HealthPartners hospitals recognized for clinical quality and specialty excellence by Healthgrades

HealthPartners recently announced that Healthgrades recognized several hospitals for outstanding achievement in clinical quality. Healthgrades is a group that evaluates nationwide hospital quality based on clinical outcomes. Healthgrades is a group that evaluates nationwide hospital quality based on clinical outcomes.

Amery, Hudson, Lakeview, Westfields, Regions and Methodist hospitals were all awarded several distinctions from Healthgrades this year, including:

Amery:

• Five-Star Recipient for Total Knee Replacement for four years in a row (2015-2018)

Hudson:

• Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Heart Failure in 2018
• Five-Star Recipient for C-Section Delivery for two years in a row (2016-2017)

Lakeview:

• Five-Star Recipient for Total Knee Replacement for 16 years in a row (2003-2018)
• Outstanding Patient Experience Award™ for 11 years in a row (2009-2018)

Methodist:

• America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Gastrointestinal Care Award™ for two years in a row (2017-2018)
• America’s 100 Best Hospitals for General Surgery Award™ for two years in a row (2017-2018)
• America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Pulmonary Care Award™ for three years in a row (2016-2018)
• Critical Care Excellence Award™ for three years in a row (2016-2018)

Regions:

• America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Critical Care Award™ for three years in a row (2016-2018)
• America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Gastrointestinal Care Award™ for three years in a row (2016-2018)
• America’s 100 Best Hospitals for General Surgery Award™ for three years in a row (2016-2018)
• Cranial Neurosurgery Excellence Award™ for three years in a row (2016-2018)
• Neurosciences Excellence Award™ in 2018
• Pulmonary Care Excellence Award™ for three years in a row (2016-2018)
• Stroke Excellence Care Award™ in 2018

Westfields:

• Patient Safety Excellence Award™ for two years in a row (2016-2017)
• Patient Experience Award™ in 2018

“We are honored to have our hospitals recognized with so many awards for clinical excellence by Healthgrades,” said Andrea Walsh, President and CEO, HealthPartners. “We are committed to providing the best quality of care for our patients, every single time. These awards are a testament to the hard work of all of our care team members.”

The Specialty Excellence Awards recognize hospitals for their superior clinical performance and patient outcomes based the ratings of one or more medical conditions or procedures in a specialty area by Healthgrades, the leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals.

Hospitals receiving awards represent the top 10 percent of the nation’s full service hospitals and provide consistent high-quality care in specific care areas, such as cardiac, orthopedic and critical care.

Patients at award hospitals have fewer complications and are more likely to survive their hospital stay.