The hospital selected from among the top 20 of the top 100 hospitals in the United States is Mount Sinai Medical Center. A closer review of the hospital through accessing its official website indicates that the institution has had a long history of exemplary performance as it was reportedly established in 1852, or 161 years ago. It has a reported bed-capacity numbering 1,171 and has consistently been named among the top 20 hospitals in the United States. As length of years of service to the health care industry is not a criterion for excellence, one strongly believes that the facets that made Mount Sinai Medical Center belong to the top 20 of the top 100 hospitals are the interplay of overall health institution’s performance which include the ability to address direct patient care, exhibit efficiency in operational capabilities, focusing on adherence patient safety and customer satisfaction, maintaining an exemplary environment that emphasizes cleanliness, proper decorum and behavior of stakeholders, and the ability to sustain financial success. The current discourse hereby further expounds on one’s personal belief on what has made this facility a top 100 hospital.
Mount Sinai Medical Center evidently operates with a set of policies and procedures that direct all stakeholders in adhering to ethical, moral and legal standards. Their management or executive team is composed of doctors in the field of medicine, business, and educational endeavors where expertise has been exhibited in areas of patient care, education and continued research. Thus, through exemplary leaders with qualifications and competencies of operating this health facility, they are able to apply functions of planning, directing, organizing and controlling various service areas to their utmost potentials.
In addition, information provided on the official website of Mount Sinai Medical Center (2013) revealed that it has been awarded with vast recognition and awards, as noted: “US News & World Report named Mount Sinai Medical Center to its 2012-2013 Honor Roll of elite hospitals, ranking us 14th among nearly 5,000 hospitals nationwide. Mount Sinai also ranked in 11 out of 15 specialties, and is top ten in three of those: Geriatrics (#2), Gastroenterology (#7), and Heart and Heart Surgery (#10)” (Mount Sinai Medical Center, 2013, par. 2). These facts attest to the highest quality in providing services to these identified areas, making them excel in this field of endeavor. As such, through acknowledging their core competencies and strength, more people patronize the hospital which contribute to sustaining leadership and greater financial success.
Likewise, one firmly asserts that patients and their family members who got to experience the way that health care practitioners are able to attend to their needs would further spread the word that Mount Sinai exemplifies only the best quality of patient care which more than surpasses their expectations. Apart from ensuring cleanliness, safety, privacy and confidentiality of patient information, as well as immediately addressing diverse needs of the patients, family members, and guests, there is no wonder that Mount Sinai would have belonged to the top 20.
The hospital’s Icahn School of Medicine apparently provides effective training through the provision of theoretical frameworks for future health care practitioners. As such, all of their medical staff, health care providers, attending physicians and specialists adhere to a set of principles, values, and ethical standards that are consistent with the hospital’s mission of “commitment to excellent patient care, the education of physicians and scientists, the support of innovative research, the dissemination of knowledge, the good health of the community, and the creation of a working environment conducive to individual creativity, career and personal advancement” (Mount Sinai Medical Center: Mission Statement, 2013, par. 1). The excellent attitude and behavior of various stakeholders embody the way they deliver patient care which further contributes to patient satisfaction.
Finally, one also believes that Mount Sinai should aptly be included among the top 20 hospitals for being able to address the vast health needs of various patients from across a diversity of cultures. Through focusing on their multi-dimensional thrusts for enhancing knowledge through continued education, delivering high quality patient care, using only the best and most advanced medical facilities and technological applications, as well as delving into continued research on the medical and health field, Mount Sinai is able to exhibit determination and perseverance in their mission and in sharing their strengths to further advance the growth and development of people they get to interact with.
Overall, Mount Sinai Medical Center embodies all the traits and features that patients look for in a health institution. Despite having been established in 161 years ago, Mount Sinai was able to adapt and adjust to the changing needs of the times. Its continued ability to address long term care services, in conjunction with adherance to the highest standards of ethics, moral, and legal codes enable them to excel above the rest. Patients, health practitioners, and community members who had the opportunity to interact with Mount Sinai would only have the best words that confirm their status of leadership and exemplary service to the heath care industry.
References
Mount Sinai Medical Center. (2013). About The Mount Sinai Medical Center. Retrieved from mountsinai.org: http://www.mountsinai.org/about-us/who-we-are
Mount Sinai Medical Center. (2013). Mission Statement. Retrieved from mountsinai.org: http://www.mountsinai.org/about-us/who-we-are/mission
