Thomson Reuters® 100 Top Hospitals Award Winners
The only Community Hospitals in South Florida to earn honors – Memorial Healthcare System is pleased to announce that two of its hospitals – Memorial Hospital West in Pembroke Pines and Memorial Hospital Miramar in Miramar – are among the 2009 Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals® recognized for exceptional overall organizational performance.
The Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals®: National Benchmarks study evaluates performance in 10 areas: mortality, medical complications, patient safety, average length of stay, expenses, profitability, patient satisfaction, adherence to clinical standards of care, and post-discharge mortality and readmission rates for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure and pneumonia.
“To be ranked among the top 100 in this nationwide study of nearly 3,000 hospitals is an honor that reflects our dedication to delivering outstanding medical care in a patient- and family-centered environment,” said Frank Sacco, president and CEO of Memorial Healthcare System. “Awards such as this confirm that our commitment to providing healthcare with humanity leads to overall excellence – going beyond what is expected to what is exceptional.”
“This year’s study magnified the value that 100 Top Hospital award winners provide to their communities. Even during the economic downturn, the 100 Top Hospitals maintained a profit from operations while raising the bar for clinical quality and patient satisfaction,” said Jean Chenoweth, senior vice president for performance improvement and 100 Top Hospitals programs at Thomson Reuters. “The insistence of these hospitals’ leaders – their boards, executive teams and medical staffs – on overall excellence makes the difference.”
According to Thomson Reuters, if all Medicare inpatients received the same level of care as those treated in these top 100 Top Hospitals award winners, then: 1. More than 98,000 additional patients would survive each year , 2. More than 197,000 patient complications would be avoided annually, 3. Expenses would decline by an aggregate $5.5 billion a year, 4. The average patient stay would decrease by nearly half a day.
For more information about Memorial Healthcare System you may visit www.mhs.net or please call to Memorial Hospital West (954) 436-5000 or Memorial Hospital Miramar at (954) 538-5000.
Premio Thomson Reuters® 100 Top Hospitals
Reciben hospitales del Sistema de Salud Memorial
Siendo los únicos hospitales comunitarios en el Sur de la Florida en recibir este honor, el Memorial Healthcare System esta celebrando que dos de sus hospitales (Memorial Hospital West en Pembroke Pines y Memorial Hospital Miramar en Miramar) se encuentran en la lista de los 100 mejores hospitales de Thomson Reuters (Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals®) del 2009 por su excepcional desempeño organizacional global.
El estudio de los puntos de referencia nacionales (National Benchmarks) de Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals® evalúa el desempeño en 10 áreas: tasa de mortalidad, complicaciones médicas, seguridad del paciente, duración promedio de la estancia, gastos, rentabilidad, satisfacción del paciente, cumplimiento de las normas clínicas para el cuidado, y las tasas de mortalidad tras el alta y de reingreso por infarto agudo de miocardio, insuficiencia cardiaca y neumonía.
“Ser clasificado entre los 100 mejores en este estudio a nivel nacional de casi 3,000 hospitales es un honor que refleja nuestra dedicación a brindar atención médica de excelencia en un entorno centrado en los pacientes y las familias”, afirmó Frank Sacco, presidente y CEO de Memorial Healthcare System. “Premios como éste confirman que nuestro compromiso de proporcionar atención médica con humanidad conduce a la excelencia en general, yendo más allá de lo que se espera a lo que es excepcional”.
Según Thomson Reuters, si todos los pacientes de Medicare recibieran el mismo nivel de cuidado que los que son tratados en estos hospitales incluidos en la lista de los 100 mejores hospitales, entonces: 1.Sobrevivirían más de 98,000 pacientes adicionales al año, 2. Se evitarían más de 197,000 complicaciones en los pacientes anualmente,
