20 Pa. hospitals rank among best in U.S.; expert says you can live longer by knowing which

Twenty Pennsylvania hospitals, together with a handful in central Pennsylvania, are ranked among the many 250 greatest in america by a corporation known as Healthgrades.

Why does it matter?

Healthgrades calculates that 161,615 lives per yr might be saved if all hospitals cared for sufferers in addition to the highest 250, which comprise 5% of U.S. hospitals.

“Healthcare choices are sometimes sophisticated and fraught with emotion,” says Dr. Brad Bowman, the chief medical officer and head of information sciences at Healthgrades. “By giving customers an easy-to-understand, data-driven approach to determine the hospitals of their space with the very best outcomes, Healthgrades helps all sufferers – regardless of their background – confidently select larger high quality care.”

What are the rankings based mostly on?

Healthgrades begins with the thought varied hospitals — often giant, well-known ones based mostly in massive cities — excel at sure specialties. However Healthgrades units out to spotlight hospitals which can be constantly good at many of the issues sufferers want.

It makes use of Medicare knowledge to have a look at mortality and complication charges for 31 situations and procedures and assign a high quality rating for every hospital. Based mostly on comparisons of these scores, it compiles lists of the highest 250 hospitals, the highest 100 and the highest 50.

Being within the prime 250 places a hospital among the many prime 5% of about 4,500 hospitals in america; being within the prime 100 places a hospital within the prime 2%; being within the prime 50 places a hospital within the prime 1%.

What Pennsylvania hospitals are ranked among the many greatest?

These ranked among the many 50 greatest within the U.S.:

• Lancaster Basic Hospital in Lancaster County;
• Studying Hospital in Berks County;
• Lankenau Medical Middle in Montgomery County;
• Chester County Hospital

These ranked among the many 100 greatest:

• UPMC Harrisburg, together with close by UPMC Group Basic Osteopathic;
• Penn State Well being Milton S. Hershey Medical Middle;
• WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital;
• Riddle Memorial Hospital in Delaware County;
• St. Luke’s Hospital, Allentown and Bethlehem campuses.

These ranked among the many 250 greatest:

• WellSpan York Hospital;
• Penn State Well being St. Joseph Medical Middle in Berks County;
• Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Middle in Luzerne County;
• Einstein Medical Middle Montgomery in Montgomery County;
• Paoli Hospital in Chester County;
• Einstein Medical Middle Philadelphia, together with Germantown and Elkins Park campuses;
• Hospital of the College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia;
• Penn Presbyterian Hospital in Philadelphia;
• Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia;
• Temple College Hospital in Philadelphia;
• Grandview Well being in Bucks County.

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