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(GRAPEVINE, Texas, April 16, 2009) – Baylor Regional Medical Center at Grapevine is pleased to announce it has received the 2009 VHA Leadership Award for Clinical Excellence. The hospital demonstrated the highest level of sustained improvements for the core measure of heart failure from September 2007 through June 2008. Baylor Grapevine earned the VHA award for the quality care of its patients with acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) and heart failure in 2007.

“It is an honor to receive the 2009 VHA Leadership Award for Clinical Excellence,” said Doug Lawson, president. “We are committed to exceeding national performance standards for clinical care.”

The VHA Leadership Award honors health care organizations that have differentiated themselves around national performance standards. "VHA Leadership Award winners demonstrate that excellence can be achieved with the proper focus on quality, safety, and patient experience,” said Trent Haywood, M.D., J.D., chief medical officer at VHA.

Baylor Regional Medical Center at Grapevine is a full-service, fully-accredited not-for-profit hospital serving residents in more than 20 cities throughout the Dallas/Fort Worth region. Focused on being the best place to give and receive quality, safe and compassionate care, Baylor Grapevine works to lead the transformation of health care. The 233-bed hospital offers advanced medical services for cardiovascular services, women’s services, diagnostic imaging, neonatal intensive care, sleep disorders, intensive and emergency care.

For fiscal year 2008, the faith-based Baylor Health Care System will report $429.5 million in community benefits to the Texas Department of State Health Services.