DHR Health Named One of the Nation’s 100 Top Hospitals®

DHR Health has demonstrated lower inpatient mortality rates, with fewer readmissions and complications

Edinburg, Texas: DHR Health today has been recognized as one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals® according to an independent quality analysis provided by Premier, Inc.

To be considered for this honor, Premier conducted an objective, quantitative analysis of publicly available data to identify the top hospitals in the United States. The primary purpose of Premier’s 100 Top Hospitals® program is to inspire hospital and health system leaders to pursue higher performance and deliver added value to patients and communities. Participation in the study is not application-based, and award winners do not pay to market their honor.

“As a teaching hospital, we hold ourselves to the highest standards in patient care and in how we lead, learn, and grow. Being named one of the Top 100 Hospitals in the nation affirms the impact of that commitment on our patients and our community,” said Dr. Manish Singh, DHR Health chief executive officer.

DHR Health will be formally recognized for Premier’s 100 Top Hospitals® program at a conference to be held in Baltimore, Maryland in July 2025.

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About DHR Health Hospital

DHR Health was founded in 1997 by a group of local physicians and business leaders who sought to address the healthcare access challenges faced by more than 1.5 million residents in a region that lacked public and county hospitals.

Today, DHR Health is a modern, full-service healthcare system with over 520 patient beds. It serves more than 600,000 patients annually, employs over 6,000 individuals, and provides a full continuum of care across more than 70 medical specialties and subspecialties. It is a nationally recognized hospital system and one of the largest physician-owned hospitals in the United States.

Headquartered in Edinburg, Texas, DHR Health serves the entire Rio Grande Valley region, including Starr, Hidalgo, Cameron, and Willacy counties. Its growing footprint includes a new sister hospital in Brownsville, and over 75 medical clinics found throughout the upper, mid and lower Rio Grande Valley, and a robust clinical research division.

DHR Health is also proud to serve residents of the Rio Grande Valley with the only comprehensive kidney transplant program in the region and offers advanced technologies such as ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation), an advanced life support system, and the ION robotic-assisted bronchoscopy system. DHR Health is also home to the region’s only free-standing certified women’s hospital, providing the highest level of maternal care in South Texas. To find out more about DHR Health, visit us at www.dhrhealth.com.

Performance of Facilities on Premier’s 100 Top Hospitals® Program List

This year’s analysis compared the study’s top performing hospitals to a peer group of similar hospitals and found that Premier’s 100 Top Hospitals® delivered better outcomes while operating more efficiently.

Compared to their peers, this year’s top performer achieved:

• 39 percent fewer inpatient deaths than peer hospitals.
• 26.5 percent fewer patients with complications.
• 32 percent fewer healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).
• 18 percent lower inpatient expense per discharge.
• 0.4-day shorter average length of stay.
• A better patient experience at top performing hospitals compared to the remaining peer hospitals, with a top-box Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and

Systems (HCAHPS) score of 73 percent versus 68 percent at peer hospitals.

These outcomes add up to meaningful differences. According to the study’s analysis, if all hospitals operated at the level of this year’s top performers, more than 331,000 additional lives could have been saved, over 611,000 additional patients could have been complication-free and more than $15.1 billion in inpatient costs could have been saved for the 2025 study year.

This analysis is based on Medicare patients included in this study. If the same standards were applied to all inpatients, the impact could have been even greater.

“Premier’s 100 Top Hospitals® program recognizes the dedication of our nation’s top hospitals to consistently deliver high-quality care while working to continuously improve quality, patient experience and operational efficiency,” said David Zito, Premier’s President of Performance Services. “The program’s transparent, non-biased and actionable data helps set benchmarks for

hospitals nationwide and enables leaders to make data-driven decisions that benefit patients and the health of communities we serve. DHR Health excels across key performance indicators, which can directly lead to higher quality patient outcomes, with fewer readmissions and complications.”