St. John’s St. Francis Hospital in Mountain View has been selected as one of the Top 100 Hospitals in the U.S. by Solucient, an Evanston, Ill.-based health care information company.

The study, Solucient’s ninth “100 Top Hospitals: National Benchmarks for Success,” is based solely on objective quantitative performance data that are consistent across all U.S. hospitals, such as patient complications following procedures, average length of patient stay and outpatient revenues. Data are analyzed in groups based on hospital size and teaching status.

“This recognition further illustrates what we already know about St. Francis Hospital – that our niche is providing cost-effective, quality health care to our community,” St. Francis President Gary Jordan said.

St. Francis was originally built in 1948, but temporarily shut down because of financial problems in the mid-1950s. Sister Mary Cornelia Blasko, DFS, and five other Franciscan nuns arrived in Mountain View in the summer of 1956 to reopen the hospital. Sister Cornelia continues to serve as St. Francis’ mission integration coordinator.

St. Francis joined St. John’s in 1998 and now employs 121 people.

The hospital is licensed for 42 beds and has been accredited by the Joint Commission for Accreditation of Health Care Organizations since 1962.