Where are the best hospitals in our part of the country? Depends upon who you ask, apparently.
Here are Indiana and Illinois hospitals who have been given high marks in three different awards compulations, and it’s interesting to see how these facilities overlap (or, more importantly, don’t pop up on various awards lists).
Feel free to surf around for other lists, there are more lists out there … and if you think that a defense lawyer won’t try and use one of these top ranking lists as a “fact” that the hospital that has been sued for malpractice is a stellar facility that does no wrong, well — think again:
Truven Health Analysis’ 100 Top Hospitals Everest Award, 2014
“The Everest Award honors hospitals that have achieved both the highest current performance and the fastest long-term improvement over five years.”
Condell Medical Center
Libertyville, IL
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
Park Ridge, IL
MacNeal Hospital
Berwyn, IL
Parkview Huntington Hospital
Huntington, IN
St. Joseph’s Hospital Breese
Breese, IL
Major Teaching Hospitals
Christ Medical Center
Oak Lawn, IL
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
Park Ridge, IL
Teaching Hospitals
MacNeal Hospital
Berwyn, IL
Riverside Medical Center
Kankakee, IL
Large Community Hospitals
Condell Medical Center
Libertyville, IL
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
Downers Grove, IL
Central DuPage Hospital
Winfield, IL
Medium Community Hospitals
St. Vincent Carmel Hospital
Carmel, IN
Small Community Hospitals
St. Joseph’s Hospital Breese
Breese, IL
Healthcare Quality Matters: Top Hospitals for 2014
“Healthgrades America’s Best Hospitals is based solely on clinical quality outcomes and it rewards excellence over a multi-year time period. This premier distinction provides a measure of confidence for consumers.”
- America’s 50 Best Hospitals are the top 1% of hospitals in the nation for providing overall clinical excellence across a broad spectrum of conditions and procedures consistently for a minimum of seven consecutive years.
- America’s 100 Best Hospitals are the top 2% of hospitals in the nation for exhibiting clinical excellence for at least four consecutive years.
Illinois (10)
Advocate Christ Hospital and Medical CenterOak Lawn, IL
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove, IL (top 50)
Advocate Good Shepherd HospitalBarrington, IL
Alexian Brothers Medical Center Elk Grove Village, IL (top 50)
Carle Foundation Hospital Urbana, IL
Ingalls Memorial Hospital Harvey, IL (top 50)
Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL (top 50)
Presence Resurrection Medical Center Chicago, IL
Presence Saint Joseph Medical CenterJoliet, IL
Saint Alexius Medical CenterHoffman Estates, IL (top 50)
Indiana (3)
Community Hospital Munster, IN (top 50)
Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital Indianapolis, IN
Indiana University Health University Hospital Indianapolis, IN
US News and World Report
There are too many to list here under their awards qualifications.
- Illinois has 13 nationally ranked here with another 37 “meeting standards for strong performance within the state.”
- Indiana has 2 that are nationally ranked and 13 others that “meet standards for strong performance within the state.”
Here’s a list that would be good to see: which hospitals got sued the most (or the least) for malpractice or wrongful death or settled the most (or the least) negligence or wrongful care claims in the past five years? That would be a good list to compare, right?
