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SJH Named as One of the Nation's 100 Top Hospitals

St. Joseph's Hospital, Chippewa Falls, has been named one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals for 2007 by Thomson Healthcare, a leading national provider of information and solutions to improve the cost and quality of healthcare. The award recognizes that St. Joseph's and the other 100 top hospitals have achieved on-going excellence in clinical outcomes, safety of patients and financial performance.

"St. Joseph's Hospital had to demonstrate it performed well in a significant number of patient care measures," said David Fish, Chief Executive Officer of St. Joseph's Hospital. "We were compared to similar size hospitals across the country and were shown to have higher survival rates, keep more patients complication-free, consistently be rated in the top two percent of hospitals nationwide for inpatient satisfaction and maintain financial stability." St. Joseph's Hospital was compared to other medium size hospitals, 100 to 249 beds, across the United States. More than 3,000 hospitals were part of the study.

According to the study, the highest performance levels in patient safety were achieved by St. Joseph's Hospital and the other 100 Top Hospitals with demonstrated success in clinical process and outcomes resulting in shorter lengths of stay, patient safety, operational efficiency and financial stability providing lower costs of care for patients. The study compares short-term, acute care, non-federal U.S. hospitals that treat a broad spectrum of patients. The data comes from public sources including the Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (MedPAR) data set, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Standard Analytical File (SAF) outpatient data set and the Medicare Cost Report. Balanced organization-wide performance reflects a hospital's ability to provide highly reliable, efficient health care services and great value to patients, local employers, payers and the entire community.

"Being named one of 100 Top Hospitals for 2007 in the United States is a great success for our community," Fish added. "It assures that our community has a high quality, financially efficient hospital to turn to for its health care needs." In addition, as a major employer, St. Joseph's provides employment for more than 650 individuals providing a significant economic boost to the local economy.

St. Joseph's Hospital and the other 100 Top Hospital recipients will be publicly recognized this June at the highly prestigious 100 Top Hospitals Summit to be held in Colorado Springs, Colorado.