Solucient Report on Nation's 100 Top Hospitals Released; Winners Demonstrate Early Adoption of New Medical Technologies, Market Share Leadership.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers EVANSTON, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 29, 2003 The nation's top performing hospitals are much more likely to adopt important new patient care technologies and treat a larger percentage of people in their communities than other acute care U.S. hospitals, according to a Solucient study released today that names the 100 Top Hospitals(R) in the nation. In fact, if all acute care hospitals performed at the same level as the nation's top hospitals, 84,000 more Medicare patients could survive and an additional 54,000 patient stays could be complication free each year -- at an estimated annual savings of $10 billion. The study, Solucient's 100 Top Hospitals: National Benchmarks for Success, 10th Edition, appears today in a special supplement to the Sept. 29 edition of Modern Healthcare magazine. It recognizes the nation's top hospitals for setting performance benchmarks across four critical areas: quality of care, operational efficiency, financial performance, and adaptation to the environment. "The exceptional performance of the 100 Top Hospitals award winners brings real value to their communities," said Jean Chenoweth, executive director of Solucient's 100 Top Hospitals program. "Spurred by the use of new medical technologies, these hospitals offer patients higher survival rates, more complication-free care, and more efficient delivery of care than other hospitals." Among the key findings: -- Winning or "benchmark" hospitals, particularly hospitals named to the 100 Top Hospitals list for four or more years, are more likely to be early adopters of new diagnostic and therapeutic technologies than non-winning or "peer" hospitals. For instance, among hospitals that perform coronary artery bypass Coronary artery bypass Surgical procedure to reroute blood around a blocked coronary artery. Mentioned in: Heart Failure coronary artery bypass, n surgery (CABG CABG coronary artery bypass graft. CABG abbr. coronary artery bypass graft CABG Coronary artery bypass graft, see there ), those who have won for four or more years were almost twice as likely as peer hospitals to perform transmyocardial revascularization procedures (1999-2001). This surgery is performed by making an incision to expose the heart, then a laser is used to drill a series of holes through the heart muscle into the heart's pumping chamber. The procedure is typically performed on patients with severe angina who are not candidates to undergo CABG or coronary balloon angioplasty surgery. -- In addition, benchmark hospitals are more likely than their peers to administer newer drugs to ischemic stroke patients or those undergoing coronary balloon angioplasty surgery. Hospitals who have won for four or more years administered one class of newer drugs -- GPIIb/IIIa inhibitors -- to 12.5 percent more coronary balloon angioplasty patients than did peer hospitals. -- Benchmark hospitals are also more likely to have a larger share of the market in their communities than their peers, particularly in specialties such as cardiology, neurology, pulmonary, urology, and gastroenterology. In fact, hospitals that have won a 100 Top Hospitals award four or more times have 42 to 61 percent more market share in these specialties than those that have never won an award. -- 84,374 more Medicare patients could survive each year if overall performance at peer hospitals was the same as at the 100 Top Hospitals in the nation. An additional 53,500 patients could avoid complications. Between 1997 and 2001, the unadjusted survival rate at benchmark hospitals increased nearly one percent compared to just over one-half a percentage point in peer hospitals. Among the study's other findings: -- Benchmark hospitals had expenses per discharge that were nearly 19 percent lower than their peers ($3,795 benchmark versus $4,677 peer). -- The average operating profit margin Operating profit margin The ratio of operating profit to net sales. for winning hospitals was 7 percent, compared with 2 percent for