TOP NATIONAL HOSPITALS

The Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals: National Benchmarks is an annual, quantitative study that identifies the best hospitals, overall, as measured on the 100 Top Hospitals Balanced Scorecard. Hospitals are evaluated against similar hospitals, in terms of size and teaching status.

This year’s best hospitals are setting new standards compared to similar hospitals. If all Medicare inpatients received the same level of care as those in the 100 Top Hospitals winners:

• 98,000 additional patients would survive each year.
• About 197,000 patient complications would be avoided annually.
• Expenses would decrease $5.5 billion a year.
• The average patient stay would decrease by nearly half a day.

If the same standards were applied to all inpatients, the impact would be even greater.

STUDY DETAILS

• RELEASE DATE: March 29, 2010

To qualify: General and applicable specialty, short-term, acute care, non-federal U.S. hospitals treating a broad spectrum of patients.

Key performance measures:

• Risk-adjusted mortality index
• Risk-adjusted complications index
• Risk-adjusted patient safety index
• Core Measures score
• 30-day mortality rate
• 30-day risk-adjusted readmission rate
• Severity-adjusted average length of stay
• Expense per adjusted discharge, case mix- and wage-adjusted
• Profitability (operating profit margin)
• HCAHPS score (patient rating of overall hospital performance)

Data sources:

Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (MedPAR), 2007 and 2008; Medicare Cost Report, 2007 and 2008; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Compare, 2008

Read study methodology highlights.

THE 100 TOP HOSPITALS: EVEREST AWARD FOR NATIONAL BENCHMARKS

The Everest Award honors an elite special group of the National award winners. Everest Award winners have reached the highest level of accomplishment on the national Balanced Scorecard and have the fastest rates of long-term improvement. This award recognizes the boards, executives, and medical staff leaders who developed and executed strategies that enabled a culture of performance improvement to grow rapidly and consistently over five years within the hospital, and that resulted in setting national benchmarks for excellence in the industry.

Hospital	City, State	ID No.
Northeast Georgia Medical Center	Gainesville, GA	110029
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center	Chicago, IL	140182
Riverside Medical Center	Kankakee, IL	140186
Silver Cross Hospital	Joliet, IL	140213
Northwestern Memorial Hospital	Chicago, IL	140281
St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital	Indianapolis, IN	150084
Major Hospital	Shelbyville, IN	150097
The Finley Hospital	Dubuque, IA	160117
Providence Hospital and Medical Center	Southfield, MI	230019
Allegiance Health	Jackson, MI	230092
Munson Medical Center	Traverse City, MI	230097
St. Cloud Hospital	St. Cloud, MN	240036
Buffalo Hospital	Buffalo, MN	240076
Northeast Regional Medical Center	Kirksville, MO	260022
Robert Packer Hospital	Sayre, PA	390079
Skyline Medical Center	Nashville, TN	440006
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, TN	440039
St. Mary's Jefferson Memorial Hospital	Jefferson City, TN	440056
Saint Thomas Hospital	Nashville, TN	440082
Baptist Hospital	Nashville, TN	440133
Trinity Mother Frances Hospital	Tyler, TX	450102
Dixie Regional Medical Center	St. George, UT	460021
Memorial Regional Medical Center	Mechanicsville, VA	490069

