April 06, 2009

Mercy Hospital Cadillac Named One of the Nation's 100 Top Hospitals by Thomson Reuters

Mercy Hospital Cadillac was named one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals by Thomson Reuters, a leading provider of information and solutions to improve the cost and quality of healthcare.

The award recognizes hospitals that have achieved excellence in clinical outcomes, patient safety, patient satisfaction, financial performance, and operational efficiency. This is the first time Mercy Hospital Cadillac has been recognized with this honor, and was one of only 20 listed in the small community hospital category.

"It takes teamwork to achieve these excellent outcomes. We are blessed in Cadillac to have talented, dedicated physicians, staff and volunteers," says John MacLeod, Mercy Hospital Cadillac President and CEO. "This national recognition will reinforce our efforts to continuously improve patient safety and quality and to continue our quest to be our community's trusted health partner for life."

The winners were identified through an in-depth analysis, the Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals: National Benchmarks study. The study evaluated 3,000 short-term, acute care, non-federal hospitals in nine areas: mortality, medical complications, patient safety, average length of stay, expenses, profitability, cash-to-debt ratio, patient satisfaction, and adherence to clinical standards of care.

The winning hospitals were announced in the March 30 edition of Modern Healthcare magazine.

"The 100 Top Hospitals winners raised the bar again this year, delivering a higher level of reliable care and greater value for their communities," said Jean Chenoweth, senior vice president for performance improvement and 100 Top Hospitals programs at Thomson Reuters.

If all Medicare inpatients received the same level of care as Medicare patients treated in the winning hospitals:

*More than 107,500 additional patients would survive each year.
*Nearly 132,000 patient complications would be avoided annually.
*Expenses would decline by $5.9 billion a year.
*The average patient stay would decrease by nearly half a day.

More information on this study and other 100 Top Hospitals research is available at www.100tophospitals.com.

Contact:  Shannon Smith
Mercy Hospital Cadillac
Community Relations
(231) 876-7326
smithsle@trinity-health.org
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