non-winners. -- Patients at winning hospitals return to everyday life faster than those at non-winning hospitals. These patients were released a third of a day more quickly than at peer hospitals. -- Winning hospitals employ 20 percent fewer staff (per 100 patient discharges), but treat more -- and sicker -- patients than non-winning hospitals. Patient case mix at benchmark hospitals was 16 percent higher than peer hospitals. Benchmark hospitals also had 20 percent more admissions per bed. The tenth edition of the Solucient 100 Top Hospitals: National Benchmarks for Success study analyzed acute care hospitals nationwide using detailed empirical performance data from 2001, including publicly available Medicare MEDPAR MEDPAR Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (Medicare) MEDPAR Medical Patient Accounting and Reporting data and Medicare cost reports. The measures were calculated for five classes of hospitals with the following number of winners in each: -- Major Teaching - 16 winners (Note A) -- Teaching - 25 winners -- Large Community, 250 plus Beds - 21 winners (Note A) -- Medium Community, 100 to 249 Beds - 20 winners -- Small Community, 25 to 99 Beds - 20 winners (A)Denotes a tie The study scored facilities according to key measures: risk-adjusted mortality and risk adjusted complications, average length of stay, expenses, profitability, percent of outpatient revenue, total asset turnover, and coding specificity. Media Notes: -- More information on this study and other 100 Top Hospitals research is available at http://www.100tophospitals.com. Copies of the 100 Top Hospitals report can be purchased by calling Solucient at 1-800-568-3282 or logging on to http://www.100tophospitals.com. -- To schedule an interview with Jean Chenoweth, executive director of Solucient's 100 Top Hospitals program, contact Tarsis Lopez at 847-440-9619; tlopez@solucient.com. SOLUCIENT'S 100 TOP HOSPITALS(R) MAJOR TEACHING HOSPITALS (400 or more acute-care beds) St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center is a hospital in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. It is currently operated by Catholic Healthcare West. Services St. Joseph's is a certified level I trauma center for adults. , Phoenix, AZ (http://www.chw.edu) Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, CT (http://www.stfranciscare.org/body.cfm?id=25) Medical College of Georgia In 1828, it was chartered by the state of Georgia as the Medical Academy of Georgia, with plans to offer a single course of lectures leading to a bachelor's degree. It opened the following year on October 1st at the Augusta hospital. , Augusta, GA (http://www.mcghealthcare.org) Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, located in Chicago's northern suburbs, is an academic health system affiliated with the McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University and all attending physicians are on faculty at the Feinberg School of Medicine. , Evanston, IL (http://www.enh.org) Advocate Lutheran General Hospital Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, located in the Chicago suburb of Park Ridge, Illinois is a Level I trauma center. Their emergency room treats about 1,000 patients a week. A teaching hospital with over 600 beds, it consistently ranks highly in various surveys. , Park Ridge, IL (http://www.advocatehealth.com) Saint Marys Hospital, Rochester, MN (http://www.mayoclinic.org/saintmaryshospital/) Mayo Clinic - Rochester Methodist Hospital, Rochester, MN (http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester/) Pitt County Memorial Hospital Pitt County Memorial Hospital (PCMH) is the flagship teaching hospital for the University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina in Greenville, North Carolina. The hospital is affiliated with the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. , Greenville, NC (http://www.uhseast.com/body.cfm?id=13) Summa Health System Summa Health System is one of the largest organized delivery systems in Ohio, encompassing a network of hospitals, community-based health centers, a health plan, a physician-hospital organization, an entrepreneurial entity, research and medical education and a foundation. , Akron, OH (http://www.summahealth.org) The Ohio State University Ohio State University, main campus at Columbus; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1870, opened 1873 as Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College, renamed 1878. There are also campuses at Lima, Mansfield, Marion, and Newark. Hospitals, Columbus, OH (http://careconnection.osu.edu/hospitalsandservices/university/) The Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA (http://www.wpahs.org) Vanderbilt University Medical Center The Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is a collection of several hospitals and clinics associated with Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. It comprises the following units:[2]
Parkland Health and Hospital Systems, Dallas, TX (http://www3.utsouthwestern.edu/parkland/pmhpg1.html) University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, VA (http://hsc.virginia.edu/) Medical College of Virginia History The school was founded in 1838 as the Medical Department of Hampden-Sydney College. It received an independent charter from the General Assembly in 1854 and became the Medical College of Virginia, and shortly thereafter transferred all its property to the Commonwealth Hospital, Richmond, VA (http://www.vcuhealth.org/about_us.html) University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics, Madison, WI (http://www.uwhospital.org/) TEACHING HOSPITALS (200 or more acute-care beds) Sutter General Hospital Sutter General Hospital, part of the Sutter Health network, is located in midtown Sacramento next to the historic Sutter's Fort State Park. It is also directly adjacent to the Capital City Freeway (Business Route 80). The hospital is housed in a five-story building. , Sacramento, CA (http://www.sutterhealth.org) Exempla ex·em·pla n. Plural of exemplum. Saint Joseph Hospital, Denver, CO (http://www.exempla.org/default.asp) Rose Medical Center, Denver, CO (http://www.rosebabies.com) Halifax Medical Center Halifax Medical Center (HMC) is a 764-bed hospital located in Daytona Beach, Florida. HMC is the largest hospital serving Volusia and Flagler counties and provides the area's only trauma center, pediatric emergency department, neonatal intensive care unit and pediatric intensive , Daytona Beach, FL (http://www.hfch.org/hmc/) Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa, Mason City, IA (http://mercynorthiowa.com) Regional Medical Center, Madisonville, KY (http://troverfoundation.org) Beverly Hospital, Beverly, MA (http://www.nhshealth.org/swc.cfm'sr_urh=About_NHS.Beverly_Hospital) William Beaumont Hospital This article is about William Beaumont Hospital, Michigan. For for the hospital in Dublin, see Beaumont Hospital, Dublin. William Beaumont Hospital is a regional medical system in the greater Detroit, Michigan area. - Troy, Troy, MI (http://www.beaumonthospitals.com/pls/portal30/cportal30.webpage?l_rec ent=directions_tr) (Due to the length of this URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. , it may be necessary to copy and paste To copy files from one location to another or to copy text and images from one document to another. All modern operating systems and applications have a copy and paste capability that is typically selected from an Edit menu. See cut and paste and Win Copy between windows. this hyperlink into your Internet browser's URL address field.) St. Luke's Hospital, Chesterfield, MO (http://www.stlukes-stl.com/) Freeman West Hospital, Joplin, MO (http://www.freemanhealth.com) Deaconess Billings Clinic, Billings, MT (http://www/billingsclinic.com) NorthEast Medical Center, Concord, NC (http://www.northeastmedical.org) Akron General Medical Center, Akron, OH (http://www.agmc.org) Mercy Medical Center, Canton, OH (http://www.cantonmercy.com/) Hillcrest Hospital, Cleveland, OH (http://www.meridia.org) Mount Carmel West, Columbus, OH (http://www.mountcarmelhealth.com/84.cfm) Riverside Methodist Hospital The Riverside Methodist Hospital is a religiously affiliated hospital located in Columbus, Ohio. Services According to its website, the hospital provides the following programs and services:
