PSHMC Named Among the Nation's Top Performance
Improvement Leaders by Solucient
Penn State Hershey Medical Center and its
senior management team were recognized for
being one of a hundred hospitals making the
greatest progress in improving hospital-wide
performance over five years (2000-2004).
These organizations have set national
benchmarks for consistent improvement in
clinical outcomes, safety, hospital
efficiency, financial stability and growth.
Findings from the third edition of
Solucient's 100 Top Hospitals®: Performance
Improvement Leaders study appear in the
current issue of Modern Healthcare magazine
(May 1, 2006).
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America’s Top Doctors Consumer Health Guide
Seven of Penn State Milton S. Hershey
Medical Center specialists are listed
among the top one percent of all physicians
in the nation. The publisher’s research team
and surveys found that physicians would turn
to these specialists for treatment:
- Cardiology—Gerald V. Naccarelli,
M.D.,
- Neurosurgery— Robert E. Harbaugh,
M.D.
- Pediatric Gastroenterology—A. Craig
Hillemeier, M.D.
- Pulmonary—Rebecca Bascom, M.D.
- Psychiatry—Thomas W. Uhde, M.D.
- Reproductive Endocrinology—Richard
S. Legro, M.D.
- Vascular Surgery—Robert G. Atnip,
M.D.
Best Doctors in America®
140 Penn
State Hershey Medical Center physicians
are included in Best
Doctors® In America 2007-08 database. Best
Doctors is a nationally recognized database
that contains names and professional
profiles of physicians chosen through an
exhaustive peer-review survey.
Better Performer: Bariatric Surgery
Benchmarking Project
Penn State Surgical Weight Loss was named one
of four better performers out of the twenty-nine
top-scoring participants in the University
HealthSystem Consortium’s (UHC’s) Bariatric
Surgery 2005 Benchmarking Project.
Consumer Choice Award, National Research
Corporation
Penn State Hershey Medical Center has
earned the National Research Corporation’s
2005-06 Consumer Choice Award. It’s the
sixth year that surveyed consumers have
named the Medical Center as one of the
most-preferred hospitals. Winners, named in
Modern Healthcare magazine, are selected
from the nation’s most comprehensive,
nationwide consumer health care profile, the
NRC Healthcare Market Guide®.
Reader’s Choice for Best Hospital,
Harrisburg Magazine
Central Pennsylvania readers of
Harrisburg Magazine view Penn State Hershey
Medical Center as the top hospital in the
region. During multiple surveys, including
those of 2004 and 2005, readers have
selected the Medical Center as Best
Hospital.
Top Cardiovascular Hospital: Solucient 100
Top Hospitals
Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute
of Penn State Hershey Medical Center is one
of the
100 top cardiovascular hospitals in America,
according to the most recent survey by
Solucient, the nation’s leading source of
information products for the health care
industry. The 100 Top Hospitals®:
Cardiovascular Benchmarks for Success” study
objectively measured performance on key
criteria and found that its top 100
hospitals consistently outperform their
peers, especially in complication and
mortality rates.
Top 10 Connected Facilities
The editors of Health Imaging and IT
magazine have honored Penn State Hershey
Medical Center as one of the nation’s top
health care facilities for connecting
digital imaging and information technology
systems. The publication recognizes medical
facilities for creating a seamless flow of
well-organized patient information to the
caregiver, whenever it is needed.
Who’s Who in America®
More than two dozen physicians, faculty
members, and researchers at Penn State
Hershey Medical Center and Penn State
College of Medicine are included in the
2006 edition of Who’s
Who in America®. The publication is a
leading biographical reference tool for
journalists, students, and business
professionals who depend on accurate
biographical information.
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