Meadville Medical Center has earned an award for providing quality, affordable health care.The hospital received a 2009-10 Hospital Value Index Best in Value Award from Data Advantage, a national company that measures health-care value.

About 4,500 acute-care hospitals were judged on patient safety, readmission rates, cost and patient satisfaction, using publicly available data.Meadville Medical Center ranked among the top tier of all hospitals measured.

– from staff reports

MRH recognized in national study
Written by Kristine Cook   

The local community is being served by one of the hospitals in the top 10 percent of nearly 4,500 facilities nationwide in relation to value, according to the 2009-10 Hospital Value Index compiled as a result of a nationwide study conducted by Data Advantage, LLC. 

Mary Rutan Hospital’s ranking, which was announced Monday, comes as a result of achieving top marks in quality of care, patient satisfaction, affordability and efficiency in the latest publicly available data………

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Castle Medical Center has been identified by the Hospital Value Index with a “best in value” award, ranking it among the top tier of hospitals nationally for quality, affordability, efficiency and patient satisfaction.

The Kailua hospital said the Hospital Value Index recognized it for best in value, best in state and best in market…….

NASHVILLE, Tenn. –Today, Data Advantage, LLC announced the names of hospitals receiving the Best in
Value: Superior Affordability & Efficiency Merit Award™ from the 2009-2010 Hospital Value Index™, the
first and only national study on U.S. hospitals and the value of care they provide. 

The Superior Affordability & Efficiency Merit Award™ showcases hospitals that deliver affordable, high
quality care to their communities with high patient satisfaction. Hospitals in economically diverse
markets, such as New York, Pennsylvania and Alabama, indicate success on all fronts and dominate this
Merit Award list. Interestingly, no hospitals from California made the list. 

“The American Hospital Association recently revealed that profitability at community hospitals is
decreasing,” “Even so, hospitals like the Affordability &
Efficiency Merit Award winners are able to prevail in an economic downturn by operating their hospitals
efficiently. In doing so, this group is able to provide their patient communities with affordable
healthcare.” 

“With upcoming health reform legislation and the insolvency of the Medicare trust fund in 2017,
hospitals can expect continuous pressures on reimbursement. It will be increasingly important for
hospitals to deliver high-quality care in an efficient manner,”. 

The Hospital Value Index™ is an independent analysis of each hospital’s performance in the categories
of: quality, affordability & efficiency and patient satisfaction. Out of the more than 4,500 hospitals that
were analyzed, 75 received the Superior Affordability & Efficiency Merit Award for achieving high marks
in the affordability & efficiency category. 

In order to receive the award, hospitals were first considered as Best in Value™, or in the top 25 percent
of all hospitals when considering quality and patient satisfaction. The top 10 percent of this group were
then recognized in the affordability & efficiency category in order to receive the Superior Affordability &
Efficiency Merit Award™. 

“The Affordability & Efficiency Merit Award™ hospitals exhibit some remarkable results,” said John R.
Morrow a founder of the Hospital Value Index™ study. “These hospitals improved their scores on
average by 18.58% representing the top ten percent of all hospitals in the study, while those in the
bottom ten percent on average saw a decrease of 23.51% in their affordability and efficiency scores.”
“These improvements reflect both a reduction of costs and a decrease in prices charged for the market
basket of services. This reveals a progressive and enhanced value proposition that these hospitals
deliver to their local communities every day,” Morrow added. 

