Open Markets Institute, along with the Washington Monthly and the LOWN Institute, want to invite you to the first in a two-part panel series focused on how concentration in the American hospital sector is creating a crisis in care quality.

Best Hospitals for America

Tuesday, July 14 at 1 p.m. Eastern

Panelists Include:

Vikas Saini, MD, president of the Lown Institute (data partner of the Washington Monthly)

Kate Walsh, president and CEO of the Boston Medical Center (BMC is ranked #2 on WM’s Best Safety Net Hospitals for America list, #4 on the Best Major Teaching Hospitals for America list, and #10 on our overall top 20 Best Hospitals for America list)

Paul Glastris, editor in chief of the Washington Monthly, co-author of the book The Other College Guide, and editor of the e-book Elephant in the Room: Washington in the Bush Years

Moderator:

Philip Longman, policy director at Open Markets Institute, author of “Hidden Charges,” and co-author of “An Epidemic of Greed” in this special issue of Washington Monthly

On July 7, the Washington Monthly magazine will be releasing its inaugural “Best Hospitals for America” ranking, which measures individual hospitals on how well they save lives, save money, and serve everyone – especially low-income and minority populations within their communities. The Best Hospitals for America ranking measures hospitals by quality of care, but also by two other metrics no other ranking system has ever used. The first is civic leadership, and the second metric is value of care. The Monthly’s different approach yields radically different results from the U.S. News top 20. 

Join us for an in-depth discussion with the creators of this new hospital ranking about why their methodology gives us a more accurate picture of hospital quality on what matters most: taking in a diverse patient population, healing those patients, and not overtreating them.