Kidney patients at Trinitas Regional Medical Center have some of the best clinical outcomes among all hospital dialysis centers in the Premier network of more than 1,600 hospitals nationwide, announced Gary S. Horan, FACHE, President & CEO of Trinitas Regional Medical Center. A partnership between Premier and Amgen Inc. recently awarded $67,000 and their top award - The Patient Care Award for Excellence In Anemia Management - to the Renal Program at Trinitas.

Premier is a leading healthcare alliance collectively owned by more than 200 independent hospitals and healthcare systems in the United States. Together, they operate or are affiliated with more than 1,600 hospitals and other healthcare sites. Premier is dedicated to helping its members improve clinical and operational performance, and examines and reports on patient clinical data from hospital-based dialysis centers across the nation.

"Trinitas has taken part in this program for the last seven years by submitting monthly clinical data that is tabulated along with other hospital dialysis units. We are delighted that Trinitas was in the top group of Premier's list of dialysis units," says James F. McAnally, MD, Medical Director of the Renal Program at Trinitas.

"Over the past few years, we have aggressively implemented an evidence-based and cost effective anemia policy for our patients. By delivering proactive attention to quality indicators through a multidisciplinary team approach - especially by the nursing anemia managers, we have been able to achieve these results which most importantly benefits our patients."

Anemia, or low blood volume, is a top concern among patients with kidney failure often resulting in a feeling of tiredness for the patient who must undergo a mechanical washing of their blood known as hemodialysis.

"At Trinitas Regional Medical Center, we realize that the effective treatment of anemia decreases morbidity and mortality - especially from cardiac causes - and improves the quality of life of the patients we serve. Although amenia is present in almost all patients with kidney disease, our staff strives to identify those patients early in the course of their disease and address the problem of anemia before a need for dialysis arises. In this way, if they should need dialysis, they are prepared both medically and psychosocially."


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