Methodist Hospital named one of the nation's 100 top hospitals

San Antonio, Texas — For the second year in a row, Methodist Hospital was identified as one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals® according to an independent quality analysis provided by Premier, Inc.

To create the list, an objective, quantitative analysis of publicly available data was conducted to identify the top hospitals in the United States. The primary purpose of Premier’s 100 Top Hospitals® program is to inspire hospital and health system leaders to pursue higher performance and deliver added value to patients and communities. Participation in the study is not application-based, and award winners do not pay to market their honor. Data collected from other Methodist Healthcare System hospitals - including Methodist Children’s Hospital, Methodist Hospital | Metropolitan, Methodist Hospital | Northeast, Methodist Hospital | Texsan, and Methodist Hospital | Specialty and Transplant- contributed to Methodist Hospital’s designation.

“The exceptional patient care delivered by our physicians and colleagues is a testament to our mission-driven culture, and reflects the sound and inventive strategies of our leadership teams across every department,” said Ryan Simpson, CEO of the Methodist Hospital Campus. “I couldn’t be more proud of our teams for consistently striving for excellence, being nationally-recognized for clinical expertise, and above all- always prioritizing our patients.”

Performance of Facilities on Premier’s 100 Top Hospitals® Program List

This year’s analysis compared the study’s top performing hospitals to a peer group of similar hospitals and found that Premier’s 100 Top Hospitals® delivered better outcomes while operating more efficiently. Compared to their peers, this year’s top performers achieved:

• 39 percent fewer inpatient deaths than peer hospitals. 
• 26.5 percent fewer patients with complications. 
• 32 percent fewer healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).
• 18 percent lower inpatient expense per discharge. 
• 0.4-day shorter average length of stay.
• A better patient experience at top performing hospitals compared to the remaining peer hospitals, with a top-box Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) score of 73 percent versus 68 percent at peer hospitals.

These outcomes add up to meaningful differences. According to the study’s analysis, if all hospitals operated at the level of this year’s top performers, more than 331,000 additional lives could have been saved, over 611,000 additional patients could have been complication-free and more than $15.1 billion in inpatient costs could have been saved for the 2025 study year.

This analysis is based on Medicare patients included in this study. If the same standards were applied to all inpatients, the impact could have been even greater.

“Premier’s 100 Top Hospitals® program recognizes the dedication of our nation’s top hospitals to consistently deliver high-quality care while working to continuously improve quality, patient experience and operational efficiency,” said David Zito, Premier’s President of Performance Services. “The program’s transparent, non-biased and actionable data helps set benchmarks for hospitals nationwide and enables leaders to make data-driven decisions that benefit patients and the health of communities we serve. Methodist Hospital excels across key performance indicators, which can directly lead to higher quality patient outcomes, with fewer readmissions and complications.”