Quality at Houlton Regional Hospital

The MISSION of Houlton Regional Hospital –

Houlton Regional Hospital’s purpose is to provide safe, compassionate, quality, cost effective care to the communities we serve.

Our resources will be dedicated towards improving the health status of those we serve through education, treatment and rehabilitation.

As stated above in our mission we are here to give quality care.  To achieve this goal we have invested significant time and resources to patient safety programs, quality improvement initiatives and healthcare information technology. 

We participate in the following programs –

·       Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

·       Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) 5 Million Lives Campaign

·       2010 National Patient Safety Goals

·       Leapfrog Hospital Performance Initiative

·       National Quality Forum’s 30 Safe Practices

and more . . .  

It takes our entire staff and medical staff to achieve this goal and we want to share our progress towards 100% satisfaction and compliance ratings in all areas we measure.