April 4, 2025- Premier, Inc. announced the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals® with the full list of recognized hospitals published in Fortune®. To create the list, an objective, quantitative analysis of publicly available data was conducted to identify the top hospitals in the United States. The primary purpose of Premier’s 100 Top Hospitals® program is to inspire hospital and health system leaders to pursue higher performance and deliver added value to patients and communities. The program also provides all hospitals a custom performance report free of charge that reviews their performance in comparison to peer hospitals and the identified top hospitals. Participation in the study is not application-based, and award winners do not pay to market their honor.
The Performance of Facilities on Premier’s 100 Top Hospitals Program® List
This year’s analysis compared the study’s top performing hospitals to a peer group of similar hospitals and found that Premier’s 100 Top Hospitals® delivered better outcomes while operating more efficiently. Compared to their peers, this year’s top performers achieved:
A better patient experience at top performing hospitals compared to peer hospitals, with a top-box Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) score of 73 percent versus 68 percent at peer hospitals.
- 39 percent fewer inpatient deaths than peer hospitals.
- 26.5 percent fewer patients with complications.
- 32 percent fewer healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).
- 18 percent lower inpatient expense per discharge.
- 0.4-day shorter average length of stay.