CMS updated its Hospital Compare website April 25, revealing new HCAHPS summary star ratings for 3,466 hospitals, with 213 hospitals earning five stars, according to a notification from the Advisory Board.
Rankings and Ratings
Forbes named Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine and Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic among the top U.S. companies in its annual "America's Best Employers" list for 2018.
Hawaii, Massachusetts and Minnesota ranked among the top states for healthcare, quality of care and health outcomes, among other performance indicators, according to a recent analysis from the Commonwealth Fund published this month.
Maine is the best state for nurses, according to an analysis by WalletHub.
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Out of the top 15 companies for work-life balance, Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente snagged the No. 4 spot, according to an analysis by Indeed.
North Dakota is the best state for physicians to practice medicine, according to Medscape's Best & Worst Places to Practice 2018 report.
Nurse.org ranked Minnesota the No. 1 state for nurses, where registered nurses earn roughly $72,000 annually on average and a large percentage of nurses gave hospitals positive reviews, according to Nurse.org's* 2018 "Best States for Registered Nurses" report.
Marriottsville, Md.-based Bon Secours Health System and Abilene, Texas-based Hendrick Medical Center were among 39 organizations that received the 2018 Gallup Great Workplace Award.
IBM Watson Health released its 15 Top Health Systems annual study April 22, which highlights the top-performing health systems in the U.S. based on their overall organizational performance.