This year's Premier AFQ award winners are:

• Albert Einstein Healthcare Network of Philadelphia

• Albert Einstein Medical Center of Philadelphia

• Beebe Medical Center of Lewes,  Del.

• Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center of Portsmouth, Va.

• Griffin Hospital of Derby, Conn.

• Inova Fair Oaks Hospitals of Fairfax, Va.

• Legacy Meridian Park Hospital of Tualatin, Ore.

• Maury Regional Medical Center of Columbia, Tenn.

• Memorial Healthcare System of Hollywood, Fla.

• Memorial Hospital Central of Colorado Springs, Colo.

• Memorial Hospital Miramar of Miramar, Fla.

• Memorial Hospital Pembroke of Pembroke Pines, Fla.

• Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital of Darby, Pa.

• Mercy General Hospital of Sacramento, Calif.

• MetroHealth Medical Center of Cleveland

• Palomar Medical Center of Escondido, Calif.

• Palomar Pomerado Health of San Diego

• Paoli Hospital, Main Line Health System of Paoli, Pa.

• Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center of Torrance, Calif.

• Saint Vincent Health Center of Erie, Pa.

• Saints Medical Center of Lowell, Mass.

• Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital of Brockton, Mass.

• SSM St. Mary's Health Center of St. Louis

• St. Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton, Calif.