Garden Grove Hospital Medical Center was named among the 100 top hospitals in the nation by Truven Health Analytics (formerly Thomson Reuters), based on quality of care and patient satisfaction. Truven Health Analytics is a leading provider of information and solutions to improve the cost and quality of healthcare.
Garden Grove Hospital Medical Center was named among the 100 top hospitals in the nation by Truven Health Analytics (formerly Thomson Reuters), based on quality of care and patient satisfaction. Truven Health Analytics is a leading provider of information and solutions to improve the cost and quality of healthcare.
This is the second year in a row that Garden Grove Hospital has been recognized as a top 100 hospital.
“This recognition reflects the outstanding hard work, dedication and excellent patient care that our hospital provides,” said Hassan Alkhouli, M.D., chief medical officer at Garden Grove Hospital. “We are proud to be acknowledged as a leader in health care with this prestigious award.”
Garden Grove Hospital is part of Prime Healthcare Services. Eightof the eleven California community hospitals that earned this distinction were Prime Healthcare hospitals. Prime Healthcare hospitals have earned this recognition 21 times.
“Garden Grove Hospital is committed to quality patient care, and this unbiased and peer-reviewed study recognizes that effort,” said Prem Reddy, MD, FACC, FCCP, chairman, president and CEO of Prime Healthcare Services.
“I congratulate the physicians, nurses and staff at Garden Grove Hospital for their deep devotion to the highest standards of quality care in the country.”
According to Truven Health Analytics, award winners demonstrate that high-quality patient outcomes can be achieved while improving efficiency. If the nearly 3,000 hospitals across the nation performed at the same level as the 100 top hospitals that won awards:
- Nearly 82,000 additional patients could be complication free;
- $6 billion could be saved;
- The average patient stay would decrease by nearly half a day;
· More than 164,000 additional lives could be saved;
“The winners of the 100 top hospitals award have driven the national benchmarks higher every year for 20 years. This year’s winners have brought even higher value to their local communities – better quality, higher efficiency and high patient perceptions of care, while confronting the challenges of massive industry-wide transformation to implement healthcare reform,” said Jean Chenoweth, senior vice president at Truven Health Analytics. “The key to success in a tumultuous environment is visionary leadership that develops and maintains a hospital-wide culture of excellence that cuts across everything, from patient care to housekeeping to administration, and the refusal to rest on laurels when it comes to adopting new technologies and techniques. I congratulate this year’s winners for their persistent drive for excellence.”
The Truven Health Analytics 100 top hospitals study evaluates performance in 10 areas: mortality; medical complications; patient safety; average patient stay; expenses; profitability; patient satisfaction; adherence to clinical standards of care; post-discharge mortality; and read-mission rates for heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia. The study has been conducted annually since 1993.
The study evaluated 2,992 short-term, acute-care, non-federal hospitals. The study used public information – Medicare cost reports, Medicare Provider Analysis and Review data and core measures and patient satisfaction data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital Compare website. Hospitals do not apply, and winners do not pay to market this honor.
Garden Grove Hospital is a 167-bed community hospital centrally located in Garden Grove. It is staffed by 600 professional and support staff, with 350 physicians on staff. The hospital has a bustling emergency department, busy Women’s Services Department, digital (film-less) radiology and laboratory services; as well as comprehensive operating suites with separate GI and laboratory facilities.
For more information visit the hospital’s website at www.gardengrovehospital.com
