St. Mary Medical Center is one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for joint replacement and orthopedic surgery, according to a national study by Healthgrades, the leading online resource for information about physicians and hospitals.
Every year, Healthgrades evaluates hospital performance at nearly 4,500 hospitals nationwide for 32 of the most common inpatient procedures and conditions using Medicare data, and outcomes in appendectomy and bariatric surgery using all-payer data provided by 15 states.
The achievement is part of findings released in the Healthgrades 2020 Report to the Nation. The new report demonstrates the importance of hospital quality to both hospital leaders and consumers. Additionally, from 2016 through 2018, patients treated at hospitals receiving the America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Joint Replacement Award have, on average, a 62.5 percent lower risk of experiencing a complication while in the hospital than if they were treated in hospitals that did not receive the award. Patients treated at hospitals that did not receive the award were 2.67 times more likely to experience a complication in the hospital than if they were treated at hospitals that received the award.
“As consumers navigate their health, it is important to consider a number of factors, including hospital quality, before deciding where to access care,” said Brad Bowman, MD, chief medical officer, Healthgrades. “Healthgrades’ America’s 100 Best Hospitals for joint replacement and orthopedic surgery recognizes those hospitals that have proven their dedication to quality care and exceptional outcomes over time and we applaud their efforts and achievement.”
“We at St. Mary are proud to be selected as one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for joint replacement and orthopedic surgery. These recognitions underscore our commitment to provide our community with access to the highest quality of orthopedic care,” said Lawrence Brilliant, MD, FACEP, president of St. Mary Medical Center. “We value and respect our orthopedics team and congratulate them on consistently achieving superior clinical outcomes for our patients.”
St. Mary also received five-star ratings in hip fracture repair, spinal fusion surgery, total hip replacement, total knee replacement, appendectomy, treating pneumonia, peripheral vascular bypass and defibrillator procedures. In addition, St. Mary was the recipient of the 2020 Joint Replacement Excellence Award and Orthopedic Surgery Excellence Award.
Healthgrades recognizes a hospital’s quality achievements for cohort-specific performance, specialty area performance and overall clinical quality. Individual procedure or condition cohorts are designated as 5-star (statistically significantly better than expected), 3-star (not statistically different from expected), and 1-star (statistically significantly worse than expected) categories. The full list of Specialty Excellence Award recipients can be found at healthgrades.com/quality/specialty-excellence-americas-best-care-2020-recipients
