Being named by Thomson Reuters as one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals for 2009 is another demonstration of the enduring quality of care at Bronson Methodist Hospital. It also reflects our organization’s unwavering commitment to being a national leader in healthcare quality. At Bronson, we hold ourselves accountable to the highest standards because we believe people in southwest Michigan deserve the best possible care. Third party evaluations like this one from Thomson Reuters, confirm to patients that when they choose Bronson they can expect excellence.

Bronson Methodist Hospital Named One of the Nation's 100 Top Hospitals

Patients in southwest Michigan now have a new indicator that the health care services they receive at Bronson are among the very best in the country. Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals®: 2009 National Benchmarks study identifies Bronson Methodist Hospital as one of the United States' 100 Top Hospitals based on its overall organizational performance.

The 100 Top Hospitals represent five categories (Major Teaching, Teaching, and Large, Medium, and Small Community Hospitals). Bronson, the only recipient in southwest Michigan, is in the Teaching category.

Nearly 3,000 U.S. hospitals were reviewed and the 100 Top Hospitals were selected based on objective statistical performance on Thomson Reuters' national balanced scorecard. The award recognizes hospitals with the highest overall score across 10 areas: mortality, medical complications, patient safety, average length of stay, expenses, profitability, patient satisfaction, adherence to clinical standards of care, and post-discharge mortality and readmission rates for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia.

Bronson President & CEO Frank Sardone says, "Having an objective third party rate Bronson's overall performance among the 100 Top Hospitals in the country is a tremendous validation of our efforts to be a national leader in healthcare quality. Our employees and medical staff take pride in knowing that their focus on excellence is leading the industry and bringing immediate value to Bronson patients and families and to the communities we serve."

According to Thomson Reuters, having a 100 Top Hospital in the community means:

• Patients are measurably less likely to have a complication, adverse patient safety event, or unnecessary death or readmission
• Patients are more likely to receive care efficiently at a reasonable comparative cost
• The community can rely on the hospital as a well-managed major employer that will continue to invest in newer technology and services the community needs.

The study also indicates that if all Medicare inpatients received the same level of care as those treated at the 100 Top Hospitals:

• More than 98,000 additional patients would survive each year
• More than 197,000 patient complications would be avoided annually
• Expenses would decline by an aggregate $5.5 billion a year
• The average patient stay would decrease by nearly half a day

"This year's study magnified the value that 100 Top Hospital award winners provide to their communities. Even during the economic downturn, the 100 Top Hospitals maintained a profit from operations while raising the bar for clinical quality and patient satisfaction," says Jean Chenoweth, senior vice president for performance improvement and 100 Top Hospitals programs at Thomson Reuters. "The insistence of these hospitals leaders - their boards, executive teams and medical staffs - on overall excellence makes the difference."

This is not the first time Bronson Methodist Hospital has been recognized by Thomson Reuters. Previous honors include: 100 Top Hospitals: National Benchmarks (2005), 100 Top Hospitals: Performance Improvement Leader (2007), and 100 Top Hospitals: Cardiovascular Care (2008).

These achievements combined with other national recognition such as the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (2005), American Hospital Association-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize (2009), HealthGrades Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence (2009, 2010) and Magnet designation (2009), all add up to Bronson having the most consistently high-rated performance of any hospital in southwest Michigan.

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