Truven Health Analytics Announces 100 Top Hospitals Award Winners

Truven Health Analytics (Truven), part of the IBM Watson Health business, released its findings, which identify their annual 100 Top Hospitals in the United States. Truven completes a five-year trend analysis annually to determine performance trends in the hospital industry and evaluate hospitals based on set criteria. Analysis on 2011-2015 data showed improvement for the country's hospitals in areas such as inpatient mortality and complication rates, 30-day readmissions, and lengths of stay.

Since 1993, Truven has completed this independent, comprehensive, and academically driven study which evaluates clinical and operational performance; hospitals do not apply for awards . . .