In alphabetical order, the Superior Affordability and Efficiency Merit Award recipients from the 2009-
2010 Hospital Value Index™ study are: 

• ACMH Hospital – Kittanning, PA
• Alle-Kiski Medical Center – Natrona Heights, PA
• Anson General Hospital – Anson, TX
• Arkansas Methodist Medical Center –Paragould, AR
• Arnot Ogden Medical Center – Elmira, NY
• Bertrand Chaffee Hospital – Springville, NY
• Billings Clinic – Billings, MT
• Bourbon Community Hospital – Paris, KY
• Bristow Medical Center – Bristow, OK
• Brooks Memorial Hospital – Dunkirk, NY
• Butler Memorial Hospital – Butler, PA
• Canton-Potsdam Hospital – Potsdam, NY
• Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center – Ogdensburg, NY
• Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic – Clifton Springs, NY
• Community Hospital – Tallassee, AL
• Decatur General Hospital – Decatur, AL
• DuBois Regional Medical Center – DuBois, PA
• East Texas Medical Center Crockett – Crockett, TX
• Five Rivers Medical Center – Pocahontas, AR
• Gilmore Memorial Hospital – Amory, MS
• Graham Regional Medical Center – Graham, TX
• Greenbrier Valley Medical Center – Ronceverte, WV
• Hamilton General Hospital – Hamilton, TX
• Helen Keller Memorial Hospital – Sheffield, AL
• Heritage Valley Beaver – Beaver, PA
• Heritage Valley Sewickley – Sewickley, PA
• Highland Hospital – Rochester, NY
• Iberia General Hospital and Medical Center – New Iberia, LA
• Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital – Bath, NY
• Jameson Memorial Hospital – New Castle, PA
• Jamestown Hospital – Jamestown, ND
• Jellico Community Hospital – Jellico, TN
• Jennings American Legion Hospital – Jennings, LA
• Jones Memorial Hospital – Wellsville, NY
• Kenmore Mercy Hospital – Buffalo, NY
• Lakeland Community Hospital – Haleyville, AL
• Lakeside Memorial Hospital – Brockport, NY
• Livingston Regional Hospital – Livingston, TN
• Marion General Hospital – Columbia, MS
• Marshall Medical Center South – Boaz, AL
• McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital – Oxford, OH
• Medcenter One – Bismarck. ND
• Mercy Hospital – Buffalo, NY
• Meritcare Health System – Fargo, ND
• Minden Medical Center Inc – Minden, LA
• Monroe County Hospital – Monroeville, AL
• Morehead Memorial Hospital – Eden, NC
• Nason Hospital – Roaring Spring, PA
• Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital – Dansville, NY
• Northern Hospital of Surry County – Mount Airy, NC
• Northwest Medical Center – Winfield, AL
• Pauls Valley General Hospital – Pauls Valley, OK
• Punxsutawney Area Hospital – Punxsutawney, PA
• Roane Medical Center – Harriman, TN
• Rochester General Hospital – Rochester, NY
• Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital – Sweetwater, TX
• Southeast Alabama Medical Center – Dothan, AL
• St. Alexius Medical Center – Bismarck, ND
• St. Bernard’s Medical Center – Jonesboro, AR
• St. Clair Memorial Hospital – Pittsburgh, PA
• St. Francis Hospital – Charleston, WV
• St. Joseph’s Hospital Yonkers –Yonkers, NY
• St. Mary’s Hospital at Amsterdam – Amsterdam, NY
• St. Mary’s Medical Center of Campbell County – La Follette, TN
• Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital – Weston, WV
• Takoma Regional Hospital – Greeneville, TN
• Tawas St Joseph Hospital – Tawas City, MI
• Taylor Regional Hospital – Hawkinsville, GA
• Uniontown Hospital – Uniontown, PA
• Unity Hospital of Rochester – Rochester, NY
• UPMC Bedford – Everett, PA
• Weirton Medical Center – Weirton, WV
• Wheeling Hospital – Wheeling, WV
• Williamson Memorial Hospital – Williamson, WV
• Woman’s Christian Association – Jamestown, NY
 

For more information on the Voices of Value™ and the Best in Value™ hospitals, please visit
www.HospitalValueIndex.com. 

Note: In order for hospitals to publicize results, including the use of this news release, hospitals must
obtain written approval from Data Advantage. To do so, please contact Araby Thornewill at 866-996-
3282.

