HCA : The Joint Commission Recognizes 115 HCA Hospitals as Top Performers

HCA (NYSE:HCA), one of the nation's leading providers of healthcare services, today announced that 115 of its licensed hospitals in the U.S. are included among The Joint Commission’s new list of Top Performers on Key Quality Measures^®.

Eighty-five percent of HCA’s hospitals are on TJC’s list, as compared to 36.9 percent of all TJC-accredited hospitals reporting core measure performance data for 2013. Of the 115 HCA hospitals recognized, 48 have been Top Performers all four years of the program’s existence.

“This distinction from The Joint Commission is a tribute to the colleagues across HCA, who are committed to excellence in care delivery. The measures used to determine the Top Performers are based on scientific evidence that determines best outcomes for patients. Essentially, these are objective measures of hospitals’ performance in giving the best care,” said Dr. Jonathan B. Perlin, HCA’s Chief Medical Officer and President of the company’s Clinical Services Group. “We are pleased that 85 percent of our hospitals have been recognized for their clinical excellence and are listed among the top U.S. hospitals.”

TJC’s Top Performers program recognizes hospitals that attain excellence on accountability measures related to evidence-based care for certain conditions, including heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care, children’s asthma, inpatient psychiatric services, stroke, venous thromboembolism, immunization and perinatal care.

A full list of HCA’s licensed hospitals on The Joint Commission’s Top Performers list is attached to this press release.

All references to “Company” and “HCA” as used through this release refer to HCA Holdings, Inc. and its affiliates.

Note to Editors: HCA’s 159 U.S. hospitals, as of December 31, 2013, operated under 144 licenses because, in some cases, more than one hospital may operate under a single license, and of those, 136 were eligible for TJC’s Top Performers recognition.