CFVH Long Term Care receives honor

Clark Fork Valley Hospital Long Term Care (LTC) is one of four facilities in the state being honored by Mountain Pacific this week. LTC will receive the Excellent in Quality Award at the Montana Health Care Association conference in Billings. Other nursing homes receiving the award include Crest Nursing Home, Mountain View of Cascadia and Tobacco Root Mountains Care Center.

“We are extremely proud of our Long Term Care’s staff, and the compassionate, high quality care they are committed to giving the residents," said Dr. Gregory Hanson, CFVH President and CEO. "This recognition is well earned and much deserved.”

According to Mountain Pacific, this year’s award criteria were based on a quality measure point system that included preventing infection, decreasing readmissions, improving resident vaccination rates for influenza, pneumococcal and COVID vaccines and a bonus category to recognize the facility’s STAR rating. “We would like to acknowledge the tremendous work all our nursing homes do to provide quality care to residents across our region,” the company stated in a press release.

“This past year, I have been fortunate to continue my outreach efforts and have developed and enhanced relationships,” said Shay Trafton, Account Manager for Mountain Pacific. “I continue to see excellent development in infection control, emergency preparedness and care for residents with complex needs. Mountain Pacific is honored to work with such dedicated individuals.”