and financial performance.

Within the Clinical Utilization and Outcomes category of the Hospital Reports, Trillium Rehabilitation scored 'above average performance' for all nine indicators - the only one of fifty-six hospitals in the report to do so.

"Trillium's Rehabilitation and Acute Care teams deserve special congratulations for their efforts. Rehabilitation staff have worked extremely hard to maximize their patients' physical and cognitive function through training and education, and to prepare them to return as quickly as possible to the community following illness or injury," said Patti Cochrane, Vice President, Patient Services. "Our acute care team also scored very well, as did our complex continuing care and emergency care services. We are very proud of the dedication and commitment reflected in all four of these reports."

Trillium scored “above average performance” on at least one indicator within the System Integration and Change quadrant in all four reports. Trillium has made significant effort and investment to improve access to information for external and internal partners, to implement strategies within the hospital to improve organizational practices, to create client centered approaches to service delivery and to support human resources.

In addition to high scores in the Clinical Utilization and Outcomes quadrant, Trillium showed improvement in the Patient Satisfaction quadrant, improving our results in many of the indicators.

Trillium’s Acute Care team scored well on all indicators within the Clinical Utilization and Outcomes, which emphasize clinical performance. The three areas in which “above average performance” was noted were labour and delivery, readmissions for medical conditions and access to angiography.

Complex Continuing Care scored ‘above average performance’ on four of the 13 indicators, including ‘facility acquired pressure sores.’ Emergency Care scored well in patient satisfaction.

The 2007 Hospital Reports, which use data from the fiscal year 2005-6, are designed to facilitate local quality improvement programs, encourage openness and transparency in reporting and to assist hospitals with their accountability to the communities they serve.

The Hospital Reports are posted on the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (www.health.gov.on.ca), OHA (www.oha.com) and Canadian Institute for Health Information (www.cihi.ca) websites.

About Trillium Health Centre
Trillium Health Centre is one of Canada’s largest community hospitals with regional programs in cardiac, stroke, neurosurgery, orthopaedic, and sexual assault and domestic violence services. Housing a model ambulatory care centre and the largest free standing day surgery centre in North America, Trillium serves over one million residents in Peel and West Toronto and from other communities across Ontario. With the continued support of the Trillium Health Centre Foundation, the hospital’s fundraising arm, the two-site facility is attracting international attention for its innovative approach to providing health care services and has received numerous national awards for quality and innovation.

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Larry Roberts
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Trillium Health Centre
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lroberts@thc.on.ca

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