WMHS Named to List of Top 100 Integrated Health Systems

For the third straight year, the Western Maryland Health System has been named one of the Top 100 integrated health networks. Verispan, a national research firm, reviews data about the nation's 566 integrated health networks and compiles the Top 100 list annually.

This year's rankings were published in the February 6 edition of Modern Healthcare, a respected trade journal in the healthcare industry. With a ranking of 49, this marks the first time that WMHS has ranked among the top 50 health systems.

"We are very pleased to make this prestigious list once again this year," commented Barry P. Ronan, WMHS President and CEO. "As we approach our tenth anniversary as a health system, we take great pride in knowing that we have achieved a level of integration that few other health systems have been able to do. Our plans for the new hospital on Willowbrook Road will further enhance our ability to provide quality, cost-effective care and enhance the range of services available in our region." Verispan has ranked the country's non-specialty local and regional healthcare systems for the past nine years. Its analysis evaluates the network's ability to operate as a unified system in terms of integration, integrated technology, contractual capabilities, outpatient utilization, financial stability, services and access, and hospital utilization.

Promedica Health System in Toledo, Ohio, topped the list for the first time. Intermountain Health Care, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, which had topped the list for four consecutive years, was ranked second. WMHS was the only health system in Maryland to make the list. Other prominent health systems in the Mid-Atlantic region on the list include the Inova Health System in Virginia, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Health System, Geisinger Health System in Danville, Pennsylvania, and the Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network in Allentown, Pennsylvania.