Three Aurora Hospitals Named Top Performers in National Thomson Reuters Ann...(euters earlier this year toform Thomson ...),Health

"We are continuously working to achieve the best quality measures and rapidly adopting new technologies for the benefit of our patients," said Paul Summerside, M.D., chairman of the board of directors for Aurora BayCare Medical Center. "We are honored to receive this recognition."

"I'm thrilled to see our caregivers' dedication to patients and hard work to ensure we're meeting patient and family expectations recognized like this," said Rick Kellar, Aurora West Allis Medical Center's chief administrative officer. "Our goal is to provide top-flight care to the people of our community."

"Being recognized for this achievement further solidifies our dedication to improving the care that we provide to the community," said Steve Long, chief administrative officer of Aurora Medical Center in Two Rivers.

Jean Chenoweth, senior vice president for performance improvement and 100 Top Hospitals programs at Thomson Reuters, said: "This study identifies superior leadership, based on the success of hospital executive teams' long-term strategies for strengthening performance. These are true 'Good to Great' leadership teams that have focused on improving quality, efficiency, use of evidence-based medicine, and financial stability in order to better serve their patients and communities."

The study rated hospitals on eight factors -- patient mortality, medical complications, patient safety, length of stay, expenses, profitability, cash-to-debt ratio, and use of evidence-based medicine. Researchers evaluated 2,867 short-term, acute care, non-federal hospitals in five categories: major teaching hospitals, other teaching hospitals, large community hospitals, medium-sized community hospitals and small community hospitals.

The study analyzed publicly available Medicare cost reports, Medicare Provider Analysis and Review data, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Hospital Compare data s
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