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UPMC St. Margaret Named to Top 100
U.S. Hospitals for Second Year
Study measures quality care, efficiency, financial performance, community growth, patient safety

PITTSBURGH, March 2005 -- UPMC St. Margaret was named among the nation’s top 100 performing hospitals for the second straight year in a study released recently by Solucient, an Illinois-based health care information consulting firm.

The study analyzed the performance of more than 3,000 U.S. acute care hospitals, and recognized the top 100 for setting benchmarks for clinical excellence, operational efficiency, financial performance, and responsiveness to the community. For the first time, this year’s analysis included measuring hospital performance in patient safety.

The list split the 100 Top Hospitals into five categories based on size and whether the hospital was a teaching or community facility. UPMC St. Margaret was among 20 hospitals named in the medium community hospital (110-249 acute-care beds) category. The hospital was scored on nine key measures: its lower than expected levels of mortality and complications, average length of stay, expenses, profitability, growth in percent of community served, cash flow to total debt ratio, tangible assets per adjusted discharge, and patient safety performance.

“We are extremely proud of this achievement and the commitment to quality improvement and patient safety that it represents,” said David Martin, president and CEO, UPMC St. Margaret. “Achieving this distinction for two consecutive years sustains that commitment. Our employees, physicians, board members, and volunteers all share in our mission and share in this award. Together we are responsible for the high level of quality, efficiency, and customer service that helped to earn this honor.”

“The new benchmark hospitals have set the bar much higher for patient outcomes, patient safety, operational performance, and improved value for the community,” explained Jean Chenoweth, senior vice president of Solucient’s Center for Healthcare Improvement. “The impact of a benchmark hospital’s performance on its community is striking. For example, the study shows if all acute care hospitals performed at the same level as the nation’s benchmark hospitals, 66,506 additional patient hospital stays could be complication-free each year at an estimated savings of $6.2 billion.