Holland Hospital Named a Top 100 Hospital by Healthgrades and Truven Health Analytics

Tue, Mar 11, 2014
In separate award announcements, two national health care evaluative organizations have placed Holland Hospital in their top 100 hospital national rankings. 

For a second consecutive year, Healthgrades selected Holland Hospital as one of America’s 100 BestTM Hospitals after evaluating the clinical performances of nearly 4,500 hospitals nationwide.  Independently, Truven Health AnalyticsTM chose Holland Hospital as the only hospital in West Michigan, and one of only three in the state, to receive its 100 Top Hospitals award, the ninth consecutive year the hospital has achieved this recognition.

“Holland Hospital staff and physicians strive to deliver the very best care to each and every patient we serve,” said Mark Pawlak, Holland Hospital Vice President of Quality and Ancillary Services.  “Our designation as a top 100 hospital by both Truven Health and Healthgrades is a powerful validation of those efforts.  Achieving and maintaining this level of quality care for multiple consecutive years requires a hospital to consistently outperform others on a broad range of meaningful health care metrics.”

Healthgrades bases its findings on Medicare inpatient data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.  No hospital can opt-in or opt-out of being evaluated, and no hospital pays to be evaluated.  “This distinction provides consumers with a measure of confidence that Holland Hospital has delivered better than expected outcomes across a broad spectrum of conditions and procedures over an extended period of time,” said Evan Marks, EVP Informatics and Strategy Director at Healthgrades.

Truven Health Analytics’TM winners are based on a national ‘scorecard’ which objectively measures the performances of 2,800 hospitals across 10 areas – from patient safety, satisfaction and adherence to clinical standards of care to cost-efficiency and financial stability.  “Our objective and independent measurement shows that these winning hospitals have found ways to achieve excellent patient outcomes while maintaining financial performance,” said Mike Boswood, President and CEO of Truven Health.

Holland Hospital serves the health care needs of the greater Holland area and surrounding communities in Ottawa and Allegan counties with a 189-bed main campus and numerous off-site locations.  The hospital medical staff includes more than 300 primary care and specialty physicians with support from 2,000 hospital employees. Holland Hospital has been ranked among the nation’s 100 top hospitals for nine consecutive years and was chosen as a national 2014 Healthiest 100 Workplaces in America award winner.

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Holland Hospital . . . nationally recognized for quality patient care.