Baylor Health Care System has been named 18th among the nation's Top 100 integrated health care networks (IHNs) by SDI, a leading health care market insight and analytics firm and the nation's premier rating system for IHNs.
Each year, SDI evaluates IHNs on their performance and degree of integration—the extent to which the health care system includes a hospital organization that also provides acute patient care, a multispecialty medical care delivery system, the capability of contracting for any other needed services, and a payer.
SDI evaluated 576 non-specialty, local and regional networks in the U.S. according to each network's ability to operate as a unified organization in eight categories including: integration, integrated technology, contractual capabilities, outpatient utilization, financial stability, services and access, hospital utilization and physicians.
"Participating in the SDI Integrated Health Care Network Survey benefits our patients by demonstrating BHCS's commitment to integrate and standardize best practices across all of our facilities," says David J. Ballard, MD, MSPH, PH.D., FACP, Baylor's senior vice president and chief quality officer. "For example, as part of the BHCS integration journey, our implementation of the Heart Failure order set across all BHCS acute care hospitals has improved patient care for the people admitted to our hospitals with heart failure. If all US hospitals would implement this same integrated practice, then approximately 15,000 lives and $2 billion in heart failure hospitalization costs could be saved annually."
To see the full list of SDI rankings, visit SDI Survey.
ABOUT BAYLOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
Baylor Health Care System is a non-profit faith-based supporting organization providing services to a network of acute care hospitals and related health care entities that provide patient care, medical education, research and community service. Baylor recorded more than 2.6 million patient encounters, $3.8 billion in total operating revenue, $4.4 billion in total assets and $514 million in community benefit in fiscal year 2010. Baylor's network of more than 261 access points includes 26 owned/operated/ ventured/affiliated hospitals, 23 joint ventured ambulatory surgical centers, 50 satellite outpatient locations, four senior centers and 156 HealthTexas physician clinics.
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About Baylor Scott & White Health
As the largest not-for-profit health system in the state of Texas, Baylor Scott & White promotes the health and well-being of every individual, family and community it serves. It is committed to making quality care more accessible, convenient and affordable through its integrated delivery network, which includes the Baylor Scott & White Health Plan, Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, the Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance and its leading digital health platform – MyBSWHealth. Through 51 hospitals and more than 1,200 access points, including flagship academic medical centers in Dallas, Fort Worth and Temple, the system offers the full continuum of care, from primary to award-winning specialty care. Founded as a Christian ministry of healing more than a century ago, Baylor Scott & White today serves more than three million Texans. For more information, visit: BSWHealth.com
