Aurora Hospitals in Green Bay, Sheboygan Rank Among Top 100 U.S. Hospitals

MILWAUKEE, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Aurora BayCare Medical Center and Aurora Sheboygan Memorial Medical Center have two new quality awards among their accomplishments. The Aurora hospitals in Green Bay and Sheboygan are among the nation's top 100 hospitals according to Thomson Reuters.

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Aurora BayCare Medical Center and Aurora Sheboygan Memorial Medical Center were recognized with the Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals National Benchmark Award. This is the third consecutive year that Aurora Sheboygan has been named to the 100 Top Hospitals list.

Modern Healthcare magazine released the 17th edition of Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals study, a list that recognizes hospitals that have achieved excellence in patient outcomes, patient safety, patient satisfaction and efficiency.

Len Wilk, chief administrative officer at Aurora Sheboygan Memorial Medical Center, says his team has made a long-term commitment to providing high-quality, patient-centered care.

"Part of delivering coordinated patient care is measuring quality and outcomes," Wilk says. "We've been working on this for years, and it is rewarding to see our employees and medical staff recognized nationally for their achievements."

Daniel Meyer, chief administrative officer at Aurora BayCare Medical Center, shares this sentiment.

"This award is a testament to our employees' hard work, expertise and caring in providing an outstanding patient care experience," Meyer says.

Jeff Mason, chairman of the board for Aurora BayCare Medical Center adds, "We are proud to see Aurora BayCare Medical Center rise to this level of quality since it opened in 2001. Just think of what we will be able to accomplish within the next 10 years."

Thomson Reuters is a leading health care consultant that annually analyzes publicly available data to identify their top 100 facilities.

According to Thomson Reuters if all Medicare inpatients received the same level of care as those at the winning hospitals:

• More than 98,000 additional patients would survive each year.
• More than 197,000 patient complications would be avoided annually.
• Expenses would decline by an aggregate $5.5 billion a year.
• The average patient stay would decrease by half a day.

More information on this study and the 100 Top Hospitals research is available at www.100tophospitals.com and www.modernhealthcare.com.

Aurora Health Care is a not-for-profit Wisconsin health care provider and a national leader in efforts to improve the quality of care. Aurora provides care at sites in more than 90 communities throughout eastern Wisconsin and Illinois.

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