THE 100 TOP HOSPITALS: NATIONAL BENCHMARKS
MAJOR TEACHING HOSPITALS
Hospital	City, State	ID No.
University Medical Center	Tucson, AZ	030064
UC San Diego Health System	San Diego, CA	050025
NorthShore University HealthSystem	Evanston, IL	140010
Rush University Medical Center	Chicago, IL	140119
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center	Chicago, IL	140182
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital	Park Ridge, IL	140223
Northwestern Memorial Hospital	Chicago, IL	140281
Ochsner Medical Center	New Orleans, LA	190036
Providence Hospital and Medical Center	Southfield, MI	230019
Mayo Clinic - Rochester Methodist Hospital	Rochester, MN	240061
University Hospitals Case Medical Center	Cleveland, OH	360137
Doctors Hospital	Columbus, OH	360152
Geisinger Medical Center	Danville, PA	390006
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, TN	440039
Scott and White Memorial Hospital	Temple, TX	450054
TEACHING HOSPITALS
Hospital	City, State	ID No.
Scripps Green Hospital	La Jolla, CA	050424
Rose Medical Center	Denver, CO	060032
Cleveland Clinic Florida	Weston, FL	100289
St. Luke's Boise Medical Center	Boise, ID	130006
Riverside Medical Center	Kankakee, IL	140186
St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital	Indianapolis, IN	150084
St. Luke's Hospital	Cedar Rapids, IA	160045
St. Elizabeth Healthcare	Edgewood, KY	180035
Trover Health System	Madisonville, KY	180093
Bronson Methodist Hospital	Kalamazoo, MI	230017
Spectrum Health Hospital Group	Grand Rapids, MI	230038
Munson Medical Center	Traverse City, MI	230097
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital	Ann Arbor, MI	230156
St. Cloud Hospital	St. Cloud, MN	240036
Alegent Health Bergan Mercy Medical Center	Omaha, NE	280060
Riverside Methodist Hospital	Columbus, OH	360006
Aultman Hospital	Canton, OH	360084
Hamot Medical Center	Erie, PA	390063
Robert Packer Hospital	Sayre, PA	390079
Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center	Sioux Falls, SD	430016
Sanford USD Medical Center	Sioux Falls, SD	430027
Baptist Hospital	Nashville, TN	440133
McKay-Dee Hospital Center	Ogden, UT	460004
Gundersen Lutheran Health System	La Crosse, WI	520087
Meriter Hospital	Madison, WI	520089
LARGE COMMUNITY HOSPITALS
Hospital	City, State	ID No.
Scottsdale Healthcare Shea	Scottsdale, AZ	030087
Saddleback Memorial Medical Center	Laguna Hills, CA	050603
Martin Memorial Medical Center	Stuart, FL	100044
Venice Regional Medical Center	Venice, FL	100070
Memorial Hospital West	Pembroke Pines, FL	100281
Northeast Georgia Medical Center	Gainesville, GA	110029
Silver Cross Hospital	Joliet, IL	140213
Central DuPage Hospital	Winfield, IL	140242
Community Hospital	Munster, IN	150125
Allegiance Health	Jackson, MI	230092
Boone Hospital Center	Columbia, MO	260068
Missouri Baptist Medical Center	St. Louis, MO	260108
Gaston Memorial Hospital	Gastonia, NC	340032
Maury Regional Medical Center	Columbia, TN	440073
Saint Thomas Hospital	Nashville, TN	440082
Memorial Health Care System	Chattanooga, TN	440091
Trinity Mother Frances Hospital	Tyler, TX	450102
St. David's Medical Center	Austin, TX	450431
Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center	Houston, TX	450610
Doctors Hospital at Renaissance	Edinburg, TX	450869
MEDIUM COMMUNITY HOSPITALS
Hospital	City, State	ID No.
Baptist Medical Center East	Montgomery, AL	010149
Montclair Hospital Medical Center	Montclair, CA	050758
Memorial Hospital Miramar	Miramar, FL	100285
Piedmont Fayette Hospital	Fayetteville, GA	110215
St. Vincent Carmel Hospital	Carmel, IN	150157
St. Francis Hospital-Indianapolis	Indianapolis, IN	150162
Jackson Purchase Medical Center	Mayfield, KY	180116
Minden Medical Center	Minden, LA	190144
Holland Hospital	Holland, MI	230072
Wooster Community Hospital	Wooster, OH	360036
Southwest General Health Center	Middleburg Heights, OH	360155
Mercy Hospital Clermont	Batavia, OH	360236
St. Elizabeth Boardman Health Center	Youngstown, OH	360276
DuBois Regional Medical Center	DuBois, PA	390086
Skyline Medical Center	Nashville, TN	440006
Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital	Katy, TX	450847
Dixie Regional Medical Center	St. George, UT	460021
Memorial Regional Medical Center	Mechanicsville, VA	490069
Aurora Sheboygan Memorial Medical Center	Sheboygan, WI	520035
Aurora BayCare Medical Center	Green Bay, WI	520193
SMALL COMMUNITY HOSPITALS
Hospital	City, State	ID No.
Evergreen Medical Center	Evergreen, AL	010148
Payson Regional Medical Center	Payson, AZ	030033
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital	Red Bluff, CA	050042
Desert Valley Hospital	Victorville, CA	050709
Parkview Huntington Hospital	Huntington, IN	150091
Major Hospital	Shelbyville, IN	150097
The Finley Hospital	Dubuque, IA	160117
St. Joseph Mercy Livingston Hospital	Howell, MI	230069
St. Joseph Hospital	Tawas City, MI	230100
St. Joseph Mercy Saline Hospital	Saline, MI	230212
Chelsea Community Hospital	Chelsea, MI	230259
Buffalo Hospital	Buffalo, MN	240076
Woodwinds Health Campus	Woodbury, MN	240213
Northeast Regional Medical Center	Kirksville, MO	260022
Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital	St. Peters, MO	260191
St. Mary's Jefferson Memorial Hospital	Jefferson City, TN	440056
StoneCrest Medical Center	Smyrna, TN	440227
Connally Memorial Medical Center	Floresville, TX	450108
Lake Whitney Medical Center	Whitney, TX	450270
American Fork Hospital	American Fork, UT	460023