Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals winners achieve quality & efficiency

1. Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals winners achieve Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals winners achieve quality & efficiency quality & efficiency Prime Healthcare hospitals named among the nation's "100 Top Hospitals" by IBM Watson Health™ in a year study specifying top-performing hospitals in the entire United States. Two of the five have been next honored with an "Everest Award," which identifies hospitals that have earned the 100 Top Hospitals designation and ranked among the top 100 hospitals for rate-of- improvement during a five-year period. The following Prime Healthcare hospitals have been greatly honored so many times as among the best hospitals in the nation: •East Liverpool City Hospital in East Liverpool, OH, a second-time honoree and recipient of the Everest Award for the second year in a row. •Garden City Hospital in Garden City, MI, a second-time honoree and recipient of the Everest Award. •Garden Grove Hospital Medical Center in Garden Grove, CA, a fifth-time honoree. •Montclair Hospital Medical Center in Montclair, California, and this the fourth-time honoree. •San Dimas Community Hospital in San Dimas, California, and this is the third-time honoree. The Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals® survey uses independent and intent research to analyze hospital and health system performance in 10 clinical & operational areas addressing: risk- adjusted inpatient mortality index, risk-adjusted difficulty index, healthcare-associated infection index, 30-day risk-adjusted mortality rate, 30-day risk-adjusted readmission rate, severity- adjusted length of stay, emergency department throughput, case mix- and wage-adjusted inpatient invoice per discharge, adjusted operating profit margin, and HCAHPS score. The survey has been conducted yearly since 1993.

2. "We are highly proud of the employees and physicians at our hospitals for their steady commitment to reaching the highest standards in patient care," said Sunny Bhatia, MD, Chief Medical Officer for Prime Healthcare. "Achieving 100 Top Hospital status so many times is a great feat and is possible by consistent dedication and collaboration among all health care providers to supply the highest quality of care and customer experience." Based on this year's survey results, IBM Watson Health explains that if all the Medicare inpatients got an equal level of care as those treated in the award-winning facilities: •More than 103,000 additional lives could be saved; •More than 38,000 additional patients could be complication-free; •More than 8.2 billion dollars in inpatient costs could be saved; and •Roughly 155,000 fewer discharged patients would be readmitted within 30 days. The award-winning hospitals were declared in the March 4th edition of Modern Healthcare magazine. For more information, visit www.100tophospitals.com About Prime Healthcare: Prime Healthcare is an award-winning national hospital system with 45 acute- care hospitals providing nearly 40,000 jobs in 14 states. Based in California and one of the largest hospital systems in the country, Prime Healthcare is committed to ensuring access to quality healthcare. Prime Healthcare, as well as its hospitals, have been recognized as among the "100 Top Hospitals" in the nation 47 times and among the "15 Top Health Systems," three times & Prime healthcare is the only "10 Top Health System" west of the Mississippi. For more information, please visit Prime healthcare More Resources: PRNewswire Biospace Erica