Scripps Encinitas Named Among Top 100 Hospitals in the US

Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas has been named among the top 100 hospitals in the nation, based on a study conducted by health care technology and services platform PINC AI.

Recognized in the medium community hospitals category, Scripps Encinitas was the only hospital in Southern California to make the prestigious list this year.

The list, which was published this week in the online edition of Fortune magazine, identified the best hospitals in the United States based on a wide range of measures that included patient outcomes and experiences, operational efficiency, financial health and community impact. The study previously was known by the ownership names of Merative, IBM Watson Health and Truven Health Analytics.

"This honor wasn't something that we applied for," said Steve Miller, vice president and chief operations executive at Scripps Encinitas. "By being chosen for this recognition, PINC AI is placing a national spotlight on the quality of the data-driven care that we provide to our patients and the hard work and dedication delivered every day by our physicians, nurses and employees."

Scripps Encinitas was ranked No. 10 among the 20 medium community hospitals included in the overall top 100 list.

According to the study, if all hospitals performed at the level of the nation's top 100, more than 350,000 additional patient lives would be saved, more than 607,000 individuals would be spared in-hospital complications and more than 16,600 patients would avoid readmission within 30 days of their hospital stay. Those overall improvements would save more than $17.6 billion.