Providence St. Vincent Medical Center Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, located at 9205 SW Barnes Road, Portland, Oregon, is Providence Health & Services’s largest Oregon hospital. St. Vincent has specialized programs including Providence Heart and Vascular Institute, Oregon Medical Laser Center, Providence , Portland, OR (http://www.providence.org/portland/hospitals) St. Joseph Medical Center St. Joseph Medical Center may refer to: In the United States:
Latrobe Area Hospital, Latrobe, PA (http://www.lah lah Noun Music (in tonic sol-fa) the sixth note of any ascending major scale Noun 1. lah - the syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization la .com/) Brackenridge Hospital, Austin, TX (http://www.seton.net) St. Mark's Hospital St. Mark's Hospital is a full-service medical facility located at 1200 East 3900 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84124. Its telephone number is (801) 268-7111. History St. , Salt Lake City, UT (http://www.stmarkshospital.com) Sentara Leigh Hospital, Norfolk, VA (http://www.sentara.com) Virginia Mason Medical Center Virginia Mason Medical Center (VMMC), founded in 1920, is a private, non-profit organization located on Seattle, Washington's First Hill offering a system of integrated health services. Gary S. Kaplan, MD, serves as chairman and CEO, and J. , Seattle, WA (http://www.virginiamason.org/default.asp) Southwest Washington Medical Center, Vancouver, WA (http://www.swmedicalcenter.com/) LARGE COMMUNITY HOSPITALS (250 or more acute-care beds) Carondelet St Joseph's Hospital, Tucson, AZ (http://www.carondelet.org/facilities/cSTjoe.html) Carondelet St. Mary's Hospital, Tucson, AZ (http://www.carondelet.org) Swedish Medical Center
Swedish Medical Center is a large nonprofit health care provider located in Seattle, Washington. , Englewood, CO (http://www.swedishhospital.com) Exempla Lutheran Medical Center Exempla Lutheran Medical Center is a hospital in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. History In 1905, the Evangelical Lutheran Sanitarium, a tent colony for tuberculosis patients, opened in Wheat Ridge, a few miles west of Denver's city limits. , Wheat Ridge, CO (http://www.saintjosephdenver.org/care/facilities/ELMC/) Baptist Hospital of Miami, Miami, FL (http://www.baptisthealth.net) Lee Memorial Health System, Fort Meyers, FL (http://www.leememorial.com/) Martin Memorial Medical Center, Stuart, FL (http://www.mmhs.com//index.htm) South Miami Hospital, South Miami, FL (http://www.baptisthealth.net/bhs/en/hospital/front/0,2250,3644,00.htm l)(Due to the length of this URL, it may be necessary to copy and paste this hyperlink into your Internet browser's URL address field.) North Florida Regional Medical Center, Gainesville, FL (http://www.nfrmc.com/) Blake Medical Center, Bradenton, FL (http://www.blakemedicalcenter.com) Cape Coral Hospital, Cape Coral, FL (http://stchs.org) Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point, Hudson, FL (http://www.rmchealth.com/) Delray Medical Center, Delray Beach, FL (http://www.delraymedicalctr.com/delraymedicalctr/default.asp) Shawnee Mission Medical Center Shawnee Mission Medical Center is a full service 383-bed Seventh-day Adventist hospital located in Shawnee Mission, Kansas near Interstate 35 and 75th St in Johnson County, Kansas. , Shawnee Mission, KS (http://www.shawneemission.org) Washington County Hospital Association, Hagerstown, MD (http://www.wchsys.org/wch/index.asp) Parma Community General Hospital, Parma, OH (http://www.parmahospital.org/home.asp) Mercy Medical Center, Springfield, OH (http://216.68.156.42/regions/springfield/content/show_facility.asp?fa cility_id=36) (Due to the length of this URL, it may be necessary to copy and paste this hyperlink into your Internet browser's URL address field.) LakeEast Hospital, Painesville, OH (http://www.lhs.net/lhs_main.htm) EMH Regional Medical Center EMH Regional Medical Center (also known as Elyria Memorial Hospital) is a hospital located in Elyria, OH. It is ranked as one of the Top 100 Hospitals in the US. [1] It serves the surrounding areas in Lorain County including North Ridgeville and Grafton. , Elyria, OH (http://www.emh-healthcare.org/) St. Mary Medical Center St. Mary Medical Center may refer to:
