Hegg Memorial Health Center receives Summit Award for Highest Level of Patient Satisfaction

Hegg Memorial Health Center is proud to announce that Press Ganey Associates has named it a 2009 Summit Award Winner.

The Summit Award recognizes top performing hospitals that sustain the highest level of patient satisfaction for three or more consecutive years. The Press Ganey Summit Award is the health care satisfaction industry's most coveted symbol of achievement.

"Receiving this national award is a special honor to the employees and doctors of Hegg Memorial who each day, dedicate themselves to providing the best in care for our patients," said Glenn Zevenbergen, health center CEO." As a hospital that is continuously improving, this award exemplifies our commitment to excellence; yet, it compels us to work harder, and to seek opportunities that would allow us even higher standards of excellence for our staff and our patients."

Press Ganey is a nationally recognized company that partners with health care facilities to measure the level of customer satisfaction and improve their quality of health care delivery. More than one-third of U.S. inpatient hospitals currently partner with Press Ganey. The company's databases are the largest in the industry, and allow facilities nationwide to benchmark their results against peer organizations.