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Desert Valley Hospital Named One of the Nation’s 100 Top Hospitals by Thomson Reuters for the 6th time

Anaheim, Calif., April 16, 2012 – Desert Valley Hospital today was named a “100 Top Hospital” by Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading provider of information and solutions to improve the cost and quality of healthcare. This is the sixth time Desert Valley Hospital has earned the national recognition.

“This award reflects the commitment to excellence and the dedicated patient care that our hospital provides daily,” said Margaret R. Peterson, PhD, CEO of Desert Valley Hospital. “We are proud to be acknowledged as a leader in health care with this prestigious award.”

With nearly 3,000 U.S. hospitals surveyed, the hospitals demonstrated that high-quality patient outcomes can be achieved while improving efficiency.  According to Thomson Reuters, if all hospitals performed at the same level as the 100 Top Hospitals award winners:

•    More than 186,000 additional lives could be saved.
•    Approximately 56,000 additional patients could be complication-free.
•    More than $4.3 billion could be saved.
•    The average patient stay would decrease by nearly half a day.
•    The typical winning hospital charges $464 less per discharge than the typical non-winner.

“This prestigious recognition speaks volumes to our commitment to quality patient care,” said Prem Reddy, MD, FACC, FCCP, Chairman, President and CEO of Prime Healthcare Services. “I congratulate the physicians, nurses and staff at these hospitals for their deep devotion to the highest standards of quality care in the country.”

Five of the nine California community hospitals that earned the Thomson Reuters “100 Top Hospitals: National Benchmarks for Success, 2012” were Prime Healthcare hospitals: Centinela Hospital Medical Center, among the large community hospitals, Chino Valley Medical Center, Garden Grove Hospital Medical Center, West Anaheim Medical Center [three-time winner], among the medium community hospitals, and Desert Valley Hospital [six-time winner], among the small community hospitals. This is the thirteenth time a Prime Healthcare hospital has been recognized with this honor.

The Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals study evaluates performance in 10 areas: mortality; medical complications; patient safety; average patient stay; expenses; profitability; patient satisfaction; adherence to clinical standards of care; post-discharge mortality; and readmission rates for acute myocardial infarction (heart attack), heart failure, and pneumonia. The study has been conducted annually since 1993. Hospitals do not apply, and winners do not pay to market this honor.

Local hospitals rated top 5 percent in survival rates
Sandra Emerson, Staff Writer
Created:   04/01/2012 06:16:59 PM PDT

UPLAND – Patients seeking emergency care at a local hospital may be interested in knowing their likelihood for survival.

Denver-based company CPM HealthGrades named the top 5 percent of hospitals across the country for survival rates.

San Antonio Community Hospital in Upland made the grade.

“We’re proud of our effort,” said Kevin Parkes, medical director of San Antonio’s emergency department. “We know we’re doing a good job day in and day out. It’s nice to get this kind of recognition.”

The hospital was presented with the HealthGrades 2012 Emergency Medicine Excellence Award.

This is their third year receiving the recognition, Parkes said.

“Patients look at what hospital their going to in terms of medical conditions where they’re going to have the best chance or best outcome,” Parkes said.

“By choosing one of the top five percent of hospitals you can improve your chances of doing well.”

Chino Valley Medical Center in Chino and Desert Valley Hospital in Victorville also made the list.

The findings are based on an analysis of more than 7 million Medicare patient records from 2008-10.

The HealthGrades Emergency Medicine in American Hospitals report focused on 12 of the most common and life threatening medical emergencies including heart attack and heart failure, pneumonia, respiratory failure, stroke, diabetic acidosis, pancreatitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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The hospitals that made HealthGrades’ Emergency Medical Excellence list had on average 41.52 percent lower risk-adjusted mortality.

If all hospitals performed at the level of the Emergency Medicine Excellence hospitals from 2008-10, and additional 170,856 people could have potentially survived their emergency hospitalization, according to HealthGrades.
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