Audrain Medical Center Honored Among Nation’s Top Hospitals

Audrain Medical Center has been recognized with a 2009-2010 Hospital Value Index™: Best in Value™ Award, as a result of the study conducted by Data Advantage, LLC, the nation’s leader in measuring healthcare value. AMC ranked among the top tier of all hospitals nationwide, achieving high marks in quality, affordability and efficiency and patient satisfaction.

Specifically, the Hospital Value Index™ recognized AMC as Best in State™ and Best in Region™.

“We are proud of this honor as it reinforces our commitment to providing quality care affordably,” said David Neuendorf, President/CEO of Audrain Medical Center.  “Our physicians, nurses, support staff and volunteers strive each day to make our hospital the leader in quality care, and this award stands as a testament to their dedication and achievement of their goals.”

The Hospital Value Index™ is the first and only performance indicator to focus on the value hospitals provide to their community and utilizes the latest publicly available data, including Hospital Compare from July 2009, to recognize these accomplishments.

“Value is increasingly important to patients and consumers who decide which hospital they will access for care,” said Hal Andrews, CEO of Data Advantage. “The Hospital Value Index™ is the first award to recognize those hospitals providing exceptional value of care to their communities, and AMC has achieved great results.”

The Hospital Value Index™  pulled data from approximately 4,500 general acute-care hospitals, serving approximately 30.1 million consumers.  It defines a hospital’s “value” by its success in four critical areas:

Quality, including CMS’s Core Measures, patient safety and readmission rates; Efficiency, including the relative measure of the cost to the hospital for providing services Affordability, a relative comparison of prices charged for inpatient and outpatient services; and Patient satisfaction as measured by HCAHPS. The full Hospital Value Index™  study and list of findings can be found at www.HospitalValueIndex.com.

### About Data Advantage, LLC

Data Advantage, LLC is a privately held healthcare information company that specializes in providing the healthcare and business communities with objective and comprehensive data solutions. The company has aggregated and compiled a warehouse of the most insightful information about healthcare utilization and maintains comprehensive benchmark data about the financial, operational and clinical performance of the U.S. hospital industry. For more information, visit www.data-advantage.com or call 866-996-3282.

Posted: 2010-01-08

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