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Oakwood Named One Of Nation's Top 50 Health Systems
Thanks to the dedication and hard work of Oakwood employees, physicians and volunteers, Oakwood Healthcare System (OHS) has been named one of the nation's top 50 Health Systems for Quality and Efficiency by the Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals program.
Researchers from the Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals program analyzed the quality and efficiency of 252 health systems and found statistically significant differences between top and bottom performers in several key areas.
The best-performing quintile, of which OHS is a part, had 25 percent lower mortality, 19 percent fewer medical complications, and 13 percent fewer patient safety incidents - even though their patients were sicker and their average hospital stays were significantly shorter.
This study sets national benchmarks for health system quality and efficiency and extends transparency regarding the performance of healthcare organizations from hospitals to health systems.
All U.S. health systems with two or more short-term, general, non-federal hospitals were assessed. Researchers looked at five metrics that gauge clinical quality and efficiency: mortality, medical complications, patient safety, average length of stay, and adherence to clinical standards of care (evidence-based core measures published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services).
The study relied on public data from the 2006 and 2007 Medicare Provider Analysis and Review data and the CMS Hospital Compare data sets.