Hackley Health Management At Mercy Health Partners Receives Gold Standard Award For Excellence

April 24, 2009 - Mercy Health Partners' Hackley Health Management's weight loss program has been recognized with the 2008 HMR® "Gold Standard for Excellence Award" by Health Management Resources (HMR®) corporate office. Hackley Health Management received the Gold Standard distinction for their accomplishments in twenty-two different categories. These awards distinguish Hackley Health Management from others nationwide that offer the HMR® meal replacement program as one of the most successful.

Susan Roberts, Program Director, states "This program was established in Muskegon in 1990 and has helped hundreds of patients lose thousands of pounds. Our highly skilled staff provide the support needed to help our patients succeed and gain control of their weight and their lives." Hackley Health Management at Mercy Health Partners is a medically supervised weight-loss clinic that offers several different non-surgical weight loss programs.

Lawrence Stifler, PhD., Founder and President of HMR®, presented the award. HMR® presents Gold Standard awards annually to recognize programs that demonstrate excellence in performance and patient care. Criteria for selection include variables such as group attendance, compliance with program requirements, weight loss success rates, and weight maintenance success rates. Participating HMR® programs submit clinical data in forty-seven categories to be considered for the Gold Standard for Excellence designation. Only the top few programs in the nation, in each category, receive the Gold Standard Award for Excellence. To learn more about Hackley Health Management, visit www.hackleyhealthmanagment.com or call 231-798-2346.

About HMR®

Founded by Lawrence Stifler, Ph. D., in 1983, HMR® is the leading provider of medically based weight management programs in clinics, hospitals, and major medical centers throughout the country. To date, more than 900,000 people have participated in HMR's® scientifically based programs.

About Mercy Health Partners

Mercy Health Partners is a teaching hospital and the second largest health system in West Michigan with over 4,000 associates, and some 21,000 inpatient discharges and 137,000 emergency/urgent care visits annually. The system has four hospitals and 375 physicians and offers a number of exclusive specialty physician care services for the region.