Healthgrades announced the 2013 Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence recipients, which comprise the top 5 percent of hospitals in the country based on performance in clinical outcomes.
Healthgrades' "Hospital Quality Clinical Excellence Report 2013" honors 262 hospitals for demonstrating superior performance in risk-adjusted mortality rates and in-hospital complication rates across at least 19 of 27 of the most common inpatient conditions and procedures from 2009 through 2011, according to the report. The data used to assess hospitals' performance came from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Medicare Provider Analysis and Review database.
According to Healthgrades, from 2009 through 2011, the risk-adjusted mortality rate across 18 procedures and conditions where in-hospital mortality was the clinical outcome was 30.9 percent lower for Distinguished Hospitals for Clinical Excellence compared with other hospitals. During the same time period, if all other hospitals performed at the level of the Distinguished Hospitals for Clinical Excellence, 164,414 lives could have potentially been saved, according to the report.
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Healthgrades' "Hospital Quality Clinical Excellence Report 2013" honors 262 hospitals for demonstrating superior performance in risk-adjusted mortality rates and in-hospital complication rates across at least 19 of 27 of the most common inpatient conditions and procedures from 2009 through 2011, according to the report. The data used to assess hospitals' performance came from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Medicare Provider Analysis and Review database.
According to Healthgrades, from 2009 through 2011, the risk-adjusted mortality rate across 18 procedures and conditions where in-hospital mortality was the clinical outcome was 30.9 percent lower for Distinguished Hospitals for Clinical Excellence compared with other hospitals. During the same time period, if all other hospitals performed at the level of the Distinguished Hospitals for Clinical Excellence, 164,414 lives could have potentially been saved, according to the report.
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