DOWNERS GROVE, Ill – Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital was named today as one of the 100 Top Hospitals in the nation for the sixth time.
Good Samaritan Hospital is one of 10 hospitals in Illinois named to the list, published by Truven Health Analytics, formerly the healthcare business of Thomson Reuters.
“Our 100 Top Hospitals recognition reflects a tremendous commitment to high reliability and performance excellence by the associates, physicians and volunteers of Good Samaritan Hospital,” said Dave Fox, president of Good Samaritan Hospital. “Congratulations to all for collaborating on the delivery of truly great care for the people we serve.”
The annual 100 Top Hospitals study evaluates hospitals on overall organization performance, including patient care, operational efficiency and financial stability. It compares hospitals against similar facilities in terms of size and teaching status.
“Delivering high-quality, safe clinical care day in and day out remains our top priority,” said Dr. Charles Derus, Vice President of Medical Management at Good Samaritan Hospital.
Good Samaritan Hospital was among nearly 3,000 short-term, acute care, non-federal hospitals evaluated by Truven Health. Researchers used public information to evaluate performance in 10 areas: mortality; medical complications; patient safety; average patient stay; expenses; profitability; patient satisfaction; adherence to clinical standards of care; post-discharge mortality; and readmission rates for acute myocardial infarction (heart attack), heart failure, and pneumonia. The study has been conducted annually since 1993.
Hospitals do not apply, and winners do not pay to market this honor. The winning hospitals were announced in the current edition of Modern Healthcare magazine.
“Since 1993, 100 Top Hospitals award winners have proven that better care and operational efficiency can be achieved simultaneously – even during tumultuous industry change,” the 100 Top Hospitals analysis stated.
Study projections indicate that if the new national benchmarks of high performance were achieved by all hospitals in the U.S.:
• Nearly 126,500 additional lives could be saved
• Nearly 109,000 additional patients could be complication-free
• $1.8 billion in inpatient costs could be saved
• The typical patient could be released from the hospital half a day sooner
• Episode of illness expense would be 2 percent lower than the peer median.
For more information, visit www.100tophospitals.com