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TriHealth Honored as One of 100 Most Highly Integrated Networks by Verispan
February 12, 2006
For the second consecutive year, TriHealth, has been ranked as the 25th most highly integrated healthcare networks (IHNs) in the country.
Verispan’s report, regarded as the nation’s premier rating system, evaluates IHNs on their
performance and degree of integration.
TriHealth was one of two local hospital systems among the top one hundred and their ranking was the 2nd highest in the state of Ohio, trailing only Promedica Health System in Toledo. Last year, TriHealth ranked as the 37th most integrated hospital system in the country.
“We are proud to be recognized by Verispan as one of the most highly integrated networks in the country,” said John Prout, president and chief executive officer of TriHealth. “Being named as the second most integrated system in the state is a distinction we recognize with pride and is a direct result of working closely with our physicians to integrate our ongoing performance improvement initiatives.”
The 2007 edition identifies the top IHNs in the current universe of 587 nonspecialty, local and regional networks in the United States that meet criteria success factors. The rating is based on Verispan’s IHN rating system, which evaluates each network’s ability to operate as a unified organization in each of eight categories: integration, integrated technology, contractual capabilities, outpatient utilization, financial stability, services and access, hospital utilization and physicians.
Verispan’s annual Integrated Healthcare Networks Survey, initiated in 1997, is another primary source for the rating. The survey allows Verispan to use a standard methodology for collecting data and rating IHNs. Traditional primary and secondary research completes the data profiles of nonresponders.
The Verispan IHN Benchmark Report allows any IHN, regardless of whether or not it was rated in the Verispan IHN 100, to compare its scores in 33 data elements to those of selected competitors, as well as the average scores of all IHNs broken out by the top 10, top 100, and the remaining rated systems. For more information about the top 100 networks, visit the IHN information page at www.verispan.com.
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