Hospitals accredited by The Joint Commission continue to see improvements in collective quality performance, according to America's Hospitals: Improving Quality and Safety: The Joint Commission's 2014 Annual Report, and while 1,224 hospitals earned recognition as a "Top Performer" in at least one key quality measure, other hospitals went above and beyond.
Of the hospitals that earned recognition as "Top Performers," the 44 hospitals listed below collected and reported data on five or more core measure sets in 2013 and achieved "Top Performer" thresholds on all of those sets.
"These hospitals deserve congratulations for their initiative," said Mark Chassin, MD, FACP, MPP, MPH, president and CEO of The Joint Commission, in the report.
The hospitals are listed alphabetically, by state.
California
John Muir Medical Center-Concord Campus
Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Sacramento
Kaiser Foundation Hospital-South San Francisco
Florida
Doctors Hospital (Coral Gables)
Delray Medical Center (Delray Beach)
Lawnwood Regional Medical Center & Heart Institute (Fort Pierce)
Memorial Regional Hospital (Hollywood)
Baptist Hospital of Miami
West Kendall Baptist Hospital (Miami)
Orlando Health Central (Ocoee)
Venice (Fla.) HMA
Georgia
Gordon Hospital (Calhoun)
Hawaii
Kaiser Foundation Hospital (Honolulu)
Illinois
NorthShore University HealthSystem (Evanston)
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center (Mattoon)
Indiana
St. Catherine Hospital (East Chicago)
Kansas
Wesley Medical Center (Wichita)
Kentucky
St. Elizabeth Medical Center (Edgewood)
St. Elizabeth Medical Center (Florence)
St. Elizabeth Medical Center (Fort Thomas)
University of Kentucky Hospital (Lexington)
Louisiana
St. Francis Medical Center (Monroe)
St. Tammany Parish Hospital Service District No. 2 (Slidell)
Maryland
St. Mary's Hospital of St. Mary's County (Leonardtown)
Michigan
St. Joseph Mercy Oakland (Pontiac)
Missouri
SSM St. Mary's Health Center (Richmond Heights)
Nevada
Renown Regional Medical Center (Reno)
New Jersey
Saint Peter's University Hospital (New Brunswick)
New York
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (New York City)
North Carolina
Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center (Bolivia)
WakeMed Cary (N.C.) Hospital
Carolinas Medical Center (Charlotte)
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority (Concord)
Ohio
Blanchard Valley Health System (Findlay)
Atrium Medical Center (Middletown)
Pennsylvania
Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital (Darby)
Hahnemann University Hospital (Philadelphia)
Temple University Hospital (Philadelphia)
Williamsport (Pa.) Regional Medical Center
South Carolina
Novant Health Gaffney (S.C.) Medical Center
Tennessee
Blount Memorial Hospital (Maryville)
Texas
Methodist Hospital (San Antonio)
Washington
Highline Medical Center (Burien)
Wisconsin
St. Elizabeth Hospital (Appleton)