St. John Health System is proud to announce that two of its hospitals have been recognized among the nation’s best major teaching hospitals.
Thomson Healthcare and the 100 Top Hospitals programs (former Solucient 100 Top Hospitals®) announced the results of their annual “National Benchmarks for Success” study of the nation’s top hospitals in March 2008.
Both St. John Hospital and Medical Center in Detroit and Providence Hospital and Medical Center in Southfield were recognized in the top 15 of the nation’s major teaching hospitals. The commitment to medical education is at the core of providing quality medical care within St. John Health System.
The study by Thomson annually examines changing performance levels in U.S. hospitals and objectively identifies 100 benchmark hospitals based on overall performance. The information and ranking is based on public data analyzing healthcare along dimensions of quality, efficiency and safety.
“I commend the medical staffs, nurses, managers, support staff, volunteers and leaders for their dedication and hard work that enabled their hospitals to achieve this national honor. This is a phenomenal accomplishment and one that we celebrate across St. John Health,” said Patricia Maryland, Dr. P.H., president and CEO, St. John Health.
This is the third consecutive year that St. John Hospital and Medical Center has achieved this incredible accomplishment. “To win this award consistently for three years in a row is obviously quite an honor. Our category of Major Teaching Hospital also recognizes the important role the faculty and resident physicians play in achieving a level of care matched by only 15 other major teaching hospitals across the United States!” said Dr. Steven Minnick, director of medical education at St. John Hospital and Medical Center.
Having quality training programs forces attending physicians to stay current within their respective areas of expertise. Science and medicine is constantly changing. If we are going to teach students and residents the latest and greatest, we have to be on top of it ourselves.
SJHMC Residency program director of emergency medicine, Dr. Don Benson, added “The students and residents come to us with an open mind and a desire to learn. It is our obligation and privilege to give them the best training and learning experience and to prepare them to care for human lives.”
Yet, medicine extends beyond the science. Being a physician is both science and art. Most students who have entered or completed medical school have the intellectual capacity to learn the science; what is sometimes forgotten in routine graduate medical education is the art of caring for patients.
The residents within St. John Health System get great didactic education.
Further strengthening our residency training programs involves focusing on that
art. Being a health care provider is a calling, and it is our privilege to be
able to provide care to those who need us. Cure when possible; comfort always –
that is how great physicians are trained and how
they later treat their patients.
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