Patched Up!: Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital Named a Top 100 Hospital

Already a favorite in the Lowcountry, Thomson Reuters has recognized Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital as one of the Top 100 hospitals in the nation. No other Lowcountry hospitals were recognized in any of the other categories which included major teaching, teaching, large community, medium community and small community hospitals.

The ranking was based on 14 criteria to include by not limited to: mortality; medical complications; patient safety; average patient stay; patient satisfaction; adherence to clinical standards of care; post-discharge mortality; and readmission rates for heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia. The study has been conducted annually since 1993.

Thomson Reuters researchers evaluated nearly 3,000 short-term, acute-care, non-federal hospitals. They used public information – Medicare cost reports, Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (MedPAR) data, core measures and patient satisfaction data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Compare website. Thomson Reuters also evaluated the hospitals on measures of overall organization performance, including patient care, operational efficiency, and financial stability.

Hospitals do not apply for this list and winners do not pay to market this recognition.

“With oversight and guidance from our Board, the staff and physicians make Bon Secours St. Francis a great place to receive care. They are dedicated to delivering this care with compassion and excellence for all of our patients and this recognition is truly a result of their passion,” said Allen Carroll, CEO of Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital and senior VP of Operations of Roper St. Francis Healthcare. “We are inspired to continue on our path to excellence and to bringing our patients the very best care possible.”

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.

Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital also recently earned The Joint Commission’s reaccreditation for its Primary Stroke Center and is the only Magnet hospital in the Lowcountry.

*Based on analysis of Medicare inpatients over one year.

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