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Making the Grade
HealthGrades
Ranks WMC Among Nations Best
Winchester Medical
Center has received the 2005 Distinguished Hospital
Award for Clinical Excellence from HealthGrades, a
national quality ratings firm with a long history of
analyzing the quality of care at more than 5,000
hospitals across the country. The Distinguished
Hospital Award signifies that WMC has placed among
the top five percent of hospitals in the nation for
clinical performance. WMC is just one of 229
hospitals nation wide to earn this honor for 2005.
In determining its
Distinguished Hospital recipients, HealthGrades
assessed national outcomes data collected on all
hospitals by the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid (CMS) from 2000 to 2002. As part of its
Quality and Clinical Excellence Study,
HealthGrades examined death and complication
rates of Medicare patients in 28 common
procedures and diagnoses ranging from joint
replacements to bypass surgery.
Along with its
Distinguished Hospital Award, HealthGrades also
issues annual Hospital Report Cards, which
objectively rate the performance of almost every
hospital in the U.S. that has programs in
cardiology, orthopedics, neurosciences,
pulmonary, vascular surgery, and obstetrics.
After putting the data through a rigorous
statistical analysis that is adjusted for risk
(meaning that it takes into account variations
of the patient population cared for by different
hospitals), HealthGrades rates hospitals with a
five-star system. Top-rated hospitals that
perform significantly better receive five stars;
hospitals with average performance are given
three stars; and one star is given to hospitals
with poor performance.
“It is indeed an honor to be
counted among the nation’s best in so many
specialties,” observes WMC President Jim
Woodward. “This official recognition of our work
and the level of service we provide is something
in which we all can take great pride,” he adds.
In addition to ranking among
the top five percent for overall clinical
performance, WMC’s 2005 report card also boasts:
Cardiac
Services
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Ranked among the best top
5 hospitals in Virginia in Overall Cardiac
Services
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Ranked among the best top
5 in Virginia in Heart Surgery
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Ranked among the best top
10 hospitals in Virginia for Cardiology
Services
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Ranked among the best top
10 hospitals in Virginia for Coronary
interventional Procedures
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5-Star ratings in
Coronary Bypass Surgery (best rated in
Washington, D.C. area); Treatment of Heart
Attack (received the highest possible
rating); and Treatment of Heart Failur
Orthopedic Services
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Ranked the best hospital
in Virginia for Joint Replacements
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Ranked among the top 5
percent in the nation for Joint Replacements
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Ranked among the best top
10 hospitals in Virginia for Overall
Orthopedic Services
Pulmonary
Services
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5-Star rating for
Community Acquired Pneumonia Care
Vascular
Services
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Ranked among the best top
5 hospitals in Virginia for Overall Vascular
Services
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Best rated hospital in
the Washington, D.C. area for Carotid
Endarterectomy
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5-Star rating for Carotid
Endarterectomy
Gastrointestinal Services
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Rated among the top five
hospitals in the nation and best in Northern
Virginia for Overall GI Medical Treatment
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5-Star ratings for
Treatment of GI Bleed (best rated in
Northern Virginia); Treatment of Bowel
Obstruction (best rated in Northern
Virginia); and Treatment of Pancreatitis
(the only 5-star rated in Northern Virginia)
Critical
Care Services
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Best rated hospital in
Northern Virginia for Treatment of
Respiratory Failure
“While it’s Winchester Medical Center’s name
listed on the award, this is an honor in which
every member of Valley Health can take great
pride,” Mr. Woodward add. “We are all members of
the same team united by our common goal of
providing superior patient care, and I for one
feel privileged to be a part of such an
outstanding organization,” he sums up.
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