Sun Shines on Best Women’s Health Hospitals
July 1, 2009 by Peggy Rowland
Filed under Women's Health
HealthGrades has announced their Women’s Health Excellence Award™ Hospital Recipients for 2009/2010. Not every state in the US had a hospital receiving the award. Only 169 hospitals received the award.
You can read the full list of the hospitals honored for their efforts in female health at HealthGrades.
Hospitals receiving the award rank among the top 5% of all hospitals nationwide in three areas:
- Women’s Medicine (heart attack, congestive heart failure, pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and stroke)
- Women’s Cardiovascular Procedures (coronary bypass surgery, peripheral vascular bypass, coronary interventional procedures, resection/replacement of abdominal aortic aneurysm, carotid surgery, and valve replacement)
- Women’s Bone & Joint Health (total knee and total hip replacement surgeries, spinal surgeries, and hip fracture repair)
During their Sixth Annual Women’s Health in American Hospitals Study, HealthGrades found that “18,089 lives could have been saved and 6,849 complications avoided if all eligible hospitals performed at the level of the best-performing hospitals in women’s health.”
Was your favorite hospital an award recipient?
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