Press Ganey, a healthcare performance improvement organization, has announced the winners of its 2015 Guardian of Excellence Awards.
The award recognizes top-performing healthcare organizations that have consistently achieved the 95th percentile or above of performance in one of the following areas: clinical quality, employee engagement, patient experience and physician engagement.
All total, more than 300 Guardian of Excellence Awards were given, including the following 17 for clinical quality, listed alphabetically.
- Aspen (Colo.) Valley Hospital
- Beloit (Wis.) Health System
- Cannon Memorial Hospital (Pickens, S.C.)
- Doctors Community Hospital (Lanham, Md.)
- Herrin (Ill.) Hospital
- Inova Mount Vernon Hospital (Alexandria, Va.)
- Arthur Dosher Memorial Hospital (Southport, N.C.)
- Miami County Medical Center (Paola, Kan.)
- Northern Maine Medical Center (Fort Kent)
- Northwest Hospital (Randallstown, Md.)
- Rush Oak Park (Ill.) Hospital
- Salem (Ohio) Regional Medical Center
- Sauk Prairie Healthcare (Prairie Du Sac, Wis.)
- SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital-Audrain (Mexico, Mo.)
- Agnes Hospital (Fond du Lac, Wis.)
- Troy (Ala.) Regional Medical Center
- UT Southwestern Medical Center-Zale Lipshy University Hospital (Dallas)
For a complete list of winners in all categories, click here.
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