Houston Northwest Medical Center, Houston, TX (http://www.hnmc.com) MEDIUM COMMUNITY HOSPITALS (100-249 acute-care beds) Northwest Medical Center, Tucson, AZ (http://www.northwestmc.com) Orange Park Medical Center, Orange Park, FL (http://www.opmedical.com/CustomPage.asp?PageName=Home) Palms West Hospital, Loxahatchee, FL (http://www.palmswesthospital.com/) Wellington Regional Medical Center, West Palm Beach, FL (http://www.wellingtonregmedctr.com) Fairview Park Hospital, Dublin, GA (http://www.fairviewparkhospital.com/) Scott Memorial Hospital, Scottsburg, IN (http://www.scottmemorial.com) Meadowview Regional Medical Center, Maysville, KY (http://www.meadowviewregional.com/) Northwest Hospital Center, Randallstown, MD (http://www.lifebridgehealth.org/northwest.cfm?id=16) Milford--Whitinsville Regional Hospital, Milford, MA (http://www.milfordregional.org) St. John's Mercy Hospital, Washington, MO (http://www.stjohnsmercy.org) Mercy Hospital Anderson, Cincinnati, OH (http://www.ehealthconnection.com/regions/cincinnati/) Brown County General Hospital, Georgetown, OH (http://www.browncountygeneralhospital.org/) Licking Memorial Hospital, Newark, OH (http://www.lmhealth.org/lmhs/lmhs_frame.htm) Mercy Hospital Clermont, Batavia, OH (http://216.68.156.42/regions/cincinnati/content/show_facility.asp?fac ility_id=31)(Due to the length of this URL, it may be necessary to copy and paste this hyperlink into your Internet browser's URL address field.) UPMC See Ultra-Mobile PC. Northwest, Oil City, PA (http://www.northwesthealthsystem.org) Marshall Medical Center, Lewisburg, TN (http://www.mauryregional.com) St Clare Hospital, Lakewood, WA (http://www.fhshealth.org/location/sch.asp) St. Francis Hospital St. Francis Hospital may refer to:
Bellin Memorial Hospital, Green Bay, WI (http://www.bellin.org) Appleton Medical Center Appleton Medical Center, formerly Appleton Memorial Hospital, serves the northern side of the city of Appleton, Wisconsin. The hospital was chartered by the State of Wisconsin in 1949[1]. , Appleton, WI (http://www.thedacare.org) SMALL COMMUNITY HOSPITALS (25-99 acute-care beds) Fannin Regional Hospital, Blue Ridge, GA (http://www.fanninregionalhospital.com) Edward A. Utlaut Memorial Hospital, Greenville, IL (http://www.utlaut.com) Whitesburg ARH, Whitesburg, KY (http://www.arh.org/whitesburg/default.htm) Georgetown Community Hospital, Georgetown, KY (http://www.georgetowncommunityhospital.com/) Kentucky River Medical Center, Jackson, KY (http://www.chs.net) Otsego Memorial Hospital, Gaylord, MI (http://www.gaylordhospital.org/) Swift County-Benson Hospital, Benson, MN (http://www.scbh.org) Speare Memorial Hospital, Plymouth, NH (http://www.spearehospital.com/) Nor-Lea General Hospital, Lovington, NM (none) Dunlap Memorial Hospital, Orrville, OH (http://www.dunlaphospital.org) Memorial Hospital of Union County, Marysville, OH (http://www.memorialhosp.org) Sequoyah Memorial Hospital, Sallisaw, OK (none) UPMC Bedford Memorial, Everett, PA (http://www.upmc.edu/bedford/) Greene County Memorial Hospital, Waynesburg, PA (http://www.gcmhcare.com) Rhea rhea, in zoology rhea (rē`ə), common name for a South American bird of the family Rheidae, which is related to the ostrich. Weighing from 44 to 55 lb (20–25 kg) and standing up to 60 in. Medical Center, Dayton, TN (http://www.rheamedical.org) Fentress County General Hospital, Jamestown, TN (http://www.fentresshealth.com) Trinity Hospital, Erin, TN (none) Crockett Hospital, Lawrenceburg, TN (http://www.crocketthospital.com) Valley View Medical Center, Cedar City, UT (http://www.ihc.com/xp/ihc/valleyview/) Ashley Valley Medical Center, Vernal vernal /ver·nal/ (ver´n'l) pertaining to or occurring in the spring. , UT (http://www.avmc-hospital.com) About Solucient Solucient is the leading source of health care business intelligence. The company provides comprehensive, results-oriented information to drive business growth, manage costs, and help deliver quality care. Solucient's expertise and proven solutions enable providers, payers, employers, and pharmaceutical companies to achieve results and realize value. For more information, visit http://www.solucient.com. |
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