Five Pennsylvania hospitals received Healthgrades' "America's Best Hospitals Award" for 2018.
One of the hospitals — Lancaster General — was in the top 1 percent of hospitals in the country and the others were in the top 2 percent of hospitals in the country.
According to Healthgrades, the hospitals that receive its awards have superior clinical outcomes across the majority of common inpatient conditions and procedures. Healthgrades says that these hospitals sustained their performance for at least five consecutive years.
The analysis by Healthgrades found that these hospitals outperformed their counterparts in treating a core group of conditions that account for more than 80 percent of deaths in the areas evaluated for the rankings.
The Pennsylvania hospitals that ranked among the best 100 hospitals in America are:
- Chester County Hospital- West Chester, PA
- Lancaster General Hospital - Lancaster, PA
- Lankenau Medical Center - Wynnewood, PA
- Reading Hospital- West Reading, PA
- Thomas Jefferson University Hospital—Jefferson Health- Philadelphia, PA (Including: Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience—Jefferson Health and Methodist Hospital—Jefferson Health)
The top 100 hospitals received Healthgrades' Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence award for at least the last five years.
Hospitals that receive the Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence are evaluated for performance on 32 procedures and conditions to identify the hospitals with superior performance overall. Healthgrades then determines an overall performance score for each hospital.
The procedures and conditions evaluated in the methodology include heart attack, pancreatitis, pneumonia, sepsis, stroke, bariatric surgery, defibrillator procedures and spinal fusion. (Read more about the methodology here.)
"Hospitals that have been named an America's 50 and 100 Best Hospital by Healthgrades have achieved and sustained high-quality outcomes for their patients over many years and continue to set themselves apart to consumers," said Brad Bowman, MD, chief medical officer at Healthgrades. "We commend the recipients of this distinction."
To be eligible for the rankings, a hospital must be evaluated in at least 21 of the procedures and conditions. Healthgrades uses Medicare inpatient data purchased from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
SOURCE: PATCH
