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WHAT IS IT?

The Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals®: Performance Improvement Leaders study recognizes U.S. hospitals and their leadership teams that made the greatest progress in improving hospital-wide performance over five years. 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 August 11, 2008.

WHICH HOSPITALS WON?

For a complete list of winners, click here.

HOW WERE THE WINNERS CHOSEN?

This study is based on the National Benchmarks study and uses a multi-year trending tool. For more details on methodology, click here.

WHAT WERE SOME OF THE KEY FINDINGS?

The study shows significant improvement of both the Performance Improvement Leaders award winners and the medians for all other hospitals. While the Performance Improvement Leaders award winners improved much faster across all metrics, the winning hospitals showed increased survival rates, better patient safety, shorter lengths of stay, increased profits, and improved liquidity.

CAN I GET A COPY OF THE COMPLETE STUDY?

Yes. For a complimentary study abstract, click here.
Winners: Your complimentary custom study has been mailed to you. You can log in and download your complimentary abstract 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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