SDI Top 100 Has Placed McLaren In Top 25 Nationwide Since 1999
List Ranks Health Systems On Efficiency
FLINT, Mich., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The SDI Top 100, an annual list that ranks the most efficient and integrated health care systems in the nation has ranked Flint-based McLaren Health Care the top-rated health system in Michigan, and among the top 25 health systems in the nation, placing it 16th on this year's list.
McLaren has been ranked in the top 25 of SDI's Top 100 [formerly known as the Verispan top 100] since 1999. Two thousand nine marks the 12th year the organization has created the list.
We're proud to have been recognized as one of the most efficient, highly performing health care providers in the nation," said McLaren Health Care President and CEO Philip A. Incarnati. "We work hard to leverage the strength, knowledge and cutting-edge care we provide at our eight hospitals and Great Lakes Cancer Institute campuses system-wide to provide the best care for our patients. We're thrilled that this work continues to rank us as one of the best health care systems in the nation."
SDI's ranking system evaluates integrated health care systems on this performance and degree of integration. Its ratings are based on how a health care system operates as a unified organization in eight categories: integration, integrated technology, contractual capabilities, outpatient utilization, financial stability, service and access, hospital utilization and physicians.
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About McLaren Health Care: Recognized by SDI as one of the top Integrated Health Networks in the nation, McLaren Health Care includes more than 150 locations, 15,000 employees and over 4,000 physicians. It includes eight regional hospitals: McLaren Regional Medical Center in Flint; Lapeer Regional Medical Center; Ingham Regional Medical Center and Ingham Regional Orthopedic Hospital in Lansing; Bay Regional medical Center and Bay Special Care Hospital in Bay City; Mt. Clemens Regional Medical Center in Mt. Clemens and POH Regional Medical Center in Pontiac. Visiting Nurse Services of Michigan, an award-winning home health provider, and McLaren Health Plan, a top-rated commercial and Medicaid HMO are also a part of the system. For more information about McLaren Health Care, visit www.mclaren.org.
About SDI: Since 1982, SDI has been delivering innovative healthcare data products and analytic services to the pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare, medical device, financial services, and consumer packaged goods industries. SDI is the leading provider of de-identified patient-level data analytics and offers a broad array of solutions and insights across the continuum of care. These include custom and syndicated patient-level data studies; localized disease and treatment surveillance and projection; market research audits; healthcare profiles; comprehensive managed care offerings; clinical trial optimization; direct-to-patient pharmacy programs; marketing effectiveness; sales targeting and compensation products; data integration, warehousing, and mining; list services; and direct marketing services. Its current roster includes the top 50 pharmaceutical/biotech companies. For more information, visit www.sdihealth.com or call 610.834.0800.
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