Becker's Hospital Review

31 The List Issue community leaders joined together to establish Tanner Memorial Hospital. e hospital was named aer the late wife and late mother of C.M. Tanner, a Carrollton businessman who donated $75,000 toward the hospital's con- struction. Many organizations have recognized the health system for its quality, pa- tient satisfaction and organizational achievements. Truven Health Analytics named Tanner to its 15 Top Health Systems list in 2012, 2014 and 2015. e Joint Commission named three of Tanner's hospitals to its list of Top Per- formers on Key Quality Measures in 2012, 2013 and 2014. Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton was awarded Press Ganey's Beacon Award in 2014 and its Guardian of Excellence Award in 2013 and 2014 for patient satisfaction, and additionally, the system was named to Atlanta Business Chronicle's list of Top 10 Best Places to Work in 2014. Trinity Health (Livonia, Mich.). Trinity Health was formed in May 2013 when Trinity Health and Newton Square, Penn.-based Catholic Health East combined. Today, Trinity Health is one of the largest multi-institutional Catholic healthcare delivery systems in the U.S. Its patient base extends from coast to coast across 21 states with 85 hospitals, 128 continuing care facilities and home health and hospice programs. Trinity Health sees nearly 2.8 mil- lion patient visits per year. More than 89,000 people, including 3,300 employed physicians, make up Trinity Health's workforce. e system is known for its focus on providing high quality care to the country's aging population. Trinity is the innovator of Senior Emergency Departments, the largest nonprofit provider of home healthcare services in the nation by number of visits. Trinity Health has demonstrated a strong commitment to investing in the communities it serves, from fostering affordable housing and providing ac- cess to low-income families in need of child care services, to urban revitaliza- tion and educational scholarships. UnityPoint Health (Des Moines, Iowa). Iowa Health System, the nation's fih largest nondenominational health system, became UnityPoint Health in April 2013. e system's foundations began in Des Moines 1993 when Iowa Methodist and Iowa Lutheran merged to become Iowa Health System. At the time, the Iowa Health System was the state's largest provider of hospital and healthcare services. Since that time, UnityPoint Health has expanded and now covers eight major geographic regions in Iowa and Illinois. Today, UnityPoint Health has more than 900 physicians and providers work- ing in more than 280 UnityPoint Clinics, 29 hospitals in both metropolitan and rural communities as well as its homecare services. In its 2014-15 rankings, U.S. News & World Report named two UnityPoint Health hospitals among the nation's Best Regional Hospitals. Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines is ranked fourth in Iowa, and Iowa Lutheran Hospi- tal, also in Des Moines, was recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of America's high-performing hospitals in five specialties. For the third year in a row in 2014, Hospitals & Health Networks magazine recognized Unity- Point Health as one of the nation's Most Wired Health Systems. University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center. is four-hospital academic system dates back to 1921, when URMC was founded aer the president of the University of Rochester followed through on his idea to build a medical school. e medical school opened in 1925, and Strong Memorial Hospital opened as a 250-bed community hospital that year as well. Today, Strong Memorial Hospital is the flagship of URMC and has 830 beds. e other hos- pitals in the system include Golisano Children's Hospital and Highland Hos- pital, both in Rochester, and F.F. ompson Hospital in Canandaigua, N.Y. Many of URMC's hospitals have received national recognition for excellence. For instance, both Strong Memorial Hospital and F.F. ompson Hospital are recognized as Magnet hospitals by the American Nurses Credentialing Cen- ter, putting them among just 414 hospitals in the country with such recogni- tion. Additionally, Strong Memorial Hospital was nationally ranked in four specialties in U.S. News & World Report's 2014-15 Best Hospitals rankings and was named the No. 1 hospital in the Rochester metro area. URMC is not only known for excellence in patient care: e system also in- novates and builds new technologies constantly. e University is among the top 10 institutions in the country in royalty revenues for licensed technolo- gies, and more than 20 companies have been formed in the last 10 years with URMC technologies. UPMC (Pittsburgh). UPMC is the largest nongovernmental employer in Pennsylvania, boasting more than 60,000 employees, including 3,500 em- ployed physicians. e system includes more than 20 hospitals that have more than 5,100 beds, and it also has more than 500 physician offices and outpatient sites. UPMC has close ties with the University of Pittsburgh, which has ranked among the top 10 recipients of funding from the National Institutes of Health since 1998. Not only does UPMC offer high-quality patient care at some of the best hos- pitals in the nation — U.S. News & World Report ranked UPMC-University of Pittsburgh Medical Center as the No. 12 hospital in the U.S. in its 2014- 15 Best Hospitals rankings — it also offers healthcare coverage through its insurance division. e Insurance Services Division has grown to more than 2.5 million members in just more than 10 years. It is also billed as the largest behavioral health insurance provider in Pennsylvania and operates two so- ware development companies. UPMC has become well-known for its integration and innovation prowess. e system has been ranked No. 1 in InformationWeek 500 for innovative creation and use of technology and has been named a Most Wired health system by Hospitals & Health Networks for many years. Additionally, the system has successfully solved problems internally and then commercial- ized the solution to sell to other companies. Examples of such innovative spirit include Stentor, a picture archiving and communication system sold to Phillips, and Evolent, a company helping provider systems transition to value-based care. n

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