Prime Healthcare hospitals have been named to the
Fortune/Merative® 100 Top Hospitals list that recognizes the top-performing hospitals in the nation. Three
of the eight Prime hospitals have been recognized five or more times.
With this year’s recognition, Prime Healthcare hospitals have been
awarded “100 Top Hospital” status 66 times.
Merative (formerly IBM/Watson Health) identified the top hospitals from
a rigorous evaluation of 2,650 short-term, acute care, non-federal hospitals
in the U.S. The annual list recognizes excellence in clinical outcomes,
operational efficiency, patient experience, and financial health. Merative
established the list to help identify best practices that may help other
healthcare organizations achieve consistent, balanced, and sustainable
high performance.
Prime Healthcare recipients of the 2022 Fortune/Merative®100 Top Hospitals
List include:
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Centinela Hospital Medical Center, in Inglewood, CA, a six-time honoree
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Desert Valley Hospital in Victorville, California, a seven-time honoree
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East Liverpool City Hospital in East Liverpool, Ohio, a five-time honoree
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Garden City Hospital in Garden City, Michigan, a two-time honoree
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Lake Huron Medical Center in Port Huron, Michigan
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La Palma Intercommunity Hospital in La Palma, California, a two-time honoree
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Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nevada, a three-time honoree
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Saint Michael's Medical Center in Newark, New Jersey
Recognition as one of the Fortune/Merative 100 Top Hospitals demonstrates
Prime Healthcare’s ongoing commitment to prioritize patient-centered,
value-based care. According to Merative, as compared to similar hospitals,
the hospitals included on the Fortune/Merative 100 Top Hospitals list
had better results on key clinical and operational performance indicators.
These include survival rates, patient complications, healthcare-associated
infections, 30-day mortality and 30-day hospital-wide readmission rates,
length of stay, throughput in emergency departments, inpatient expenses,
profitability, and ratings from patients.
“Prime’s mission is to bring quality compassionate care to
communities, expand access, promote health equity by bringing care to
those most in need, and improve the health of all we serve,” said
Sunny Bhatia, MD, Chief Medical Officer for Prime Healthcare. “Many of these award-winning hospitals have been transformed as
members of Prime, and receiving this national recognition reflects our
unique ability to save community hospitals and ensure they deliver the
highest quality of care. We are grateful to our physicians, nurses, and
staff who dedicate themselves to providing exceptional care.”
The 100 Top Hospitals list also incorporates a community health measure
into its ranking process. Hospitals were surveyed across three components:
1) assessing hospital contributions to community health as a provider
of critical services; 2) identifying ways that hospitals contribute as
a community partner by teaming up with local organizations; and 3) focusing
on ways that hospitals promote community health and support economic and
social progress. Prime Healthcare was recently recognized for its commitment
to community and social determinants of health by The Joint Commission with the
2021 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award in the “National Level Innovation in Patient Safety and Quality”
category. Prime was recognized for its groundbreaking initiatives that
are consistent with the aims of the National Quality Strategy: better
care, healthy people and communities, and smarter spending.
According to Merative, this year’s 100 Top Hospitals study revealed
significant differences between award winners and their non-winning peers.
The study’s highest-performing hospitals:
- Had lower inpatient mortality, considering patient severity
- Had fewer patient complications
- Delivered care that resulted in fewer HAIs
- Had lower 30-day mortality and 30-day hospital-wide readmission rates
- Sent patients home sooner
- Kept inpatient expenses low while still maintaining a healthy financial
environment
- Scored higher on patient ratings of their overall hospital experience
“We are honored to have many of our Prime Healthcare Foundation hospitals
named as national 100 Top Hospitals,” said
Kavitha Bhatia, MD, MMM, FAAP, President and Chair of Prime Healthcare
Foundation and Chief Medical Officer of Strategy for Prime Healthcare. “Our
hospitals have lived their mission of saving lives and serving communities
at a time when that mission has never been more important. We are grateful
for the unwavering and selfless dedication of our leaders, physicians,
staff, and frontline caregivers for their commitment to health equity
and remarkable and life-changing service.”
According to Merative’s analysis, if all hospitals performed at the
same high level as those comprising the Top 100 list – one of the
aims of annually publishing the data is to improve performance across
the sector – it would prevent 104,000 patient deaths, 55,000 patients
from having complications, and $12.5 billion in spending on in-patient care.
“Merative’s researchers found that hospitals that have repeatedly
ranked among the 100 Top Hospitals tend to share seven key characteristics,
including a mature culture and a commitment to maintaining it, nursing
excellence, deeply committed leadership, quality-focused hospital boards,
an embrace of data and innovative technology, and local autonomy within
health systems,” said Erika Fry, senior writer, Fortune. For more
information about the study,visit
http://www.100tophospitals.com/
About Prime Healthcare and Prime Healthcare Foundation
As an award-winning health system headquartered in Ontario, California,
operating 45 hospitals and more than 300 outpatient locations in 14 states,
Prime Healthcare provides more than 2.6 million patient visits annually.
It is one of the nation’s leading health systems with nearly 50,000
employees and physicians. Fourteen of the Prime Healthcare hospitals are
members of the Prime Healthcare Foundation, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit
public charity. To learn more, please visit
www.primehealthcare.com.
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