100 Top Hospitals
An Exceptional Achievement
BEVERLY, Mass. (March 3, 2015) - Beverly and
Addison Gilbert Hospitals were this week named among the nation's
100 Top Hospitals® by Truven Health Analytics,TM a leading provider
of data-driven analytics and solutions to improve the cost and
quality of health care.
The Truven Health 100 Top Hospitals® study identifies hospitals
and leadership teams that provide the highest level of value to
their communities, based on a national balanced scorecard. The 100
Top Hospitals balanced scorecard measures overall organizational
performance across 11 key analytic measures including patient care,
operational efficiency and financial stability. The study has been
conducted annually since 1993. This is the seventh time the
organization has been recognized with this honor.
"We are extremely pleased to be included among Truven Health's
100 Top Hospitals in the United States," said Beverly and Addison
Gilbert Hospitals CEO Philip M. Cormier. "This recognition
demonstrates our ability to deliver safe, high quality and
efficient care close to home, while always remaining innovative and
forward-thinking. This award is an acknowledgment of the strength
of Lahey Health and the coordination of care and resources across
our entire system."
To conduct the 100 Top Hospitals study, Truven Health
researchers evaluated close to 3,000 short-term, acute-care,
nonfederal hospitals. Risk-adjusted methodologies were used to
analyze public information - Medicare cost reports, Medicare
Provider Analysis and Review (MEDPAR) data, and core measures and
patient satisfaction data from the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Compare reports. Hospitals do not
apply, and winners do not pay to market this honor.
The winning hospitals were announced in the March 2, 2015,
edition of Modern Healthcare magazine.
"This year's 100 Top Hospitals represent the highest national
standards in hospital care and management today. They set the
benchmarks for peers around the country to follow - consistently
delivering outstanding quality of care, satisfaction and community
value at a reasonable cost," said Jean Chenoweth, senior vice
president for performance improvement and the 100 Top Hospitals
program at Truven Health Analytics. "The majority of the 2015 award
winners have produced year-to-year performance improvement, as
well. This speaks to the consistent focus on excellence by the
entire organization and the men and women who serve patients."
The study shows that if all hospitals in the U.S. performed at
the level of this year's winners:
- 126,471 additional lives could be saved
- 108,926 additional patients could be complication-free
- $1.8 billion in inpatient costs could be saved
- The average patient stay would decrease by half a day
- Episode-of-illness expense would be 2 percent lower than the
peer average
126,471 additional lives could be saved 108,926 additional
patients could be complication-free $1.8 billion in inpatient costs
could be saved The average patient stay would decrease by half a
day Episode-of-illness expense would be 2 percent lower than the
peer average
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