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WHAT IS IT?

The 16th edition of the Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals®: National Benchmarks study identifies industry benchmarks by recognizing 100 U.S. hospitals that demonstrate superior clinical, operational, and financial performance. For details, click here.

The 100 Top Hospitals: Everest Award for National Benchmarks honors an elite group of 23 National award winners that have also shown the fastest rates of long-term improvement. For details, click here.

WHO CONDUCTED THE STUDY?

The study is presented by the Healthcare business of Thomson Reuters.

WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?

The study was released on March 30, 2009.

WHICH HOSPITALS WON?

For a complete list of National award winners, click here.
For a complete list of Everest award winners, click here.

HOW WERE THE WINNERS CHOSEN?

Thomson Reuters assigned each hospital in the study group to one of five comparison groups according to bed size, teaching status, and residency program involvement. Within the comparison groups, each hospital was ranked on the basis of its performance on key performance measures. Thomson Reuters then summed each hospital's performance-measure ranking to arrive at a total ranking for the hospital. Everest award winners were the National winners that also had the fastest rates of long-term (five-year) improvement.

For more details on methodology, click here.

WHAT WERE SOME OF THE KEY FINDINGS?

The 100 Top Hospitals have higher survival rates, keep more patients complication-free, and have lower expenses — all while maintaining financial stability. We estimate that if all Medicare inpatients received the same level of care as those in the 100 Top Hospitals winners:

  • More than 107,500 additional patients would survive each year
  • More than 132,000 patient complications would be avoided annually
  • Expenses would decline by an aggregate $5.9 billion a year
  • The average patient stay would decrease by nearly half a day
The 100 Top Hospitals award winners also:
  • Have higher patient satisfaction, overall
  • Have better patient safety, saving lives and dollars

CAN I GET A COPY OF THE COMPLETE STUDY?

Yes. For a complimentary study abstract, click here.
Winners: You can log in and view it online by clicking here.

WHO DO I CONTACT FOR MORE INFORMATION?

Media inquiries should be made to David Wilkins at +1 734 913 3397 or david.wilkins@thomsonreuters.com. For all other inquiries, please click here.


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