WHO TOPPED A RECENT STUDY OF THE BEST HOSPITAL SYSTEMS?Thomson Reuters, a respected authority in industry analysis, just named Advocate Health Care, one of Chicago’s largest hospital systems, the best according to its latest study in quality and efficiency.
Why is this important? “Compared with the poorest performers, the best-performing hospitals had 25 percent fewer deaths, 19 percent fewer medical complications and 13 percent fewer patient safety incidents even though their patients were sicker and their average hospital stays were significantly shorter.”
I knew a senior physician executive from Advocate’s Lutheran General hospital who unexpectedly passed away last November. He was a fellow church member who represented the best of Advocate’s philosophy.
From Healthcare IT News:
Healthcare information technology played a role in hospitals that scored in the top 10 in Thomson Reuters’ new list for quality and efficiency.
New York-based Thomson Reuters, which bills itself as the global leader in electronic information services, released the study Monday, identifying the top 10 U.S. health systems based on their on clinical performance.
They are:Researchers from the Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals program analyzed the quality and efficiency of 252 health systems and found statistically significant differences in several key areas.
- Advocate Health Care, Oak Brook, Ill.
- Catholic Healthcare Partners, Cincinnati
- Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati, Cincinnati
- HealthEast Care System, Saint Paul, Minn.
- Henry Ford Health System, Detroit
- Kettering Health Network, Dayton, Ohio
- OhioHealth, Columbus, Ohio
- Prime Healthcare Services, Victorville, Calif.
- Trinity Health, Novi, Mich.
- University Hospitals Health System, Cleveland
Compared with the poorest performers, the best-performing hospitals had 25 percent fewer deaths, 19 percent fewer medical complications and 13 percent fewer patient safety incidents even though their patients were sicker and their average hospital stays were significantly shorter.
