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28 QUALITY IMPROVEMENT & MEASUREMENT 50 Hospitals With Lowest Pneumonia Mortality By Heather Punke T he following is a list of hospitals with the lowest 30-day mortality rates from pneu- monia, according to data from CMS. Information was pulled from Hospital Com- pare and is from July 2012 through June 2015, the most recent data available. All of the hospitals on this list have a 30-day pneumonia mortality rate of 12.1 percent or less. For reference, the national average is 16.3 percent. Southern California Hospital at Hollywood — 8.7 percent Los Angeles Community Hospital — 9.8 per- cent Mount Sinai Medical Center (Miami Beach, Fla.) — 9.8 percent Oroville (Calif.) Hospital — 10.4 percent Alhambra (Calif.) Hospital Medical Center — 10.4 percent Centinela Hospital Medical Center (Ingle- wood, Calif.) — 10.6 percent NYU Hospitals Center (New York City) — 10.7 percent Garfield Medical Center (Monterey Park, Ca- lif.) — 10.8 percent Sherman Oaks (Calif.) Hospital — 10.8 per- cent Gardens Regional Hospital and Medical Cen- ter (Hawaiian Gardens, Calif.) — 10.9 percent White Memorial Medical Center (Los Ange- les) — 11 percent Olympia Medical Center (Los Angeles) — 11 percent La Palma (Calif.) Intercommunity Hospital — 11.1 percent Monmouth Medical Center-Southern Cam- pus (Lakewood, N.J.) — 11.1 percent Memorial Hospital of Gardena (Calif.) — 11.3 percent Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital (Valencia, Ca- lif.) — 11.3 percent EvergreenHealth Medical Center (Kirkland, Wash.) — 11.3 percent Mayo Clinic Hospital (Phoenix) — 11.4 per- cent Rush University Medical Center (Chicago) — 11.4 percent Methodist Hospital (Houston) — 11.4 per- cent Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center (Milwau- kee) — 11.4 percent Newton-Wellesley Hospital (Newton, Mass.) — 11.5 percent Akron (Ohio) General Medical Center — 11.5 percent Park Plaza Hospital (Houston) — 11.5 per- cent Beverly Hospital (Montebello, Calif.) — 11.6 percent Washington County Regional Medical Cen- ter (Sandersville, Ga.) — 11.6 percent Glendora (Calif.) Community Hospital — 11.7 percent Huntington Beach (Calif.) Hospital — 11.7 percent Saint Luke's South Hospital (Overland Park, Kan.) — 11.7 percent Rio Grande Regional Hospital (McAllen, Texas) — 11.7 percent Seton Medical Center Harker Heights (Texas) — 11.7 percent Encino (Calif.) Hospital Medical Center — 11.8 percent Saint Vincent Medical Center (Los Angeles) — 11.8 percent Silver Lake Medical Center (Los Angeles) — 11.8 percent Monongahela (Pa.) Valley Hospital — 11.8 percent Garden Grove (Calif.) Hospital & Medical Center — 11.9 percent Flagler Hospital (Saint Augustine, Fla.) — 11.9 percent Sebastian (Fla.) River Medical Center — 11.9 percent Canton-Potsdam (N.Y.) Hospital — 11.9 per- cent Pelham Medical Center (Greer, S.C.) — 11.9 percent Glendale (Calif.) Adventist Medical Center — 12 percent Baystate Franklin Medical Center (Green- field, Mass.) — 12 percent Falmouth (Mass.) Hospital — 12 percent St. Luke's Hospital-Anderson Campus (Easton, Pa.) — 12 percent Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center & Or- thopaedic Hospital — 12.1 percent Spectrum Health Pennock (Hastings, Mich.) — 12.1 percent Harper University Hospital (Detroit) — 12.1 percent Bellevue (Ohio) Hospital — 12.1 percent UHHS Memorial Hospital of Geneva (Ohio) — 12.1 percent St. Joseph's Community Hospital of West Bend (Wis.) — 12.1 percent n