Quality care is our goal at The Valley Health System. It guides everything we do. That's why our hospitals participate in a number of quality-based patient safety initiatives such as:

• The Joint Commission's "National Patient Safety Goals" to provide a greater connection between patient safety and quality-focused standards in our daily activities.
• The Institute for Healthcare Improvement's "5 Million Lives" campaign, which encourages hospitals to prevent incidents of medical harm.
• The National Quality Forum's "Safe Practices for Better Healthcare," which works to develop and implement a national strategy for healthcare quality measurement and reporting, such as done by the Leapfrog Group.
• Partnering with HealthInsight, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) dedicated to improving the healthcare systems in Nevada and Utah, on special research projects.
• Following the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's "Get With the Guidelines" hospital-based quality improvement program to improve cardiovascular and stroke outcomes.
• Using Milliman Care Guidelines^®, evidence-based medical guidelines that support healthcare recommendations.

Since we began these quality initiatives, the hospitals of The Valley Health System have received awards, accreditation and recognition. But we don't do it for the awards and recognition. We do it because it's the right thing to do.

Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center
2075 E. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, NV 89119
www.desertspringshospital.net 733-8800

Diabetes Treatment Center 369-7560
The Center for Surgical Weight Loss 369-7919

Direct Doctors^SM Plus
Physician referral and health information line 388-4888

Outpatient Surgery Centers
Medical District Surgery Center 477-7000
Plaza Surgery Center 894-5757

The Valley Health System c/o Valley Hospital Medical Center 620 Shadow Lane Las Vegas, NV 89106