The Nuestra Señora de Candelaria University Hospital (Tenerife) has been chosen as the best health center of 2022 in the Canary Islands, according to the latest Hospital Excellence Index (IEH) published by the Coordinates Institute of Governance and Applied Economics.
The Canary Islands health centers highlighted by this indicator at the regional level are, after Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, the Doctor Negrín University Hospital of Gran Canaria, the Quirónsalud de Tenerife Hospital, the Canary Islands University Hospital and San Roque University Hospitals.
In this way, the Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrín, which last year was designated as the best center, moves to second place.
The Hospital Quirónsalud Tenerife climbs one position to reach third place and the Hospital Universitario de Canarias loses one to rank fourth.
The Jiménez Díaz Foundation is once again the best hospital in Spain
This 2022 is the seventh year that the Instituto Coordenadas publishes its IEH, which once again confirms the leadership of the Jiménez Díaz Foundation as the best hospital in Spain in 2022.
“The Jiménez Díaz Foundation has managed to maintain the first position in our annual ranking due to the excellent results obtained in key parameters such as the time patients wait to receive care, its high recommendation rates among citizens or the maintenance of the positive balance in the data on entries and exits by free choice, factors that support its leadership during these seven years”, explained the executive vice-president of the Coordinates Institute, Jesús Sánchez Lambás.
The IEH confirms the “health strength” of Madrid
In general terms, the IEH 2022 confirms the “health strength” of the Community of Madrid by having four centers in the top 5 of the national ranking this year, one more than in the 2021 edition. After the Jiménez Díaz Foundation as the best center of our country “due to its commitment to excellence and highly qualified management”, the Hospital Universitario La Paz and the Hospital Clínic Barcelona are in second and third position, respectively, relegating to a fourth
The sixth center in the state classification is the Vall d’Hebrón University Hospital in Barcelona, which loses one position compared to 2021, in contrast to what happens with the Ruber Internacional Hospital, which gains two by going from ninth to seventh place. , or with the Hospital Quirónsalud Barcelona, which improves two positions to eighth place in the IEH 2022.
THE SPANISH CENTERS MAINTAIN A “REMARKABLE LEVEL OF ROBUSTNESS”
The ninth and tenth positions are occupied by the Hospital Universitari i Politécnic La Fe -the only hospital in the Valencian Community present in the top 10- and the Hospital Quirónsalud Madrid, respectively.
“Despite the fact that public health is going through a complex and somewhat difficult period that confirms the conflict at a structural level that affects Spain as a whole, plagued by the financial crises that have been chained since the pandemic, Spanish hospitals continue to demonstrate a high resistance capacity and a notable level of robustness”, pointed out Sánchez Lambás.
For the Executive Vice President of the Institution, the top10 of the IEH 2022 shows “the effort made by these centers to maintain the high standards of hospital qualification, well above the European average”. “But, also, to improve their excellence thanks to their commitment, perseverance and resources that they allocate to promote innovation, research and teaching, which has a positive impact on the welfare state and on the quality of the services they offer to the patients,” he stated.
TO EXAMINATION THE QUALITY, SERVICES, ATTENTION AND INNOVATIVE CAPACITY
The IEH annually analyzes the hospital excellence of the Spanish hospital centers, both public and private, which are most committed to the quality and sustainability of a universal health system, based on parameters such as the quality of care, the hospital service, the well-being and satisfaction perceived by the patient, as well as the innovative capacity, personalized attention and efficiency in the use of resources by them.
It is structured around three axes: IEH General (the 10 best centers nationwide), the regional IEH (the five best in each region) and the IEH by specialty (the best three, according to specialty).
For its preparation, 2,100 surveys are carried out on professionals in the field of health in Spain from different hospitals.
