Three Ascension Illinois hospitals on Forbes’ inaugural ‘Top Illinois Hospitals’ list

Three Ascension Illinois hospitals, including those in Elk Grove Village and Hoffman Estates, have earned spots on Forbes’ inaugural “Top Hospitals by State” list.

Ascension Alexian Brothers, Ascension Saint Alexius and Ascension Saint Joseph — Chicago were on the Illinois list which highlights, on average, the top 30% of hospitals in each state.

The Forbes Top Hospitals rating system includes input from an advisory panel of clinicians, scientists, health policy researchers and patient advocates, and data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Provider Data Catalog.

The ratings place most of the scoring value on clinical outcomes and are adjusted based on a patient population’s social determinants of health. This means socioeconomic factors, access to medical services and the conditions in which people live near a facility affect a hospital’s rating.