Mercy Health named one of top 15 systems in Truven study

The St. Louis-based Mercy Health system has been named among the top five large health systems in the U.S., as part of the 2016 Truven Health Analytics 15 Top Systems study.

Truven, an IBM company, annually ranks the top 15 health systems – five large, five medium and five small – based on system-wide performance in health care quality, patient satisfaction, coordination of care, cost of care and operational efficiency. Nearly 340 systems were evaluated as part of identifying this year’s top systems. The study is based on independent research and publicly reported data, and health systems do not apply for this recognition.

Truven reviews performance in several key areas, including survival rates, lower 30-day mortality rates, fewer complications, shorter hospital stays, lower costs of care, patient safety, and higher patient satisfaction.

The Top 15 Health System honor comes on the heels of Mercy Hospital St. Louis being named to Truven’s Top 100 Hospitals list, out of nearly 3,000 hospitals across the country. In addition, the St. Louis hospital and Oklahoma Heart Hospital, a Mercy partner in Oklahoma City, were named among Truven’s 2016 Top 50 Cardiovascular Hospitals.

“While our individual facilities and regions have received numerous awards and recognitions for exceptional care and service over the years, the Truven honor is particularly gratifying because it recognizes what we have achieved together,” noted a Mercy statement to some of its key stakeholders. “The collective efforts and dedication of our 40,000 co-workers across four states, united in focusing on the needs of our patients, are the reason we have been recognized as a top system. This is evidence that we are stronger together, and that our patients benefit when we bring our shared commitment to Mercy’s five dimensions of excellence – clinical performance, service performance, cultural enablement, community impact and stewardship – together on behalf of those we serve.”