INDIANAPOLIS – The National Research Corporation (NRC) has recently recognized St.Vincent Indianapolis Hospital as a 2009/2010 Consumer Choice Award winner. The award identifies hospitals which healthcare consumers have chosen as having the highest quality and image in more than 300 markets throughout the U.S.
This is the 14th consecutive year the faith-based hospital has been recognized by NRC for the Consumer Choice Award, and is the only facility in Indianapolis to be honored.
"The Consumer Choice recognition is the result of our clinicians and associates’ commitment to delivering the best possible outcomes and dedication to providing an optimal patient experience for those we serve," said Kyle DeFur, president of St.Vincent Indianapolis Hospital. "We will continue our unwavering work to maintain the confidence of the community by enhancing our services."
St.Vincent was selected for the Consumer Choice Award by consumer perceptions on multiple quality and image ratings collected in the company’s Healthcare Market Guide Ticker study. Of the 3,200 hospitals named by consumers in the study, the winning facilities rank highest in their Core Based Statistical Areas, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. The Ticker study surveyed over 250,000 households representing more than 450,000 consumers in the contiguous 48 states and the District of Columbia.
NRC’s Healthcare Market Guide Ticker 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 NRC’s study. The study has a margin of error of + or – 0.2 percent at a national level.
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St.Vincent Hospitals and Health Services
Driven by the faith of four Daughters of Charity who arrived in Indianapolis in 1881 with $34.77 in their pockets, the St.Vincent Hospital mission is to treat the poor and sick by following our Core Values of Service of the Poor, Reverence, Integrity, Wisdom, Creativity and Dedication. Our healthcare ministry has grown to include seven Centers of Excellence: Women's, Children's, Orthopedics, Cardiovascular, Neuroscience, Cancer Care and Bariatrics. The ageless mission of St.Vincent remains unchanged: to minister to the minds, bodies and spirits of those in need.
