University Hospital named one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals

University Health has been identified as one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals through an independent quality analysis by Premier, Inc.

To create the list, Premier conducted a quantitative analysis of publicly available data on 2,599 hospitals. Participation in the study is not application-based, and award winners do not pay to market the honor.

This year’s analysis compared the study’s top-performing hospitals to a peer group of similar hospitals and found that the 100 Top Hospitals delivered better outcomes while operating more efficiently.

University Health patients have better outcomes

Compared to their peers, this year’s top performers achieved:

• 39% fewer inpatient deaths than peer hospitals.
• 5% fewer patients with complications.
• 32% fewer health care-associated infections (HAIs).
• 18% lower inpatient expense per discharge.
• 4-day shorter average length of stay.
• A better patient experience at top-performing hospitals compared to the remaining peer hospitals, with a top-box Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) score of 73% versus 68% at peer hospitals.

These outcomes add up to meaningful differences. According to the study’s analysis, if all hospitals operated at the level of this year’s top performers, more than 611,000 additional patients could have been complication-free and more than $15.1 billion in inpatient costs could have been saved for the 2025 study year.

This analysis is based on Medicare patients included in this study. If the same standards were applied to all inpatients, the impact could have been even greater.

“This program recognizes the dedication of our nation’s top hospitals to consistently deliver high-quality care while working to continuously improve quality, patient experience and operational efficiency,” said David Zito, Premier’s President, Performance Services. “The program’s transparent, non-biased and actionable data helps set benchmarks for hospitals nationwide and enables leaders to make data-driven decisions that benefit patients and the communities we serve. University Health excels across key performance indicators, which can directly lead to higher-quality patient outcomes, with fewer readmissions and complications.”

About the Study

Premier’s 100 Top Hospitals program focuses on short-term, acute care, non-federal U.S. hospitals that treat a broad spectrum of patients. Researchers evaluated 2,599 short-term, acute care, non-federal U.S. hospitals and health systems. All research was based on the following public data sets: Medicare cost reports, Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (MEDPAR) data, and data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Care Compare website. For complete methodology details, please review the study here.