100 Top Hospitals news and information

Swim with a friend. Never go hiking alone. There's safety in numbers. Travel with a group. All are expressions we've heard since our parents thought we were old enough to understand. What we didn't know then was that the same principles apply in healthcare delivery.
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Acquisition activity has reached a fever pitch, motivated in large part by healthcare reform and economic uncertainty. But what has long been a clear business case for consolidation may also be among best practices for clinical outcomes.
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Race plays a role in how patients fare on some of the outcome measures included in Medicare's pay-for-performance programs.
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While black males still live five-and-a-half years less than their white counterparts on average, a study shows that in the past decade, the U.S. has made unprecedented progress in decreasing the life-expectancy gap between blacks and whites.
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This year, I have the privilege of introducing you to Truven Health Analytics, formerly the healthcare business of Thomson Reuters. With the support of Veritas Capital, our new owner, Truven Health Analytics is dedicated to the same mission and standards of excellence to provide objective,...
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Readmissions at an inpatient heart-failure unit at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas plummeted to 7% from 29% in nine months.
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About a decade ago, the board of directors of Tanner Health System in Carrollton, Ga., decided to make an absolute commitment to patient satisfaction and quality. That commitment has gotten results, with the three-hospital system for the first time being named among Thomson Reuters' 15 Top Health...
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If you must have heart trouble, have it in Canton, Ohio. The two major hospitals serving this city of 70,000—337-bed Mercy Medical Center and 547-bed Aultman Hospital—offer cardiovascular services that rival any in the nation. Both appear on the Thomson Reuters 50 Top Cardiovascular...
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Is quality healthcare cheaper or does it come at a higher cost? According to an exclusive study conducted for Modern Healthcare by Thomson Reuters using data from research to determine its annual list of the 100 Top Hospitals, the bottom line is that doing less actually equals more, at least when...
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Hospitals that spend less money on pharmaceuticals also take better care of their patients. That's one key finding from an in-depth analysis of finances and care quality at thousands of hospitals across the U.S., performed by analytics firm Thomson Reuters at the request of Modern...
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