ELYRIA — EMH Regional Medical Center again has bragging rights for being named among the top 100 hospitals in the country.

For the eighth year in a row, EMH was named one of the nation’s 100 top hospitals by Thomson Healthcare, which is dedicated to improving the cost and quality of health care.

Kevin Martin, president and chief executive officer of EMH Regional Healthcare System, said he was pleased and honored with the recognition.

“This accolade is particularly notable because it is awarded to hospitals like EMH that exhibit balanced excellence — from our employees and medical staff to our management team and our board,” Martin said. “It clearly demonstrates that we’re all working together to provide the best service possible to our patients and the community as a whole.”

EMH was in the large community hospital category in the top 100 list along with Southwest General Hospital in Middleburg Heights. MetroHealth Medical Center and University Hospitals Medical Center, both in Cleveland, were in the top 100 in the major teaching hospital category.

EMH spokeswoman Kristen Davis said having a top 100 hospital in Lorain County means:

• Patients are measurably less likely to have a complication, adverse patient safety event or die unnecessarily.

• Patients are more likely to receive care efficiently at a reasonable comparative cost.

• The community can rely on EMH Regional Medical Center as a well-managed major employer that will continue to invest in newer technology and services needed by the community.

EMH joins Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Massachusetts and Evanston Northwestern Healthcare System in Illinois and as the only three hospitals in the United States to be recognized 11 times, Davis said.

“We’re with Brigham and Women’s, which is a nationally recognized heath care facility,” Davis said. “We’re a community hospital, and to be recognized in the same league as facilities like that is a tremendous honor.”

According to its Web site, “The Thomson 100 Top Hospitals: National Benchmarks for Success” study analyzes Medicaid data and scores hospitals according to eight categories, including mortality and complications adjusted for risk, patient safety factors, profit from operations and cash-to-debt ratios.

If peer hospitals had performed as well over the past six years, $581 million dollars would have been saved and 40,000 more patients would have survived, according to Thomson’s Web site.

The study appears in the March 17 edition of Modern Healthcare magazine and more information is available at www.100tophospitals.com.

EMH Regional Medical Center was founded in 1908 and now includes Amherst Hospital and the EMH Center for Health & Fitness in Avon.

Contact Cindy Leise at 329-7245 or cleise@chroniclet.com.

 

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