Truven Health Analytics honors two Banner Health hospitals as being among the nation's best

PHOENIX, March 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Banner Boswell Medical Center in Sun City, Ariz., and North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, Colo., were each named one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals by Truven Health Analytics, a leading national health care research and quality assessment organization.

The Truven Health 100 Top Hospitals study identifies hospitals and leadership teams that provide the highest level of value to their communities, based on a national balanced scorecard. The 100 Top Hospitals balanced scorecard measures overall organizational performance across 11 key analytic measures including patient care, operational efficiency and financial stability. The study examines the performance of nearly 3,000 US hospitals each year.

Based on the results of this year's study, if all Medicare inpatients received the same level of care as those treated in the award-winning facilities:

• Nearly 126,500 additional lives could be saved
• Nearly 109,000 additional patients could be complication-free
• $1.8 billion in inpatient costs could be saved
• The typical patient could be released from the hospital half a day sooner

"Delivering operational performance, clinical quality and a superb customer experience does not happen without the consistent, collaborative efforts of everyone on our campus," said David Cheney, CEO at Banner Boswell. "This award is a direct reflection of the efforts of staff, physicians and volunteers who remain committed to delivering the highest quality care to our patients and their families."

"This award is recognition of sustained excellence at North Colorado Medical Center," said Rick Sutton, Banner Health Northern Colorado CEO. "The focus of our team of employees, physicians and volunteers to achieve excellent patient outcomes and patient satisfaction is the primary factor for receiving this type of recognition."

Banner Boswell has received this honor four years in a row and North Colorado Medical Center has achieved the award for the third consecutive year. The winning hospitals were announced in the March 2 edition of Modern Healthcare magazine.

About Banner Boswell Medical Center

Banner Boswell Medical Center in Sun City, Ariz., specializes in neurosciences, heart care, cancer care, orthopedic surgery, physical rehabilitation, neurosciences and stroke care, skilled nursing and Emergency care. Banner Boswell is part of Banner Health, a nonprofit healthcare system with 28 hospitals in seven states. Supporting Banner Boswell's mission of excellent patient care is Sun Health Foundation, which encourages charitable giving to enhance health care delivery. For more information, visit www.BannerHealth.com/Boswell.

About North Colorado Medical Center

North Colorado Medical Center is a fully accredited, private, nonprofit facility licensed in Greeley, Colo., operated by Banner Health, a nonprofit healthcare system with 28 hospitals in seven states. It serves as a regional medical center offering a comprehensive scope of community-based and specialty healthcare services for an area including southern Wyoming, western Nebraska, western Kansas and northeastern Colorado. For more information, visit www.BannerHealth.com/NCMC.

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