Three Alegent Health hospitals are on a top 100 list of hospitals providing a good value to patients.

The list is based on an analysis of the value of care at hospitals nationally. The list is from Data Advantage, a health care information company in Nashville.

The analysis considers such factors as the prices that hospitals charge, patient safety and patient satisfaction.

Alegent hospitals in the top 100 were: Immanuel Medical Center in Omaha, Midlands Hospital in Papillion and Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs.

Other Nebraska and Iowa hospitals in the top 100 included Nebraska Heart Hospital in Lincoln and St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center in Sioux City, Iowa. — Michael O’Connor

100 Top Best in Value(TM) Hospitals

Hospitals in New York, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Alabama and North Carolina cited the most

(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) ‐ Data Advantage, LLC announced today the Top 100 Hospital: Best in Value Hospitals™ list from the 2009‐2010 Hospital Value Index™, the first and only national study on U.S. hospitals and the value of care they provide.

The hospitals in the Top 100 list represent nearly every state in the U.S. The states with the most hospitals achieving Top 100 Best in Value™ recognition were: New York, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Alabama and North Carolina.

“These are the hospitals that set the bar for the nation when it comes to value. If every hospital performed at the level of the Top 100, we found that more than $60 billion per year could be saved,”.

“The Hospital Value Index™ winners are a geographically diverse group of hospitals that have a proven ability to deliver high value care to their communities and represent a model of care that other U.S. hospitals should look to,” . “As legislators consider health reform, we believe that it will be increasingly important to recognize and reward those hospitals that deliver outstanding value.”

These results are part of the findings from the 2009‐2010 Hospital Value Index™ study, an analysis of the value of care provided at more than 4,500 U.S. hospitals. As part of the release, Data Advantage is inviting hospitals and healthcare leaders to participate in the Voices of Value™ Summit, which will take place in Chicago December 7‐9. Industry leaders will convene at the Westin Chicago River North and discuss topics such as value, affordability, efficiency and patient satisfaction.

