Flowers Hospital Ranked #1 in the U.S.
on Process-of-Care Quality Measures

Below is how the Commonwealth Fund’s website www.WhyNotTheBest.org reported the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ top performing hospitals on process-of-care quality measures.

Hospital Name (Location)	Overall Quality Score
FLOWERS HOSPITAL (AL)	99.63%
HACKETTSTOWN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (NJ)	99.54%
WEST ANAHEIM MEDICAL CENTER (CA)	99.54%
OKLAHOMA HEART HOSPITAL (OK)	99.29%
EVANSTON NORTHWESTERN HEALTHCARE (IL)	99.12%
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PEMBROKE (FL)	99.1%
NEW YORK COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF BROOKLYN, INC. (NY)	98.89%
HOLLAND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (MI)	98.85%
STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL (NY)	98.79%
ST MARYS HEALTH CENTER (MO)	98.52%
LAKEVIEW MED CTR (WI)	98.44%
UNITED HOSPITAL CENTER (WV)	98.36%
KETTERING MEDICAL CENTER (OH)	98.33%
OAKWOOD HERITAGE HOSPITAL (MI)	98.24%
ST VINCENT HEALTHCARE (MT)	98.16%
MEMORIAL REGIONAL HOSPITAL (FL)	98.15%
ALEGENT HEALTH MIDLANDS HOSPITAL (NE)	98.1%
ALEGENT HEALTH MERCY HOSPITAL (IA)	98.07%
HEARTLAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (MO)	97.97%
SHERMAN OAKS HOSPITAL (CA)	97.97%

**Data Source: Information for this release obtained from “WhyNotTheBest.org” web site.

**Data collection time period: July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008