Chicago, Ill. – Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center today was named one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals® by Truven Health Analytics for a sixth consecutive year.
The 100 Top Hospitals program recognizes organizations that have achieved excellence in several areas, including patient care, operational efficiency and financial stability. Only nine other Illinois hospitals were named to the list for 2015.
“We are thrilled to again be included on this elite list,” said Susan Nordstrom Lopez, Advocate Illinois Masonic president. “That we’ve received the 100 Top Hospital honor for the sixth consecutive year illustrates the support of our community and the incredible work of our amazing physicians and associates, who care for our patients with all their hearts each and every day.”
100 Top Hospital recipients were identified through an in-depth analysis by Truven Health, which evaluated close to 3,000 short-term, acute care, non-federal hospitals in ten 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 heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia.
According to Truven Health Analytics, a leading provider of information and solutions to improve the cost and quality of health care, if all Medicare inpatients received the same level of care as Medicare patients treated at the 100 Top Hospitals, more than 126,000 additional lives could be saved each year, nearly 109,000 patient complications would be avoided and more than $1.8 billion in inpatient costs could be saved.
“This recognition is a further tribute to our focus on keeping the patients in our care safe and treating them with the utmost compassion,” said Dr. Robert Zadylak, vice president of medical management for Advocate Illinois Masonic. “We are excited to be again be included on this select list this year, along with our sister hospitals—Advocate Christ Medical Center, Advocate Condell Medical Center, Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital and Advocate Lutheran General Hospital.”
The full list of 100 Top Hospitals can be found at www.100tophospitals.com.
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About Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center is a 408-bed hospital in Chicago with a Level I trauma center and a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, the highest designations awarded by the state of Illinois. It offers comprehensive inpatient services, including medical, surgical, obstetrics and pediatric care, as well as a full breadth of outpatient services. A recipient of numerous awards for quality and clinical excellence, Illinois Masonic has been ranked one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals for the past six consecutive years by Truven Health Analytics, as well as named a recipient of the organization’s Everest Award for National Benchmarks in 2010 and 2013. The medical center has also been named a Leader in the Human Rights Campaign’s Healthcare Equality Index for the past six years, as well as one of the Chicago region’s Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for the past two years. In 2012, the hospital again achieved Magnet designation for excellence and quality in nursing services by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Magnet Recognition Program, as well as certification as a Primary Stroke Center by The Joint Commission. Illinois Masonic is part of Advocate Health Care, a 2014 Truven Health Analytics Top 15 U.S. health care system for quality and clinical performance and the largest provider of health care services in Illinois. For more on Illinois Masonic, visit www.advocatehealth.com/masonic.