What is the criterion in making the cut for a place on the list of “The Top 100 Hospitals”? There are many lives at stake, with nearly 100,000 plus Americans hospitalized each day. That equals approximately 40 million hospitalizations per year. As a result, we should be mindful as consumers and potential health care providers of the quality of care taught and provided by the health care system. Following my analyzation of the hospitals, its services and organizational structures I choose the University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC) located in Seattle, Washington. It opened on May 5, 1959 and grew out of the medical school that the university opened on October 2, 1946. It is home to the world 's first pain center and was the location of the world 's first
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The medical centers are assessed in 16 different specialties, from Cancer to Urology.
For 12 of the 16 specialties, an extensive data-driven analysis combines measures of performance in three primary dimensions of healthcare: structure, process and outcomes.
Rankings in the four remaining specialties are based on hospital reputation, determined by a physician survey. Other structural measures include hospital volume, technology and other resources that define the hospital environment.
A well-established methodology includes original survey data and secondary analyses of data from the American Hospital Association, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and various other organizations. The source for the majority of structural measures is the American Hospital Association (AHA) Annual Survey, supplemented by additional resources such as the National Cancer Institute’s list of designated cancer centers.
These processes are represented mostly by a hospital’s reputation for developing and sustaining a system that delivers high-quality care, determined by a survey of board-certified
The medical centers are assessed in 16 different specialties, from Cancer to Urology.
For 12 of the 16 specialties, an extensive data-driven analysis combines measures of performance in three primary dimensions of healthcare: structure, process and outcomes.
Rankings in the four remaining specialties are based on hospital reputation, determined by a physician survey. Other structural measures include hospital volume, technology and other resources that define the hospital environment.
A well-established methodology includes original survey data and secondary analyses of data from the American Hospital Association, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and various other organizations. The source for the majority of structural measures is the American Hospital Association (AHA) Annual Survey, supplemented by additional resources such as the National Cancer Institute’s list of designated cancer centers.
These processes are represented mostly by a hospital’s reputation for developing and sustaining a system that delivers high-quality care, determined by a survey of board-certified