Providence Hospital: Southfield
Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Media Contact: Brian Taylor, (586) 753-0726

Providence Hospital has again been recognized as one of the nation’s top major teaching hospitals by one of the country’s leading sources of health care information and research.

The recognition from Thomson Reuters recognizes hospitals that achieve or exceed national benchmark scores for hospital-wide performance.

Providence was one of 15 hospitals nationally and the only hospital in Oakland County to be selected in the Major Teaching Hospital category of Thomson’s 100 Top Hospital’s list, based on objective statistical measurements. The study examined performance across five critical areas: clinical outcomes such as lower mortality rates, patient safety, operational efficiency, financial stability and growth. The study also determined that hospitals such as Providence treated sicker patients requiring more complex care, yet had better patient outcomes and lower costs.

According to the Thomson study, the 100 Top Hospitals® have higher survival rates, keep more patients complication-free, and attract more patients—all while maintaining financial stability. Thomson estimates that if all Medicare inpatients received the same level of care as those in the 100 Top Hospitals winners:

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

In 2008, Providence received the Thomson Top 100 Cardiovascular Hospital Award. It is the only cardiovascular teaching hospital in southeast Michigan to receive this recognition eight years in a row.

Thomson, based in Ann Arbor, provides strategic information to the healthcare industry. More information about the results of this study is available at www.100tophospitals.com.

For more than 100 years, Providence Hospital has been a premier provider of compassionate and leading edge healthcare in southeastern Michigan. Providence is a member of St. John Health System, the largest provider of inpatient care in southeast Michigan and one of the largest employers in metro Detroit. St. John Health provides comprehensive prevention, primary care and advanced treatment programs with more than 125 medical centers, and seven hospitals spanning five counties.

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