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Mayo Clinic has been a named a top U.S. health system, according to a Thomson Reuters survey that analyzed the quality and efficiency of 255 health systems across the country. Mayo Clinic, which includes Red Cedar Medical Center and Luther Midelfort through the Mayo Health System, was ranked among the 10 top performers.
Red Cedar Medical Center has locations in Menomonie, Elmwood and Glenwood City.
Sites included within Luther Midelfort are:
- Luther Midelfort: Clairemont and Luther campuses in Eau Claire
- Luther Midelfort Chippewa Valley: Bloomer, Chippewa Falls and Colfax
- Luther Midelfort Northland: Barron, Cameron, Chetek, Prairie Farm and Rice Lake
- Luther Midelfort Oakridge: Osseo and Mondovi
The Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals program found statistically significant differences between top and bottom performers in several areas and measured key metrics that gauge clinical quality and efficiency.
Among those were medical complications, patient safety, average length of stay, readmission rates and adherence to clinical standards of care based on measures published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Also key to the assessment was a patient survey sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that looked at quality of care in hospitals.
Public data from the 2007 and 2008 Medicare Provider Analysis and Review Data and CMS Hospital Compare data sets were used in the study.
Mayo Clinic president and CEO John Noseworthy said it was an honor to be among the top 10 U.S. health systems.
“Staff at Mayo Clinic have a deep-rooted commitment to delivering high-value health care that best meets patients’ needs,” Noseworthy said in a statement. “They work as a team to help identify ways to eliminate unnecessary expense and improve safety, outcomes and affordability. The ultimate goal is to provide the best health care that is both trusted and affordable.”
Also in the top 10 were Advocate Health Care of Oak Brook, Ill.; Banner Health of Phoenix; Catholic Healthcare Partners of Cincinnati; Fairview Health Services in Minneapolis; Kettering Health Network in Dayton, Ohio; OhioHealth in Columbus, Ohio; Scripps Health in San Diego; Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids, Mich.; and University Hospitals in Cleveland.
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