Indiana has a lot to brag about when it comes to the performance rankings of its hospitals and other medical institutions. In conducting research across numerous sources, who for the most part rely on federal data, it’s clear to see Indiana’s standing across many different kinds of service levels and outcomes is impressive on both the statewide and the national stage. But which ones are Indiana's best hospitals?
That’s a tricky question to answer depending on the criteria you’re looking at. So, to paint the clearest picture for our readers, we decided to use a compilation of data from various outlets to provide not only variety by accuracy across multiple perspectives as well.
To begin, let’s take a look at the Indiana hospitals that stand out on the national level where our healthcare firms not only shine, but excel.
Out of 50 states in the nation, some of which boast medical facilities among the best in the world, it’s always impressive to see Indiana hospitals and firms included among rankings of the most outstanding. Check out the latest Indiana companies to make national listings so far this year -
Indiana Hospitals on National “Top 100 Hospitals” List
Five Indiana hospitals were included on IBM Watson Health’s (NYSE: IBM) annual listing of the top 100 hospitals in the nation. The organization makes its rankings using data from Medicare and Medicaid across an array of categories including: survival rates, lengths of stay, inpatient expenses, emergency department wait times, complication and infection rates, profit margins, patient satisfaction, and more.
The Indiana hospitals on this year’s list, categorized by size, are:
Large Community Hospitals
Medium Community Hospitals
Small Community Hospitals
Source: IBM Watson Health
Indiana Hospitals on National “50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals” List
Source: IBM Watson Health
National Standout –
One Indiana company made the national list of the “Top 15 Health Systems”
Source: IBM Watson Health
The state level is where we’re able to take a look at more nuanced attributes of Indiana hospitals, breaking them down by specialty and performance outcomes. New data sources have provided us with unique insight into comparisons between companies and facilities this year. Take a look -
Highest-Ranked Hospitals from HealthInsight, Overall
HealthInsight is a private, nonprofit firm that develops its rankings of hospitals in each state using performance data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services across four key metrics: patient experience of care, health care associated infections, mortality rates, and hospital readmissions.
Here’s a look at their highest-rated Indiana hospitals overall, listed by percentile rank:
Source: HealthInsight
Highest-Ranked Hospitals from HealthGrove, Overall
HealthGrove is a data-driven research firm that bases its overall hospital rankings on the following attributes: Truven Analytics ranking, Medicare performance score, number of cases, death rates from pneumonia, death rates from heart attack, catheter-associated infection rate, death rates from heart failure.
The following are HealthGrove’s top ten Indiana hospitals, listed by rank:
Source: HealthGrove
Highest-Ranked Hospitals from U.S. News & World Report, Overall
U.S. News & World Report is a multi-platform news publisher that bases its best hospital rankings on several criteria using data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Standard Analytical File database, the American Hospital Association, and others.
The organization’s highest-ranked Indiana hospitals for 2017-2018 are:
Source: U.S. News & World Report
Best-Performing Hospitals by Mortality Percentile Rank
Mortality percentile rankings are based on hospitals’ risk-adjusted 30-day mortality rates for patients hospitalized for heart attack, heart failure, and pneumonia.
Long story short, the following hospitals do a better job at keeping people alive for those conditions. The higher they are on this list, the better their survival rates.
Source: HealthInsight
Best-Performing Hospitals for Healthcare-Associated Infection Rates
For health care associated infections, hospitals are ranked based on their reported incidences of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs), catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), surgical site infections (SSIs), MRSA Bacteremia, and C.difficile laboratory-identified events.
The higher a hospital on this list, the less likely its patients are to suffer treatment-related infections.
Source: HealthInsight
Hospitals with the Fewest Readmission Rates
For readmissions, hospitals are ranked based on their risk-adjusted, 30-day unplanned readmissions for all discharged patients (hospital-wide readmissions).
Source: HealthInsight
Hospitals Ranked by Home Health Care Performance Outcomes
Sixteen quality measures were used to analyze patient home care treatment and outcomes, including metrics like process of care measures, improvement measures, utilization measures, and others. The data was from the 2016 calendar year.
Ranked by quality measures, the hospitals with the best performances were:
Source: HealthInsight
Top-Ranked Nursing Homes in Indiana
Nursing home facilities were ranked on their average performance across 15 measures with reportable scores using the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ’s nursing home data.
Source: HealthInsight
We’ve gathered a fast look at the seven best hospitals categorized by specific treatment services. Check out the top-ranked hospitals listed by their performance score within the following specialties.
Seven Best Hospitals for Cancer Treatment
Source: U.S. News & World Report
Seven Best Hospitals for Cardiac and Heart Surgery
Source: U.S. News & World Report
Seven Best Hospitals for Orthopedics
Source: U.S. News & World Report
Seven Best Hospitals for Geriatrics
Source: U.S. News & World Report
Seven Best Hospitals for Diabetes & Endocrinology
Source: U.S. News & World Report
