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Thomson Healthcare
Thomson Healthcare offers health care business information to drive business growth, manage finances and deliver quality care. The company specializes in solutions that assist providers, employers, pharmaceutical organizations and payers. Thomson Healthcare's products and services include market information, data management, claims analysis, performance improvement and strategic planning tools.
Organization Background
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www.100tophospitals.com
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Services |
Health care providers benefit from Thomson Healthcare's systems designed to assist decision-making and performance improvements. Thomson Healthcare assists pharmaceutical companies with planning, data and measurement tools, and consumer solutions. The company also offers solutions for employers and managed care organizations including benefits and claim analysis, and plan management.
Thomson Healthcare's health care database includes more than 22.6 million discharges per year from 2,900 hospitals.
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Audience |
Thomson Healthcare serves providers, payers, employers and pharmaceutical companies. Clients include more than 2,000 hospitals across the United States and more than 15 of the largest pharmaceutical manufacturers.
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Type of Quality Data |
Each year, Thomson Healthcare publishes benchmarks for health care performance through the "100 Top Hospitals: Benchmarks for Success" program. Its ratings are based on publicly-available statistics and other information. Goals include acknowledging high-performing management teams, establishing performance baselines, helping other hospitals improve performance and assisting all areas of health care. The hospitals are honored for their responsiveness to change, high quality and efficient care, and financial strength.
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Data Source |
Thomson Healthcare uses a national comparative balanced scorecard approach to identify the 100 top hospitals. Data is gathered from Thomson Healthcare's hospital database, Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (MedPAR) information and Medicare cost reports. According to Thomson Healthcare, the data used in the top hospital studies represents more than 6,000 U.S. hospitals and more than 12 million patient discharges. The performance measures are evaluated and modified each year to ensure a balanced and comprehensive process.
In addition, each hospital is assigned to a peer group based on its size and teaching status:
- Major Teaching Hospitals
- Teaching Hospitals
- Large Community Hospitals
- Medium Community Hospitals
- Small Community Hospitals
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MeritCare's Report |
Visit our Facts page for a list of awards MeritCare has received from Thomson Healthcare.
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