April 02, 2009

Waukesha Memorial Hospital Named Top 100 in NationThomson Reuters Top 100 Hospitals 2008

Waukesha Memorial Hospital has been named one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals® by Thomson Reuters in the teaching hospitals category. The annual award recognizes hospitals that have achieved excellence in clinical outcomes, patient safety, patient satisfaction, financial performance and operational efficiency.

"We've received numerous recognitions for specific areas of excellence, but this award recognizes the full range of capability of our physicians and staff throughout Waukesha Memorial Hospital," said Ed Olson, CEO of Waukesha Memorial Hospital. "This award acknowledges the top level of performance in everything we do, from our high quality of care to the great value we provide to patients and our community."

The 2008 winners were identified through an in-depth analysis, the Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals®: National Benchmarks study. The study is based on objective statistical performance of 3,000 hospitals in nine key areas: patient satisfaction, adherence to clinical standards of care, patient safety, average length of stay, expenses, profitability, cash-to-debt ratio, mortality and medical complications.

"The 100 Top Hospitals winners raised the bar again this year, delivering a higher level of reliable care and greater value for their communities," said Jean Chenoweth, senior vice president for performance improvement and 100 Top Hospitals programs at Thomson Reuters.

If all Medicare inpatients received the same level of care as Medicare patients treated in the winning hospitals:

  • More than 107,500 additional patients would survive each year.
  • Nearly 132,000 patient complications would be avoided annually.
  • Expenses would decline by $5.9 billion a year.
  • The average patient stay would decrease by nearly half a day.

Thomson Reuters is a leading provider of information and solutions to improve the cost and quality of healthcare. More information on this study is available at http://www.100tophospitals.com/.

ProHealth Care is a regional critical and primary care provider with nationally recognized programs and physicians, and ranks among the most technologically and clinically advanced community health care systems in the country. Its integrated health network includes Waukesha Memorial, a tertiary care hospital and Oconomowoc Memorial, an acute care hospital; 26 ProHealth Care Medical Associates locations; home health care and hospice services; assisted and independent living communities and West Wood Health and Fitness Center. ProHealth Care's comprehensive services include a Neuroscience Center, Regional Cancer Center, Regional Heart & Vascular Center, CyberKnife Center, level III Newborn Intensive Care Unit, Center for Breast Care, Women's Center and Orthopedic Center.

For almost a century, ProHealth Care has been the major provider of health services in Waukesha County and today Waukesha Memorial Hospital is the third-largest hospital in the Milwaukee-metro region. ProHealth Care's mission is to serve residents of Waukesha County and surrounding areas with the highest quality care at a reasonable cost.

A leader in community education and providing hospital cost and quality information to consumers, ProHealth Care was the first in the state, and one of the first in the nation, to publish charges for hospital procedures and the first to provide a Consumer Inquiry Line that provides consumers with hospital charge information online or through a call center. ProHealth Care is proud to be the largest employer in Waukesha County.