A Thomson Reuters study of health systems based on eight measures of clinical quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction. Information sources include two public databases: Medicare Provider Analysis and Review, or MedPAR, and the CMS' Hospital Compare. Source: Thomson Reuters. Published May 30, 2011, p. 30.
This two-page download includes a list of the top 20% of health systems analyzed, including the 10 top systems overall.
This list of the 57 best-performing systems, the top quintile of 285 organizations analyzed, shows the 10 top systems for 2011 along with the other systems in the top quintile presented in alphabetical order. Thomson Reuters evaluated these health systems on eight measures of clinical quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction.
This list includes the following data points:
- Top health system study
- Top 10 system analysis performance measures
- System name
- Mortality index
- Complications index
- Patient-safety index
- Core measures
- 30-day mortality rate
- 30-day readmission rate
- Average length of stay
- National performance comparisons (aggregate): Medians and Benchmarks
- Mortality index
- Complications index
- Patient-safety index
- Core measures
- 30-day mortality rate
- 30-day readmission rate
- Average length of stay
- HCAHPS score
