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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Brandon Regional Hospital Brandon Regional Hospital named to the Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals® list for ninth consecutive time Annual list recognizes excellence in clinical outcomes, operational efficiency, patient experience, and financial health Brandon Regional Hospital has been named to the Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals® list. This is the ninth consecutive time Brandon Regional Hospital been recognized with this honor as one of the top performing hospitals in the U.S. The annual list was published on April 27, 2021 by Fortune. IBM Watson Health has identified the top hospitals from a rigorous evaluation of 2,675 short-term, acute care, non-federal hospitals in the U.S. The annual list recognizes excellence in clinical outcomes, operational efficiency, patient experience and financial health. IBM Watson Health established the list to help identify best practices that may help other healthcare organizations achieve consistent, balanced and sustainable high performance. This year’s ranking of top hospitals also introduces a measure of hospitals’ contributions to community health with a focus on equity developed by a team of experts at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity and the Bloomberg American Health Initiative at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. For the ranking, hospitals were surveyed across three components: 1) assessing hospital contributions to community health as a provider of critical services for community health and preventive care; 2) identifying ways that hospitals contribute to community health as a community partner teaming up with local organizations to implement critical programs; and 3) focusing on ways that hospitals promote community health through their practices as anchor institutions supporting local economic and social progress. Hospitals received credit for meeting a certain number of best practice standards in each component as part of the survey scoring and the new measure led to a change in ranking for more than one-third of the 100 hospitals. “Brandon Regional Hospital is proud to once again be named one of the nation’s 100 top hospitals,” said Bland Eng, Chief Executive Officer at Brandon Regional Hospital. “This recognition demonstrates our ongoing commitment in prioritizing patient-centered care and is a great honor for our team of talented Caregivers who have worked extremely hard during the current pandemic.” According to IBM Watson Health, as compared to similar hospitals, the hospitals included on the Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals list had better results on key clinical and operational performance indicators. These include survival rates, patient complications, healthcare associated infections, 30-day mortality and 30-day hospital-wide readmission rates, length of stay, throughput in emergency departments, inpatient expenses, profitability and ratings from patients. “We are proud of all of the hospitals, health systems and their dedicated clinicians and staff included among the Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals,” said Irene Dankwa-Mullan, MD, MPH, Chief Health Equity Officer and Deputy Chief Health officer at IBM Watson Health. “From small community hospitals to major teaching hospitals, organizations on this list demonstrate a relentless commitment to high value, patient-centered care and innovation. They also recognize the importance of contributing to the health of their communities and we applaud them for their programs that help provide equitable quality care and address health disparities.” For more information, visit http://www.100tophospitals.com/. About Brandon Regional Hospital Accredited by The Joint Commission, Brandon Regional Hospital is a 436-bed acute care facility that is nationally ranked as a Top 100 Hospital by IBM Watson, a Top Teaching Hospital by The Leapfrog Group, a U.S. News & World Report High Performing Hospital in COPD and Heart Failure, and a Leapfrog Group ‘A’ for patient safety. The hospital offers a number of specialty services including the Heart & Vascular Center, Pediatric Center with a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Advanced Wound & Plastic Surgery Center, Comprehensive Metabolic & Bariatric Center of Excellence, Comprehensive Stroke Center, and The Women’s Center, which includes the Baby Suites and Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Additional services include an Orthopedic Program, Comprehensive Hand Program, Stroke Center, and Lymphedema Surgery. The hospital’s ER is one of the busiest in the state, with adult and pediatric centers on its main campus and five additional ER 24/7® locations in Lakeland, Plant City, Riverview, Temple Terrace and Wesley Chapel. The hospital is located at 119 Oakfield Drive in Brandon, FL. For more information, visit BrandonHospital.com.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Brandon Regional Hospital
Brandon Regional Hospital named to the Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals® list for ninth consecutive time
Annual list recognizes excellence in clinical outcomes, operational efficiency, patient experience, and financial health
Brandon Regional Hospital has been named to the Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals® list. This is the ninth consecutive time Brandon Regional Hospital been recognized with this honor as one of the top performing hospitals in the U.S. The annual list was published on April 27, 2021 by Fortune.
IBM Watson Health has identified the top hospitals from a rigorous evaluation of 2,675 short-term, acute care, non-federal hospitals in the U.S. The annual list recognizes excellence in clinical outcomes, operational efficiency, patient experience and financial health. IBM Watson Health established the list to help identify best practices that may help other healthcare organizations achieve consistent, balanced and sustainable high performance.
This year’s ranking of top hospitals also introduces a measure of hospitals’ contributions to community health with a focus on equity developed by a team of experts at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity and the Bloomberg American Health Initiative at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
For the ranking, hospitals were surveyed across three components: 1) assessing hospital contributions to community health as a provider of critical services for community health and preventive care; 2) identifying ways that hospitals contribute to community health as a community partner teaming up with local organizations to implement critical programs; and 3) focusing on ways that hospitals promote community health through their practices as anchor institutions supporting local economic and social progress. Hospitals received credit for meeting a certain number of best practice standards in each component as part of the survey scoring and the new measure led to a change in ranking for more than one-third of the 100 hospitals.
“Brandon Regional Hospital is proud to once again be named one of the nation’s 100 top hospitals,” said Bland Eng, Chief Executive Officer at Brandon Regional Hospital. “This recognition demonstrates our ongoing commitment in prioritizing patient-centered care and is a great honor for our team of talented Caregivers who have worked extremely hard during the current pandemic.”
According to IBM Watson Health, as compared to similar hospitals, the hospitals included on the Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals list had better results on key clinical and operational performance indicators. These include survival rates, patient complications, healthcare associated infections, 30-day mortality and 30-day hospital-wide readmission rates, length of stay, throughput in emergency departments, inpatient expenses, profitability and ratings from patients.
“We are proud of all of the hospitals, health systems and their dedicated clinicians and staff included among the Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals,” said Irene Dankwa-Mullan, MD, MPH, Chief Health Equity Officer and Deputy Chief Health officer at IBM Watson Health. “From small community hospitals to major teaching hospitals, organizations on this list demonstrate a relentless commitment to high value, patient-centered care and innovation. They also recognize the importance of contributing to the health of their communities and we applaud them for their programs that help provide equitable quality care and address health disparities.”
For more information, visit http://www.100tophospitals.com/.
About Brandon Regional Hospital Accredited by The Joint Commission, Brandon Regional Hospital is a 436-bed acute care facility that is nationally ranked as a Top 100 Hospital by IBM Watson, a Top Teaching Hospital by The Leapfrog Group, a U.S. News & World Report High Performing Hospital in COPD and Heart Failure, and a Leapfrog Group ‘A’ for patient safety. The hospital offers a number of specialty services including the Heart & Vascular Center, Pediatric Center with a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Advanced Wound & Plastic Surgery Center, Comprehensive Metabolic & Bariatric Center of Excellence, Comprehensive Stroke Center, and The Women’s Center, which includes the Baby Suites and Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Additional services include an Orthopedic Program, Comprehensive Hand Program, Stroke Center, and Lymphedema Surgery. The hospital’s ER is one of the busiest in the state, with adult and pediatric centers on its main campus and five additional ER 24/7® locations in Lakeland, Plant City, Riverview, Temple Terrace and Wesley Chapel. The hospital is located at 119 Oakfield Drive in Brandon, FL. For more information, visit BrandonHospital.com.