BWH Named to Solucient 100 Top Hospitals Benchmarks List
For the 11th time, BWH was named to the Solucient 100 Top Hospitals® National Benchmarks list that was released in March. Only one other hospital in the country has been recognized this number of times. This year, 15 major teaching hospitals and three Massachusetts hospitals also made this prestigious ranking following Solucient’s review of several performance measures, outcomes and fiscal responsibility.
“This achievement is a credit to everyone across our distributed campus and our dedication to delivering the highest quality care every day,” BWH President Gary Gottlieb, MD, MBA, said. “We are among the very best hospitals in the country when it comes to caring for patients with the most complex illnesses, and we should all be incredibly proud of the lives we touch.”
Solucient, an Evanston, Ill.-based health care information company, analyzes more than 2,000 hospitals from across the country and compares facilities based on size and teaching status using performance measures, including mortality and infection rates, average length of stay, patient safety, operating margins and cost per discharge. BWH ranks among the best major teaching hospitals in the nation.
BWH scored above the median for top performing large teaching hospitals on four core measures for treatment of acute myocardial infarction and two core measures for congestive heart failure. Also, the hospital outpaced even the best large teaching hospitals on the list when Solucient analyzed risk-adjusted complications index and the risk-adjusted patient safety index.
In addition to gaining high scores on patient outcomes and safety measures, BWH received accolades for its fiscal health, which enables the hospital to continue investing in technology, infrastructure and facilities.
“We’re fortunate to have both expert clinicians and a capable operations team who work so well together in making sure we deliver the best and safest care now and for years to come,” BWH Chief Operating Officer Kate Walsh said.
To read more about this award, visit www.100tophospitals.com