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Lankenau Named One of Nation's Top 100 Hospitals

Lankenau Medical Center is one of only five Pennsylvania Hospitals to receive the designation.

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Lankenau Medical Center has once again been named one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals® by Truven Health AnalyticsTM,  a leading provider of information and solutions to improve the cost and quality of healthcare, and is one of only five hospitals in Pennsylvania to receive this designation. This is the third time Lankenau Medical Center has been recognized with this honor.

 “This award from Truven Health Analytics is a representation of the superior health care the LMC team provides to our patients each day,” says Phil Robinson, President of Lankenau Medical Center. “This designation reflects the dedication and commitment of our physicians and staff who work collaboratively to ensure the quality of our clinical programs and care. Congratulations to the entire Lankenau staff for demonstrating a commitment to excellence.”

The Truven Health 100 Top Hospitals® study identifies hospitals and leadership teams that provide the highest level of value to their communities, based on a national balanced scorecard. The 100 Top Hospitals balanced scorecard measures hospital performance across 10 areas: mortality; inpatient complications; patient safety; average patient stay; expenses; profitability; patient satisfaction; adherence to clinical standards of care; and post-discharge mortality and readmission rates for acute myocardial infarction (heart attack), heart failure, and pneumonia. The study has been conducted annually since 1993.

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For the 100 Top Hospitals® study, Truven Health researchers analyzed public information — Medicare cost reports, Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (MedPAR) data, and core measures and patient satisfaction data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Compare website.

The winning hospitals were announced in the March 3, 2014, edition of Modern Healthcare magazine.

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“This year’s 100 Top Hospitals represent the highest national standards in hospital care and management today. They set the benchmarks for peers around the country to follow — consistently delivering outstanding quality of care, satisfaction, and community value at a reasonable cost,” said Jean Chenoweth, senior vice president for performance improvement and the 100 Top Hospitals® program at Truven Health Analytics. “The majority of the 2014 award winners have produced year-to-year performance improvement, as well. This speaks to the consistent focus on excellence by the entire organization and the men and women who serve patients.”

The study shows that if all hospitals in the U.S. performed at the level of this year's winners:

·         Nearly 165,000 additional lives could be saved

·         Nearly 90,000 additional patients could be complication-free

·         More than $5.4 billion could be saved

·         The average patient stay would decrease by half a day

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


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