Bon Secours St. Francis receives 2014 Women’s Health Excellence Award™
July 1, 2014
GREENVILLE, SC – Bon Secours St. Francis Health System is the recipient of the 2014 Women’s Health Excellence Award™ from Healthgrades, the leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals. This recognition distinguishes Bon Secours St. Francis as a top performing hospital in women’s health—one of only 178 recognized nationally for outcomes for care provided to women treated in the hospital for common conditions and procedures.
“This level of recognition comes only as a result of putting the patient first,” said Mark S. Nantz, CEO/Bon Secours St. Francis Health System. “Unfortunately, not all hospitals perform equally in women’s services. To receive this recognition from an objective third party verifies that our physicians, nurses and clinical staff are keenly attuned to women’s special health needs.”
Healthgrades 2014 Women’s Health Excellence Award recipient hospitals have the potential to save women’s lives. Compared to hospitals that performed in the bottom 10 percent from 2010 through 2012, Healthgrades Women’s Health Excellence Award recipients as a group had a 55 percent lower mortality rate across eight conditions and procedures and a 21 percent lower complication rate across seven conditions and procedures.[i] If all hospitals nationwide performed at the level of the Healthgrades Women’s Health Excellence Award hospitals:
22,737 women’s lives could have potentially been saved
30,577 women could have potentially avoided in-hospital complications
“Women tend to fare worse than men in the treatment of significant medical conditions like cardiovascular disease, so it is important for women to understand their risks and select a hospital accordingly,” said Evan Marks, EVP/Healthgrades. “The Healthgrades 2014 Women’s Health Excellence Award recipients have demonstrated exceptional performance and a dedicated approach to delivering superior quality care for women.”
To see the complete Healthgrades Women’s Health Report 2014, including full methodology, please visit: www.healthgrades.com/quality.
About Bon Secours St. Francis Health System: The Mission of Bon Secours St. Francis Health System is to bring compassion to healthcare and to be Good Help to Those in Need®, especially those who are poor and dying. As a system of caregivers, we commit ourselves to help bring people and communities to health and wholeness through the healing ministry of Jesus Christ and the Catholic Church. With innovative technology, we heal the body. With faith, we mend the spirit. We draw from a past that’s rich in the healing tradition, while strengthening the future through the guidance and support of our sponsor, Bon Secours Ministries, and Bon Secours Health System, Inc. For more information, please visit www.stfrancishealth.org.
About Bon Secours Medical Group: With more than 250 board-certified physicians in 60+ Upstate locations, the ever-growing Bon Secours Medical Group brings together practitioners, physicians and surgeons to offer a wide range of specialties, from primary care to highly specialized surgery, to meet the healthcare needs of all Upstate residents. For more information, please visit www.stfrancishealth .org.
