54 HCA healthcare hospitals recognized as “America’s Best Hospitals” by Healthgrades
HCA Healthcare announced that 54 of its hospitals were recognized on the 2024 Healthgrades America’s 250 Best Hospitals list for superior performance in providing care for conditions and procedures across multiple specialty lines and areas. Using a methodology focused solely on patient outcomes, this award recognizes the top 5% of hospitals in the country for clinical excellence.
The ten HCA Healthcare hospitals recognized as America’s 100 Best Hospitals for being within the top 2% in the nation for consistent clinical excellence are:
- CJW Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia
- HCA Florida Aventura Hospital in Aventura, Florida
- HCA Florida Kendall Hospital in Miami, Florida
- HCA Florida Orange Park Hospital in Orange Park, Florida
- MountainView Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada
- Rose Medical Center in Denver, Colorado
- Sky Ridge Medical Center in Lone Tree, Colorado
- Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, Colorado
- The Medical Center of Aurora in Aurora, Colorado
- Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas
Outpatient revenue has increased more than 40% compared to 2020
Recently, hospitals and health systems have experienced difficult years in terms of finance since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, 2023 presented a more promising trend for hospitals and health systems. According to the latest data from Kaufman Hall, outpatient revenue has grown significantly, increasing by more than 40% compared to 2020.
The median calendar year-to-date operating margin index for hospitals was 2.3% in December, according to Kaufman Hall. Provider productivity has increased, while expenses continue to outpace revenue growth. Improved margins may indicate that hospitals and health systems are taking proper steps to adapt to the new environment, according to Kaufman Hall.
Ardent Health Services notifies those impacted by ‘cybersecurity incident’
Ardent Health Services recently reported that certain individuals whose personal information was involved in the November 2023 “cybersecurity incident” are now being notified. On Nov. 23, 2023, Ardent discovered a “ransomware incident” that impacted its network and they immediately notified law enforcement. Ardent Health notified officials and successfully ended unauthorized access. According to Ardent Health, some of the breach contained documents with personal patient information. Patients are now being notified through letters in the mail regarding the November data incident.
CommonSpirit physician recognized for efforts to enhance care quality
There is tremendous amount of wasteful spending in the U.S. healthcare system, and at the same time, large numbers of patients and would-be patients can’t afford healthcare, as Thomas McGinn, M.D., M.P.H., of CommonSpirit Health noticed in his early years as a physician. Today, Dr. McGinn is the Executive Vice President of Physician Enterprise at CommonSpirit Health. A practicing internal medicine physician, he is a nationally recognized researcher with appointments at Baylor College of Medicine and Creighton University School of Medicine.
With AHRQ support, Dr. McGinn has developed clinical prediction rules and integrated them into electronic health record (EHR) systems, accelerating their adoption and use. Dr. McGinn started working on clinical prediction rules to estimate the probability of a disease or clinical outcome. This work went on to enabled the development of a publicly available survival calculator for hospitalized COVID-19 patients.