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22 The List Issue In 2015, collectively, the three hospitals that make up Froedtert & e Medical College of Wisconsin were recognized as one of the top 20 medium size health systems in the nation by Truven Health Analytics. Furthermore, Froedtert Hospital was named the No. 1 hospital in Milwaukee by U.S. News & World Report for 2014-15 and was also named to Truven's 100 Top Hospitals list in 2015. e system is also a great place to work for its employees, as the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has named Froedtert as a Top Workplace for five con- secutive years. Additionally, in November 2014, two members of the Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin health network were recognized as Leaders in LGBT Healthcare Equality by the Hu- man Rights Campaign Foundation. Geisinger Health System (Danville, Pa.). Geis- inger is one of the nation's largest rural health services organizations, serving more than 2.6 mil- lion residents in 48 counties in central and north- east Pennsylvania. Its history dates back to 1915, when a wagon-maker built a hospital in Danville. e system is named aer Abigail Geisinger, the daughter of said wagon-maker. Geisinger Health System is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. e physician-led system has grown to include more than 21,000 employees — including 1,200 employed physicians — eight hospital campuses and two research centers. It also boasts a health plan. David Feinberg, MD, was ap- pointed as the system's sixth CEO in February, ef- fective May 1. Dr. Feinberg replaced Glenn Steele, MD, PhD, who had led the system since 2001. Geisinger leaders developed ProvenCare as a sys- tem to improve healthcare outcomes and decrease costs. ProvenCare is a roadmap of safety and consistency for certain medical procedures and services. For instance, Geisinger's ProvenCare or- thopedic protocols have resulted in a 50 percent decrease in readmissions and a 10 percent reduc- tion in length of stay for total hip replacements. Gundersen Health System (La Crosse, Wis.). In 1995, Gundersen Clinic and Lutheran Hospital- La Crosse formed Gundersen Lutheran, which was renamed Gundersen Health System in 2013. e origins of Gundersen date back to the 19th century and Adolf Gundersen, a physician trained in Europe and the system's namesake. Dr. Gundersen set a national precedent in allowing hospitals to set their own criteria for membership on medical staffs. Today, 325-bed Gundersen Health System is com- prised of 7,621 employees, including 513 physi- cians across 27 medical clinics, three worksite clinics, two express care clinics and eight behav- ioral health clinics, among other facilities. In 2014, Gundersen was one of 260 organizations to receive Healthgrades' Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence. Healthgrades also named Gundersen to its list of America's 50 Best Hospitals in 2014 and awarded the system its 2014 Outstanding Patient Experience Award for the seventh consecutive year. Additionally, the system has been recognized for its innovation in sustainability, as Practice Greenhealth awarded Gundersen Health System the Top 25 Environ- mental Excellence Award in 2015. Henry Ford Health System (Detroit). is non- profit corporation, managed by CEO Nancy M. Schlichting, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. Its roots stretch back to 1915 when it was founded by auto pioneer Henry Ford, who saw the importance of having a hospital for the working man. HFHS has grown now to include five hospi- tals, a medical group and a physician network. HFHS provides health insurance through the Health Alliance Plan, as well as acute, specialty, primary and preventive care services. More than 23,000 people worked for HFHS in 2013, with more than 8,500 of them based in Detroit. In 2011, the system received the Malcolm Bald- rige National Quality Award — the highest award given annually by the White House for perfor- mance excellence through innovation, improve- ment and leadership. HFHS earned the honor for numerous reasons, including innovative strate- gies that helped reduce unintended patient harm and establishing a "zero-defect, no-excuses" ap- proach to healthcare outcomes. Houston Methodist. Houston Methodist is made up of seven hospitals serving Houston and the surrounding area. e system's flagship hospital, Houston Methodist Hospital, is the No. 1 hospital in Texas, according to U.S. News & World Report's rankings for 2014-15. Healthgrades also named the hospital among America's Best Hospitals for 2015. But the flagship hospital isn't the only award-win- ning hospital within the system. Houston Meth- odist Sugar Land (Texas) Hospital and Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital in Houston were both named as two of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals by Truven Health Analytics for 2015. e system has more than 17,000 employees, and they enjoy coming to work — Houston Method- ist has been on Fortune magazine's list of 100 Best Companies to Work For each year since 2006. In 2015, it was one of only four Houston companies to make the list. Houston Methodist also boasts more than 4,500 physicians and a physician orga- nization with 385 physicians. Intermountain Healthcare (Salt Lake City). Nonprofit Intermountain Healthcare is the largest healthcare provider in the Intermoun- tain West, with more than 35,000 employees, 22 hospitals, 185 clinics and 1,400 multispecialty physicians serving communities across Utah and southeastern Idaho. e system was first established in 1975 when e Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints do- nated its then 15-hospital system to its surround- ing communities. Intermountain was created as a secular nonprofit organization to administer those hospitals. BECKER'S HOSPITAL REVIEW CEO REPORT E-WEEKLY free • educational • up-to-date Visit beckershospitalreview.com/e-weeklies.html or call (800) 417-2035 subscribe today