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                  cathy_brzozowski@chs.net

For Immediate Release

Philadelphia, PA, Thursday, October 25, 2007—Chestnut Hill Hospital received the 2007 Premier—CareScience Select Practice National Quality Award for superior patient outcomes in both quality and efficiency of care. The award recognizes the top one percent of the more than 4,700 acute care inpatient facilities in the United States eligible to receive the award. Winners did not apply for the award, but instead were identified as a top performer in quality and efficiency among all acute care facilities in the MedPAR 2005 data.

"We are pleased to be acknowledged with this select group of hospitals that are being recognized for the highest quality and most efficient patient care in the nation," said Brooks Turkel, Chestnut Hill Health System CEO. "Providing a high standard of patient care at Chestnut Hill Hospital is our priority. Our physicians and clinical staff help achieve that goal through advanced training, customer service and ongoing efforts to exceed expectations. Surveys consistently reflect that patients are very satisfied with their care. Our team clearly deserves to be recognized with some of the country's elite hospitals for patient care based on performance using objective measures of clinical outcomes and efficiencies."

Select Practice data includes 16 different clinically relevant indicators of risk, more than any other national quality award or designation. The quality index is calculated by combining the outcome deviations for mortality, morbidity and complications into a single quality measure for each facility. The combined quality and efficiency ratings are used to determine the award recipients. Six clinical areas were measured—acute myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass graft, procedures heart failure, hip and knee replacement procedures and pneumonia maternal and neonatal care.
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Chestnut Hill Health System provides quality health care, covering the spectrum of services from prenatal through geriatric, for families in northwest Philadelphia and eastern Montgomery County.