Watertown, Mass, November 6, 2023 – In a recent publication, Newsweek unveiled its annual list of the top 600 U.S. hospitals for 2024, spotlighting medical centers across every state based on a comprehensive scoring model. The rankings were meticulously calculated by considering recommendations, patient experience, quality metrics, and patient-reported outcome measures. Interestingly, a common thread among the majority of these top-ranked hospitals is the deployment of Exergen Temporal Artery Thermometers family line including the high-end TAT-5000, professional light TAT-2000 and the consumer TAT-2000C.

Continuous endeavor to enhance patience care

The Exergen Temporal Artery Thermometer has emerged as a cornerstone in these hospitals’ continuous endeavor to enhance patient care and optimize nurse productivity. Unlike traditional thermometry, the Exergen Temporal Artery thermometers offers a quick, highly accurate, and non-invasive method of measuring body temperature. This innovation significantly reduces the time and effort required for temperature monitoring, thereby enabling nurses to allocate more time for other critical patient care activities.

Meticulous ranking process

Newsweek’s meticulous ranking process encompassed an extensive national online survey, executed in partnership with Statista. Tens of thousands of healthcare professionals were engaged in this survey to recommend leading hospitals within their respective states, with the exclusion of recommendations for their own employers. Recommendations accounted for a substantial 40% of the overall score assigned to each hospital, with in-state and out-of-state recommendations contributing 32.5% and 7.5% respectively. Patient experience based on publicly available data was factored in with a weightage of 17.5%, while hospital quality metrics contributed a hefty 40% to the scores as per guidelines from CMS and The Joint Commission. A minor yet significant 2.5% was allocated for the implementation of patient-reported outcome measures.

Temporal Artery Thermometer in every top-ranked hospital

Exergen’s high end, professional TAT-5000’s presence was noted in every top-ranked hospital listed. Among the top scorers were:

– Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota with a score of 98%
– UCLA Health – Ronald Reagan Medical Center in California at 96.78%
– and University of Michigan Hospitals – Michigan Medicine with a score of 96.44%

These high-performing medical institutions, along with others in the list, reflect a trend of integrating cutting-edge technology like the Exergen TAT-5000 to advance patient care while boosting operational efficiency.

Pivotal role in elevating nurse productivity

The Exergen Temporal Artery Thermometer’s pivotal role in elevating nurse productivity while ensuring precise, swift, and non-invasive temperature measurement is a testament to the synergy between healthcare and technology. As U.S. hospitals continue to stride towards enhancing patient-centric care, innovations like the Exergen TAT-5000 remain at the forefront of this mission. The comprehensive list of top-ranked hospitals along with their scores can be further explored on Newsweek’s official website.

Exergen’s extensive product portfolio

Exergen’s range of Temporal Artery Thermometers includes:

1. TAT-5000 (phased out): Tailored for large hospitals dealing with substantial patient volumes, this model is a standalone, highly accurate, and non-invasive thermometer. It can seamlessly integrate into renowned spot monitors like Philips SureSigns VS4, GE Healthcare VC*150, V100, Corometric Midmark IQvitals Zone, and others, facilitating streamlined operations in hectic medical environments.
2. TAT-2000: This durable professional lite thermometer expedites temperature measurements by doctors and nurses in small clinics and school systems, enhancing healthcare productivity. Backed by a 7-year warranty, the TAT-2000-EC is a testament to Exergen’s commitment to quality and reliability.
3. TAT-2000C: A consumer-focused model employing the same advanced technology as its professional counterparts, offering advanced capabilities at an accessible price point.

The Temporal Artery Thermometers boast key advantages including exceptional accuracy, patient safety, swift measurements within 2-3 seconds, affordability, durable construction, easy maintenance, and extensive clinical validation through over 110 peer-reviewed studies. Certain professional models even come with a Lifetime Warranty.

About Exergen

Exergen Corporation, the leader in non-contact temperature measurement technologies for industrial and medical applications, delivers non-invasive temperature meters at lower costs, with higher accuracy, less process control and higher reliability than previously possible. With its award-winning arterial thermometer, Exergen is known in both the healthcare and consumer markets. The company was founded by MIT educated and Harvard researcher Dr. Francesco Pompei, who owns more than 70 patents. Exergen Corporation is headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts, United States.

Media contact

Christina Guilbert
cguilbert@exergen.com
www.international.exergen.com