Local Hospital Makes List of Nation’s 100 Top Hospitals

CHICAGO – In recognition of its performance on patient safety, inpatient and outpatient quality of care, financial stability, operational efficiency and patient experience measures, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center has once again been named to the 100 Top Hospitals list by IBM Watson HealthTM, formerly known as Truven Health Analytics®.

Advocate Illinois Masonic was one of three Chicago area Major Teaching Hospitals to make the list. It is the eighth time the medical center, located in the Lake View neighborhood, has received the distinction.

Two other hospitals in the Advocate Aurora system, Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin and Aurora Medical Center in Manitowoc County, also achieved the recognition.

"We are proud and delighted to be a part of Watson Health's 100 Top Hospitals, an honor that reflects the commitment of our team members and physicians to provide safe, high quality and efficient care for our patients," says Susan Nordstrom Lopez, President of Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center. "Keeping a laser focus on delivering exceptional and cost-effective patient care is at the forefront of everything we do and what makes Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center worthy of this prestigious recognition."

To make IBM Watson Health’s elite group, hospitals must not only provide the best possible care for patients, they must also demonstrate excellence as an efficiently run organization. IBM Watson Health considers the 100 Top as shining examples for others to follow.

The Advocate Aurora sites were chosen from 3,156 eligible U.S. hospitals. Key performance benchmarks for award winners included survival rates, readmission rates and shorter length of stay, among others.

About Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center

Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center is part of Advocate Health Care (Advocate), the largest health system in Illinois and one of the largest Accountable Care Organizations in the country. A national leader in population health management, Advocate operates nearly 400 sites of care and 12 hospitals, including three of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals, the state's largest integrated children's network, five Level I trauma centers (the state's highest designation in trauma care), three Level II trauma centers, one of the area's largest home health and hospice companies and one of the region's largest medical groups. Advocate trains more primary care physicians and residents at its four teaching hospitals than any other health system in the state. As a not-for-profit, mission-based health system affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ, Advocate contributed $692 million in charitable care and services to communities across Chicagoland and Central Illinois in 2016. Advocate is part of Advocate Aurora Health, the 10th largest not-for-profit, integrated health system in the United States. We help people live well. To learn more about Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, please visit us: www.advocatehealth.com/immc.