St. Mary’s Health Center is ranked number 10 among 4,400 hospitals in the U.S. for quality, according to a national hospital research organization.

The Commonwealth Fund published a case study on St. Mary’s in April titled “St. Mary’s Health Center: Focus on Core Measures Improves Quality.” The case study outlines St. Mary’s quality journey, beginning in 2002, to being one of the highest-performing health care organizations in the country.

St. Mary’s is also ranked in the top one percent of hospitals in the nation for quality, based on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services data, as well as the number one hospital in Missouri for quality measures as reported by HealthInsight.

The St. Mary’s case study and ranking is available on The Commonwealth Fund website at www.whynotthebest.org.