Aultman Honored Among Nation’s Top Hospitals
Hospital Value Index™ Recognizes Aultman with Best in Value™ Award
CANTON, Ohio (Sept. 15, 2009) – Aultman Hospital has been recognized with two 2009-2010 Hospital Value Index™ awards – Best in Value™ and Best in State™ – as a result of the study conducted by Data Advantage, LLC, who is the nation’s leader in measuring healthcare value.
Aultman’s composite score ranked among the top tier of all hospitals nationwide and in the top 10 percent for Ohio, achieving high marks in quality, affordability, efficiency and patient satisfaction.
“Earning this recognition demonstrates our commitment to excellence from every part of our organization – physicians, employees, volunteers, managers and our Board of Directors,” said Edward J Roth III, Aultman Hospital President and CEO.
The Hospital Value Index™ is the first and only performance indicator to focus on the value hospitals provide to their community and utilizes the latest publicly available data, including Hospital Compare from July 2009, to recognize these accomplishments.
“Value is increasingly important to patients and consumers who decide which hospital they will access for care,” said Hal Andrews, CEO of Data Advantage. “The Hospital Value Index™ is the first award to recognize those hospitals providing exceptional value of care to their communities, and Aultman has achieved great results.”
The Hospital Value Index™ pulled data from approximately 4,500 general acute-care hospitals, serving approximately 30.1 million consumers. It defines a hospital’s “value” by its success in four critical areas:
- Quality, including CMS’s Core Measures, patient safety and readmission rates;
- Efficiency, including the relative measure of the cost to the hospital for providing services
- Affordability, a relative comparison of prices charged for inpatient and outpatient services; and
- Patient satisfaction as measured by HCAHPS.
The full Hospital Value Index™ study and list of findings can be found at www.HospitalValueIndex.com. Check out our Best in Value radio and print ads, featuring members of our community who appreciate the value Aultman provides.
About Data Advantage, LLC
Data Advantage, LLC is a privately held healthcare information company that specializes in providing the healthcare and business communities with objective and comprehensive data solutions. The company has aggregated and compiled a warehouse of the most insightful information about healthcare utilization and maintains comprehensive benchmark data about the financial, operational and clinical performance of the U.S. hospital industry. For more information, visit www.data-advantage.com or call 866-996-3282.
About Aultman
Aultman Health Foundation is a not-for-profit health-care organization serving Stark and surrounding counties. The vertically integrated institution includes Aultman Hospital, the locally managed health-insurance provider AultCare and the Aultman College of Nursing and Health Sciences. With 808 beds, 530 active physicians and a staff of more than 5,000 employees, Aultman is Stark County’s largest hospital and employer. For more information, visit www.aultman.org.
Media Contacts
Leslee Dennis, Aultman
ldennis@aultman.com, 330-363-5319
Morgan Lynch, Data Advantage
mlynch@jarrardinc.com, 615-254-0575
