Leading Healthcare Institute Names Beverly Hospital Among 100 Top Hospitals in Nation for Fifth Year

Fifth National Recognition for Beverly Hospital in Seven Years for Excellence in Patient Care.

In a recent study released by Thomson, a leading national healthcare institute, Beverly Hospital was named one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals® for the fifth year. This recognition also marks the fifth time in seven years that Beverly Hospital has been nationally recognized for excellence in patient care. 

Receiving the 100 Top Hospitals distinction, not once but five times is a major achievement for Beverly Hospital.  The hospital was rated against more than 2,800 acute general hospitals in a year-long statistical analysis based solely on objective, quantitative performance standards that are consistent across all U.S. hospitals.  Beverly Hospital achieved 100 top status in large part because of exceeding the median performance of large community hospitals benchmark peer group in five of the nine categories. 

The categories measured include:

• Patient Outcomes:  Survival rates for all patients, plus low rates of surgical complications like infections and severe bleeding after surgery.
• Patient Safety:  Avoiding unwanted events, like respiratory failure, infections and unexpected deaths in low-risk diseases, which occur infrequently, but which all hospitals are working to reduce.
• Core Measures: A set of basic care practices that all heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia patients should receive.
• Efficiency: Length of patient stay and average expense.  In the best hospitals, all parts of the organization work together to do the right thing at the right time. When this happens, patients return to their daily lives faster and costs are usually lower.
• Financial Stability: A high-performing hospital must be well-managed financially so it can attract the best healthcare professionals, acquire new technology and expand services to improve results for patients.  A high-performing hospital must have enough cash to pay down their bills and must generate a surplus to be financially stable and invest in the future.
• Growth in Service: Growth from one year to the next in the number of patients seeking treatment in the hospital’s inpatient, emergency department, ambulatory surgery and outpatient services.  This growth is an indirect reflection of how satisfied patients are with the services provided. Beverly Hospital exceeded the median level in this category by more than 80 percent.

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

By demonstrating compliance with the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization's national standards for healthcare quality and safety, Northeast Hospitals (Beverly, BayRidge and Addison Gilbert hospitals and the Beverly Hospital Hunt Center) has earned the Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval. Northeast Hospitals achieved greater than 95 percent compliance with national standards.

Breast Imaging Center of Excellence Designation

Beverly Hospital at Danvers, Medical and Day Surgery Center has been designated a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology (ACR).   By awarding facilities the status of a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence, the ACR recognizes breast imaging centers that have earned accreditation in all of the College’s voluntary, breast-imaging accreditation programs and modules, in addition to the mandatory Mammography Accreditation Program.   The breast imaging services at Beverly Hospital at Danvers are fully accredited in mammography, stereotactic breast biopsy, breast ultrasound and ultrasound-guided breast biopsy.  Peer-review evaluations, conducted in each breast imaging modality by board-certified physicians and medical physicists who are experts in the field, have determined that Beverly Hospital at Danvers has achieved high practice standards in image quality, personnel qualifications, facility equipment, quality control procedures, and quality assurance programs.