• Alegent Health Immanuel Medical Center (Omaha, NE)
• Alegent Health Mercy Hospital (Council Bluffs, IA)
• Alegent Health Midlands Hospital (Papillion, NE)
• Alleghany Regional Hospital (Low Moor, VA)
• Arnot Ogden Medical Center (Elmira, NY)
• Berkshire Medical Center (Pittsfield, MA)
• Bertrand Chaffee Hospital (Springville, NY)
• Billings Clinic (Billings, MT)
• Bon Secours ‐Memorial Regional Medical (Mechanicsville, VA)
• Butler Memorial Hospital (Butler, PA)
• Carolinas Med Center‐Mercy (Charlotte, NC)
• Carolinas Med Center‐University (Charlotte, NC)
• Carolinas Medical Center‐Northeast (Concord, NC)
• Centra Health (Lynchburg, VA)
• Chelsea Community Hospital (Chelsea, MI)
• Citizens Medical Center (Victoria, TX)
• Clinch Valley Medical Center (Richlands, VA)
• Cobleskill Regional Hospital (Cobleskill, NY)
• Community Medical Center (Toms River, NJ)
• Connally Memorial Medical Center (Floresville, TX)
• Cullman Regional Medical Center (Cullman, AL)
• Dixie Regional Medical Center (Saint George, UT)
• Dubois Regional Medical Center (Du Bois, PA)
• Flowers Hospital (Dothan, AL)
• Forsyth Memorial Hospital (Winston Salem, NC)
• Fort Madison Community Hospital (Fort Madison, IA)
• Gaston Memorial Hospital (Gastonia, NC)
• Graham Regional Medical Center (Graham, TX)
• Greenbrier Valley Medical Center (Ronceverte, WV)
• Hamilton General Hospital (Hamilton, TX)
• Heart Hospital of Lafayette (Lafayette, LA)
• Heartland Regional Medical Center (Saint Joseph, MO)
• Henry Ford Macomb Hospital (Clinton Township, MI)
• Heritage Valley Sewickley (Sewickley, PA)
• Holland Community Hospital (Holland, MI)
• Integris Mayes County Medical Center (Pryor, OK)
• Jackson Purchase Medical Center (Mayfield, KY)
• Jefferson Regional Medical Center (Crystal City, MO)
• Kettering Medical Center (Dayton, OH)
• Kettering Medical Center –Sycamore (Miamisburg, OH)
• Lakeside Memorial Hospital (Brockport, NY)
• Lakeview Med Center (Rice Lake, WI)
• McCullough‐Hyde Memorial Hospital (Oxford, OH)
• Meadowview Regional Medical Center (Maysville, KY)
• Medical Center Enterprise (Enterprise, AL)
• Memorial Regional Hospital (Hollywood, FL)
• Mercy Health Partners Hackley Campus (Muskegon, MI)
• Mercy Health Partners‐ Mercy Campus (Muskegon, MI)
• Mercy Medical Center (Des Moines, IA)
• Mercy Medical Center‐Dubuque (Dubuque, IA)
• Methodist Medical Center of Illinois (Peoria, IL)
• Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge (Oak Ridge, TN)
• Minden Medical Center (Minden, LA)
• Monroe County Hospital (Monroeville, AL)
• Montgomery Regional Hospital (Blacksburg, VA)
• Mount St. Mary’s Hospital and Health Center (Lewiston, NY)
• Nebraska Heart Hospital (Lincoln, NE)
• Northwest Medical Center (Winfield, AL)
• Oklahoma Heart Hospital (Oklahoma City, OK)
• Owatonna Hospital (Owatonna, MN)
• Paradise Valley Hospital (National City, CA)
• Parkway Medical Center (Decatur, AL)
• Presbyterian Hospital Huntersville (Huntersville, NC)
• Redmond Regional Medical Center (Rome, GA)
• Reid Hospital & Health Care Services (Richmond, IN)
• Rochester General Hospital (Rochester, NY)
• Saint Joseph Hospital (London, KY)
• Saint Joseph Mercy Saline Hospital (Saline, MI)
• Saint Vincent Health Center (Erie, PA)
• Saint Vincent Hospital (Worcester, MA)
• Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center (Mattoon, IL)
• Spectrum Health United Memorial ‐United Campus (Greenville, MI)
• St. Alexius Medical Center (Bismarck, ND)
• St. Anthony Hospital (Oklahoma City, OK)
• St. Anthony Regional Hospital (Carroll, IA)
• St. Charles Hospital (Port Jefferson, NY)
• St. Francis Health Center (Topeka, KS)
• St. Joseph Health Center (Warren, OH)
• St Josephs Hospital (Chippewa Falls, WI)
• St. Josephs Mercy Health Center (Hot Springs, AR)
• St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center (Sioux City, IA)
• St. Mary’s Health Center (Jefferson City, MO)
• St. Mary’s Hospital at Amsterdam (Amsterdam, NY)
• St. Vincent Healthcare (Billings, MT)
• Tawas St. Joseph Hospital (Tawas City, MI)
• Thomasville Medical Center (Thomasville, NC)
• Trinity Hospitals (Minot, ND)
• United Hospital Center (Clarksburg, WV)
• Unity Hospital of Rochester (Rochester, NY)
• UPMC McKeesport (McKeesport, PA)
• UPMC Northwest (Seneca, PA)
• UPMC Passavant (Pittsburgh, PA)
• Venice Regional Medical Center (Venice, FL)
• Walker Baptist Medical Center (Jasper, AL)
• Wesley Medical Center (Hattiesburg, MS)
• West Anaheim Medical Center (Anaheim, CA)
• Western Baptist Hospital (Paducah, KY)
• Wheeling Hospital (Wheeling, WV)
• White River Medical Center (Batesville, AR)
• Williamsport Hospital Medical Center (Williamsport, PA)