SJRMC Named Among the Nation’s Top Performance Improvement Leaders

Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today named Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center in South Bend and Plymouth among the nation’s performance improvement leader hospitals, for the second consecutive year.

SJRMC and its Senior Leadership Team were recognized for being one of a hundred hospitals making the greatest progress in improving hospital-wide performance over five consecutive years (2002-2006). The 2007 Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals: Performance Improvement Leaders have set national benchmarks for the rate and consistency of improvement in clinical outcomes, safety, hospital efficiency, and financial stability. SJRMC and its Medical Staff have made major strides in increasing the quality and efficiency of services locally.

Findings from the fifth edition of the Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals: Performance Improvement Leaders study appears in the August 11, 2008, issue of Modern Healthcare Magazine.

“This recognition is significant validation that Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center continues to be committed to providing first-rate quality and faith-based care to the communities we serve at each of our acute-care hospitals in South Bend and Plymouth,” said Nancy R. Hellyer, President and CEO of SJRMC. “As we move forward, we continue to enhance the healthcare we provide so our patients, caregivers, and community at large benefit and recognize the value-added services of Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center.”

The Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals: Performance Improvement Leaders study analyzed acute care hospitals nationwide using detailed empirical performance data from years 2002 through 2006, including publicly available Medicare MedPAR data, Medicare cost reports, and Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) outpatient data.