PR Newswire
ANN ARBOR, Mich, April 22, 2018
ANN ARBOR, Mich, April 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM Watson Health™ (NYSE: IBM) today published its 15 Top Health Systems™ annual study identifying top-performing health systems in the U.S. based on overall organizational performance. Formerly known as the Truven Health Analytics® 15 Top Health Systems, this study spotlights its best-performing health systems in the U.S., based on a balanced scorecard of measures derived from publicly available clinical, operational, and patient satisfaction data. It has been conducted annually since 2008.
This year's study finds that of those health systems surveyed, the country's top-performing health systems are achieving better clinical and operational performance through more consistent care among member hospitals. The 2018 Watson Health 15 Top Health Systems study features a quantitative measure of member hospital alignment, which evaluates the consistency of clinical and operational performance among the individual hospitals within each health system. It finds a small but discernable difference in the level of individual hospital alignment within top-performing health systems than is found in peer group health systems. Specifically, the annual volatility in key performance measures is 1.9 percentage points lower among the member hospitals of winning health systems than it is among peer group health system members.
The trend of lower overall variability, or volatility, within individual member hospital performance metrics among winning health systems is statistically significant over a five-year period.
"Intuitively, many healthcare professionals have believed for years that individual hospital alignment is a key to health system success, but alignment has been difficult to quantify. Put simply, we wanted to determine how well health systems are achieving the goal of delivering a consistent patient experience in each of their facilities, and start benchmarking that performance each year," said Jean Chenoweth, Senior Program Director, 100 Top Hospitals Programs, IBM Watson Health. "Based on our data, it is clear that better hospital alignment does indeed play a role in overall health system performance, and it is something we will be investigating further."
Following were the key performance measures on which 15 Top Health Systems showed the most significant outperformance versus non-winning peer group health systems:
The Watson Health 15 Top Health Systems study evaluates health system performance across nine clinical and operational performance benchmarks: risk-adjusted inpatient mortality index, risk-adjusted complications index, mean healthcare-associated infection index, mean 30-day risk-adjusted mortality rate, mean 30-day risk-adjusted readmission rate, severity-adjusted length of stay, mean emergency department throughput, Medicare spend per beneficiary index and HCAHPS score.
Extrapolating the results of this year's study, if all Medicare inpatients were similarly situated and received the same level of care as those treated in the award-winning facilities:
To conduct the 100 Top Hospitals study, IBM Watson Health researchers evaluated 338 health systems and 2,422 health system member hospitals. All research was based on the following public data sets: Medicare cost reports, Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (MEDPAR) data, and Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) and patient satisfaction data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Compare website. Hospitals do not apply for awards, and winners do not pay to market this honor.
For more information, visit www.100tophospitals.com.
Here are the winning health systems, by category:
Large Health Systems
Mayo Foundation – Rochester, MN
Mercy – Chesterfield, MO
Sentara Healthcare – Norfolk, VA
St. Luke's Health System – Boise, ID
UCHealth – Aurora, CO
Medium Health Systems
Aspirus Network – Wausau, WI
HealthPartners – Bloomington, MN
Mercy Health, Cincinnati – Cincinnati, OH
Mission Health – Asheville, NC
TriHealth – Cincinnati, OH
Small Health Systems
Asante – Medford, OR
CHI St. Joseph Health – Bryan, TX
Maury Regional Health – Columbia, TN
Roper St. Francis Healthcare – Charleston, SC
UPMC Susquehanna Health System – Williamsport, PA
About the IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals® Program
The IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals, formerly the Truven Health Analytics 100 Top Hospitals, program uses independent and objective research to analyze hospital and health system performance. Organizations do not apply or pay for this honor or pay to promote their award. Award-winning hospitals and health systems prove that better care is possible and provide an example for other organizations to follow across the industry. The 100 Top Hospitals award winners demonstrate top performance on both how patients are cared for under clinical measures and how the hospital performs as an efficient business. 100 Top Hospitals is a registered trademark of Truven Health Analytics, part of the IBM Watson Health business. Visit 100tophospitals.com for more information.
About IBM Watson Health
Watson Health is a business unit of IBM that is dedicated to the development and implementation of cognitive and data-driven technologies to advance health. Watson Health technologies are tackling a wide range of the world's biggest healthcare challenges including cancer, diabetes, drug discovery and more. Learn more at ibm.com/watson/health.
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