The Joint Commission and the Institute for Medical Quality was pleased to award accreditation to USC University Hospital as a result of their most recent survey.  After three days of evaluation, USCUH was awarded a score of 97! 

Full Survey

Overall Evaluation Score:*                                       97

Overall Evaluation Score Comparative Data**

Overall Evaluation Score Between:             % of Hospitals:                 

                    90 to 100                                                 71%
                    80 to 89                                                   28%
                    70 to 79                                                      1%
                    60 to 69                                                      0%
                      0 to 59                                                      0%  

Current Status
Updated Overall Evaluation Score:***    NA 
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*The Overall Evaluation Score is derived from an assessment of the hospitals' compliance with all applicable Joint Commission Standards at the time of the full survey.  It is based on a scale of 0 to 100, with 100 representing the highest possible score.  Some hospitals demonstrated acceptable (significant) but not total compliance at the time of their full surveys and they are not assigned follow-up activities.  In these instances, updated overall evaluation scores are usually not provided.

**Comparing Scores - The smaller the difference in scores between hospitals, the less likely there is an actual difference in the levels of performance between them.  There may not be a real difference between a hospital that scores 88 and a hospital that scores 81.  However, the greater the difference in scores, the more likely there is a difference in patient care.  Some hospitals achieve an overall evaluation score greater than or equal to 94 at the time of their full surveys.  If they are assigned follow-up activities, individual performance area scores are updated to reflect improvement, but an updated overall evaluation score is not provided because the original score equals or exceeds 94.

***The Updated Overall Evaluation Score is calculated after follow-up and other monitoring assessments have been conducted.  The updated overall evaluation score assumes continued standards compliance in those areas which were in compliance at the time of the original full survey.  The maximum updated overall evaluation score that can be achieved is 94.  The Joint Commission does not "grade on the curve."  That is to say, the scoring does not indicate a hospitals' ranking in relation to others.  Rather, the score indicates how well a hospital measures up against an absolute standard which reflects the level of performance that every hospital would wish to meet. 

More USCUH Wins - Commitment to Quality 

-  U.S. News & World Report Rankings 14th Annual  "America's  Best Hospitals"
-  2003 NurseWeek Magazine Nursing Excellence Finalist
-  C2Q The Vision Going Forward
-  USC University & Norris Cancer Center Focused on Patient Satisfaction