By Daily Press staff
Saint John’s Hospital in Santa Monica has been named the No. 1 community hospital in the state. In a study published in the May/June 2002 issue of AARP Modern Maturity’s Consumer’s Checkbook listed Saint John’s Health Care Center in the top 50 hospitals in the United States, and ranked it 12th overall.
The Consumer Checkbook is a nonprofit consumer education organization. It rated the quality of care for adults at acute care hospitals in metropolitan areas across the country. The two-year study surveyed more than 20,000 physicians and analyzed statistics from federal records and accreditation scores to rank 1,308 hospitals.
Saint John’s was selected based on its quality of physicians, mortality rates, accreditation scores and training programs.
“Our ranking among the top hospitals in the nation and California is a testament to our commitment to treating the whole person — body, mind and spirit,” said Bruce Lamoureux, CEO of Saint John’s Health Care Center.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 4, 2002. Read the original PDF.