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Overview
What is 100 Top Hospitals?
For most hospital leaders, it’s not enough to know who’s on top. They must know 1) “Why?” and 2) “What can we do to get there?”
Watson Health® 100 Top Hospitals® answers these questions by conducting an annual, in-depth study of US hospital performance – and applying the data to provide custom reports and services that help achieve results.
Benefits
How leaders use 100 Top Hospitals
See how 100 Top consulting services, custom reports and database access can help your hospital
Optimize performance
Kickstart and sustain your organizational transformation
Focus on what matters
Understand and prioritize strengths and opportunities
Gain stakeholder buy-in
Access widely-used measures to help foster collaboration
About the study
History and approach
The Watson Health® 100 Top Hospitals® study identifies the top-performing hospitals in the US using a balanced scorecard comprised of clinical, operational and financial metrics (PDF, 1.2 MB) derived from publicly available data. As the industry has evolved, so has our study — and 28 years later, it serves as a benchmark of what’s achievable in healthcare.
Stats
If all hospitals performed like this year’s winners:
Lives saved
79,000
additional lives could be saved in-hospital
Costs saved
$10.1
billion in inpatient costs could be saved
Readmissions lowered
34,000
fewer patients who were discharged would be readmitted within 30 days
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