Providence Orthopedic Hospital Earns Top Rankings from National Consumer Group
November 17, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – Providence Orthopedic Hospital has been recognized by Healthgrades as among America’s 100 Best Hospitals for orthopedic care, one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Orthopedic Surgery™ for 2 Years in a Row (2014-2015) and one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Joint Replacement™ in 2015.
Healthgrades, the leading online resource for helping consumers make informed decisions, evaluated nearly 4,500 hospitals nationwide for 33 of the most common inpatient procedures and conditions and identified the 100 best performing hospitals within each procedure.
The achievement is part of findings released online and in the Healthgrades 2015 Report to the Nation, which demonstrates how clinical performance differs dramatically between hospitals and the impact that this variation may have on health outcomes and costs. For example, the report finds that if from 2011-2013 all hospitals had performed similarly to hospitals receiving 5-Star Ratings as a group, 228,426 lives could potentially have been saved and 169,298 complications could potentially have been avoided.
“We are thrilled to be recognized for the outstanding, quality health care our physicians and staff members are providing,” says Ryan Hall, vice president and chief administrative officer of Providence Orthopedic Hospital, “Our team works diligently to give the best care to our patients.”
Since 2010, Providence Orthopedic Hospital has also been recognized as a Blue Distinction Center for Hip and Knee Replacement and an Aetna Institute of Quality for Orthopedic Care Facility for Total Joint Replacement.
For its analysis, Healthgrades evaluated approximately 40 million Medicare patient records for nearly 4,500 short-term acute care hospitals nationwide, assessing performance relative to each of 33 common conditions and procedures. 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 better than expected), 3-Star (statistically as expected) and 1-Star (statistically worse than expected) categories. Detailed performance information, such as cohort-specific outcomes data and quality achievements, can be found at www.healthgrades.com/quality. The site also has more information on the Healthgrades 2015 Report to the Nation, including the complete methodology.
About Providence Hospitals, a ministry of the Sisters of Charity Health System:
Providence Hospitals is the leading provider of cardiovascular and orthopedics services in the Midlands. Providence is composed of two hospitals, 13 physician practices, a network of rehabilitation centers, two sleep centers, a school of cardiac diagnostics and an accredited chest pain center. In total, Providence employs more than 2,000 dedicated staff.
Founded in 1938 by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Augustine, Providence is known statewide for outstanding clinical quality and compassionate care. The Providence open-heart surgery program has ranked consistently in the top 15 percent of open-heart programs for the past six and a half years. Both the orthopedics and cardiac services have received the South Carolina BlueCross BlueShield Blue Distinction Center designation. For more information, visit www.providencehospitals.com.
