Tiffin Mercy named best small community hospital in nation

Mercy Health — Tiffin Hospital recently has been named to the Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals list. This is the first time Mercy Health — Tiffin Hospital has been recognized with this honor, as the top performing small community hospital in the U.S. The annual list was published recently by Fortune, at https://fortune.com/2021/04/27/top-community-hospitals-2021-ibm-watson-health/. IBM Watson Health identified its top hospitals from an evaluation of 2,675 short-term, acute care, non-federal hospitals in the U.S., a release from Mercy Health states. The annual list recognizes excellence in clinical outcomes, operational efficiency, patient experience and financial health. IBM Watson Health established the list to help identify best practices that may help other healthcare organizations achieve consistent, balanced and sustainable high performance, the release states. "Not only was Mercy Health — Tiffin Hospital among the nation's best but it was named as the number one top Small Community Hospital in the country. This is a much-deserved recognition for a team that has provided top quality and compassionate care to the residents of Tiffin and Seneca County for more than 100 years," said Bob Baxter, president, Mercy Health — Toledo. 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. Hospitals received credit for meeting a certain number of best practice standards in each component as part of the survey scoring and the new measure led to a change in ranking for more than one-third of the 100 hospitals. "Mercy Health — Tiffin Hospital consistently has been recognized for the excellent care they provide to the families in our region every day. We are proud of the work they do and the continue to do," said Daniel Barbee, Mercy Health -Toledo Rural Market president. "Despite an unprecedented year in health care history, this team remained committed to caring for our patients in a way that is nationally recognized and ranked." For more information, visit www.100tophospitals.com.