Palomar Health ranks in the top 20% of small health systems in the U.S., according to a study by Truven Health Analytics in Modern Healthcare magazine.
The Truven study is “uniquely focused on measuring the impact of managerial excellence” and includes “top performing health systems.” In addition to selecting the top 15 health systems, Truven divides all health systems it measures into quintiles by the size of the system, each made up of 20 percent of the systems, and the quintiles are each ranked highest to lowest.
Palomar Health was rated in the top quintile, or top 20 percent, as explained by the excerpt from the Truven report below:
Following are several highlights of how the top quintile systems outperformed their lowest quintile peers: . They had much better patient outcomes — lower mortality and complications rates. . They followed accepted care protocols for core measures more closely. . They had lower mean 30-day mortality rates (includes AMI, HF, pneumonia, COPD, and stroke patients). . They had lower mean 30-day readmission rates (includes AMI, HF, pneumonia, hip/knee arthroplasty, COPD, and stroke patients). . They had much lower mean ED wait times, with an average difference of almost 45 minutes. . They were more efficient, releasing patients more than three-quarters of a day sooner than the lowest performers and at a 6.6-percent lower episode cost (MSPB). . They scored over 12 points higher on the HCAHPS overall patient rating of care. . They had much better patient outcomes — lower mortality and complications rates.
-Source: Truven Health Analytics 15 Top Health Systems Study, 2016
“We at Palomar Health are extremely proud of being designated among the top 20 percent of health systems of similar size,” said Robert A. Hemker, President and CEO of Palomar Health. “We work hard to improve upon the standards of excellence that the Truven Analytics report measures and these are reflected in our core values of patient first, compassionate care, professionalism, and the highest and most innovative quality of care.”
The Truven study “measures relative balanced performance across a range of organizational key performance indicators — reflecting care quality, use of evidence-based medicine, post-discharge outcomes, operational efficiency, and customer perception of care.”
For more information about Palomar Health, visit www.PalomarHealth.org.
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