Fortune names Parkridge among top 100 hospitals

For the third consecutive year, Parkridge Medical Center has been named to the Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals list.

Parkridge, which is owned by Hospital Corporation of America, was among 20 hospitals to earn the 2021 Everest Award for setting national benchmarks for the fastest rate of improvement and highest current year performance.

The only Chattanooga hospital to earn recognition, Parkridge ranked third on the list, outperforming 253 hospitals in the large community hospitals category in clinical outcomes, operational efficiency, patient experience and financial health.

“My colleagues at Parkridge Medical Center are united by a common goal toward which we strive every day: excellent patient-centered care,” said Tom Ozburn, president and CEO of Parkridge Health System and CEO of Parkridge Medical Center. “We all share responsibility for each patient’s experience and outcome, and this award underscores our commitment to our patients and to our community.”

For the ranking, hospitals were surveyed across three components: 1) assessing hospital contributions to community health as a provider of critical services for community health and preventive care; 2) identifying ways that hospitals contribute to community health as a community partner teaming up with local organizations to implement critical programs; and 3) focusing on ways that hospitals promote community health through their practices as anchor institutions supporting local economic and social progress.

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