Of the 23 counties and Baltimore City, Worcester ranks 11th in “health outcomes” according to a recently-released annual report compiled by the Robert Wood Johnson foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.
The full report, found at www.countyhealthrankings.org, breaks out six major areas and ranks counties versus their states and the top performers in the country. Worcester does well in certain areas, coming in first in the state in “physical environment,” but the county falls to 20th place in social and economic factors, and 15th in health behaviors.
“Premature death is the one most troubling to me,” Michael Franklin, CEO of Atlantic General Hospital said. “It’s the one we’re all worried about.”
Defined as “years of potential life lost before age 75 per 100,000 population,” Worcester ranks 20th in the state with almost 7,300 years of potential lost life, almost a millennium more than the state’s average of 6,439.
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2 comments:
Are you kidding me? Michael Franklin is a joke. That idiot couldn't lead his way out of a wet paper bag with a flashlight and a pair of scissors. Is it any wonder AGH is in the extremely precarious financial position it is in?
He is the worst CEO period. He has alienated doctors and staff, especially doctors--ask how many quit AGH in the last 5-8 years and you will find almost all that were on staff from the Salisbury area have left---
And to boot he is personally not nice and demeaning to everyone he talks to
Hopefully he will leave asap
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