Truven Health Analytics prides itself on, well, analyzing data. So when it came to picking this year’s top 15 hospitals, Truven analysts turned to crunching numbers.
The winning health systems are those who showed higher survival rates and fewer errors at a lower overall treatment cost than any of the other health systems across the country.
- Overall mortality rates were 14.7 percent lower than non-winning peer group hospitals
- Complication rates were 15.1 percent lower
- ED wait times were 12.3 percent lower.
The 15 health systems also lowered cost per episode by 5 percent, discharged patients from the hospital a half-day sooner than non-winners. Moreover, they showed y percent higher Patient Satisfaction Scores compared with the non-winning hospitals.
The 2016 edition of 15 Top Health Systems evaluated 338 health systems and 2,912 member hospitals to identify the systems with the highest overall achievement on a balanced scorecard.
Here are the winners:
Large Health Systems (operating expense of more than $1.75 billion)
Mayo Foundation – Rochester, Minn.
Mercy – Chesterfield, Missouri
Spectrum Health – Grand Rapids, Michigan
Sutter Health – Sacramento, California
Sutter Health Valley Division – Sacramento, California
Medium Health Systems (operating expense between $750 million and $1.75 billion)
Kettering Health Network – Dayton, Ohio
Scripps Health – San Diego, California
St. Luke's Health System – Boise, Idaho
St. Vincent Health – Indianapolis
TriHealth – Cincinnati, Ohio
Small Health Systems (operating expense of less than $750 million)
Asante – Medford, Oregon
Lovelace Health System – Albuquerque, New Mexico
MidMichigan Health – Midland, Michigan