FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – OCT. 6, 2005
St.Vincent Indianapolis Hospital is one of four Indiana hospitals selected by the National Research Corporation as a 2005-06 Consumer Choice Award winner. The award identifies hospitals that healthcare consumers have chosen as having the highest quality and image in 180 markets throughout the U.S. This is the tenth consecutive year that St.Vincent has received the recognition.
“At St.Vincent, we offer our patients and their families extraordinary care and are honored to receive this recognition,” says Patricia Maryland, Dr. PH, president of St.Vincent Hospitals and Health Services. “Our patients tell us they are pleased with their care and value our professional staff of nurses and physicians. It’s significant to note that our patients have given us this recognition for ten consecutive years.”
NRC Chief Executive Officer Michael D. Hays said winners are determined by consumer perceptions on multiple quality and image ratings collected in the company’s annual NRC Healthcare Market Guide® study. Of the 3,000 hospitals named by consumers in the study, the winning facilities rank highest in their Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. The 2005/06 NRC Healthcare Market Guide® study surveyed nearly 200,000 households representing 400,000 consumers in the U.S.
Consumers are continuing to play an increasing role in their selection of healthcare facilities and services, Hays said. As further information is made publicly available to consumers, we expect this trend to increase. With the industry’s shift to a consumer-driven model, we are pleased to recognize the healthcare organizations named as leaders by those they serve. The winners deserve recognition for the emphasis they have placed on providing quality care.
The 2005/06 Healthcare Market Guide® is the nation’s largest and most comprehensive study of its kind. No other study used to measure hospital performance and preferences contains more consumer responses than NRCs study. The study has a margin of error of + or 0.2 percent at a national level. Co-winners are named when scores fall within the statistical margin of error for a given market.
