Spectrum Health United Hospital and Zeeland Community Hospital Named to Top 100 List

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – March 7, 2017 – Spectrum Health United Hospital and Spectrum Health Zeeland Community Hospital were named two of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals^® by Truven Health Analytics®, part of the IBM Watson Health^TM business, which annually measures the cost and quality of health care. Of all the small hospitals evaluated nationwide, they are two of 20 hospitals to receive this honor.

The Truven Health 100 Top Hospitals is the most comprehensive, academically driven study of its kind. It identifies hospitals and leadership teams that provide the highest value to their communities based on a scorecard that measures overall organizational performance in 11 areas, including lower complications, lower costs and increased quality outcomes. The study has been conducted annually since 1993.

“It is an honor for both of our hospitals to be recognized in the top 100 hospitals, as it shows our commitment to excellent quality, safety and patient satisfaction,” said Andrea Leslie, president, United Hospital. “It also demonstrates that the efforts of our medical staff and employees are making a difference, and patients are receiving care from top hospitals located in their backyards,” added Ron Lewis, president, Zeeland Community Hospital.

Based on the results of this year’s study, if all Medicare inpatients received the same level of care as those treated in the award-winning facilities:

Nearly 89,000 additional lives could be saved
Over 61,000 additional patients could be complication free
Over 5.6 billion in inpatient costs could be saved
The average patient stay would decrease by half a day
Over 300,000 fewer discharged patients would be readmitted within 30 days
Patients would spend nine minutes less in hospital emergency departments, per visit

“The hospital industry’s ongoing transition from fee-for-serve to value-based care appears to be bearing some positive results for both patients and payers,” said Jean Chenoweth, senior vice president at Truven Health Analytics. “The magnitude of improvement we’ve observed over the last five years is greater than any other five-year period we’ve tracked. On top of that, this year’s winners have reached new highs in performance in comparison to peers across the country, which suggests that improvement in value from hospitals is likely to continue.”

The winning hospitals were announced in the March 6 edition of Modern Healthcare magazine. For more information, visit 100tophospitals.com.

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About Truven Health Analytics, part of the IBM Watson Health business

Truven Health Analytics^®, part of the IBM Watson Health™ business, provides market-leading performance improvement solutions built on data integrity, advanced analytics and domain expertise. For more than 40 years, our insights and solutions have been providing hospitals and clinicians, employers and health plans, state and federal government agencies, life sciences companies and policymakers, the facts they need to make confident decisions that directly affect the health and well-being of people and organizations in the US and around the world. The company was acquired by IBM in 2016 to help form a new business, Watson Health. Watson Health aspires to improve lives and give hope by delivering innovation to address the world’s most pressing health challenges through data and cognitive insights.

Truven Health Analytics owns some of the most trusted brands in healthcare, such as MarketScan^®, 100 Top Hospitals^®, Advantage Suite^®, Micromedex^®, Simpler ^® and ActionOI ^®. Truven Health has its principal offices in Ann Arbor, MI, Chicago, IL and Denver, CO.

For more information, visit truvenhealth.com

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Email: KellyL.Johnson@spectrumhealth.org