The community health measure is weighted equally with other ranking measures.Įl Camino Health has served the communities of Santa Clara County for more than 60 years, with nationally recognized physicians and nurses at two not-for-profit acute care hospitals in Los Gatos and Mountain View, and primary care, multi-specialty care, and urgent care locations across the region. For the community health measure, hospitals were surveyed across three components: 1) assessing hospital contributions to community health as a provider of critical services for community health and preventive care 2) identifying ways that hospitals contribute to community health as a community partner teaming up with local organizations to implement critical programs and 3) focusing on ways that hospitals promote community health through their practices as anchor institutions supporting local economic and social progress. The Fortune/Merative 100 Top Hospitals lists also incorporates a community health measure into its ranking process. These include survival rates, patient complications, healthcare associated infections, 30-day mortality and 30-day hospital-wide readmission rates, length of stay, throughput in emergency departments, inpatient expenses, profitability and ratings from patients. According to Merative, as compared to similar hospitals, the hospitals included on the Fortune/Merative 100 Top Hospitals list had better results on key clinical and operational performance indicators. Recognition as one of the Fortune/Merative 100 Top Hospitals demonstrates El Camino Health's ongoing commitment to prioritize patient-centered care. Merative, formerly IBM Watson Health, established the list to help identify best practices that may help other healthcare organizations achieve consistent, balanced, and sustainable high performance. The annual list recognizes excellence in clinical outcomes, operational efficiency, patient experience, and financial health. Merative, a data, analytics and technology partner for the health industry, has identified the top hospitals from a rigorous evaluation of 2,650 short-term, acute care, non-federal hospitals in the U.S. El Camino Health is one of three hospitals nationwide to earn this distinction for three years. Similar to last year, an additional data point considered what hospitals were doing to improve the health of the entire community outside their walls. Recipients of the 100 Top Hospitals Everest Award set national benchmarks for both the fastest rate of improvement during the past five years and highest current year performance. "Our inclusion in this list is a reflection of everyone involved in making our hospitals consistently perform at such a high level."Įl Camino Health is also the only large community hospital in California to earn an additional distinction as an Everest Award winner. "We are honored to earn a spot on the 100 Top Hospitals list along with such a distinguished group of healthcare leaders," said Dan Woods, chief executive officer of El Camino Health. This is the fifth time El Camino Health has been recognized with this honor as one of the top performing large community hospitals in the U.S. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., J/PRNewswire/ - El Camino Health has been named to the 2022 Fortune/Merative 100 Top Hospitals ® list. Annual list recognizes excellence in clinical outcomes, operational efficiency, patient experience, and financial health
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