Beebe wins high marks in Healthgrades report

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Beebe Medical Center is one of America’s 100 best hospitals for orthopedics, joint replacement, spine surgery and coronary interventions, according to a new report from Healthgrades.

The findings are part of American Hospital Quality Outcomes 2013: Healthgrades Report to the Nation, which evaluates the performance of about 4,500 hospitals nationwide regarding nearly 30 of the most common conditions and procedures. The 2013 performance report is now available free to the public at www.healthgrades.com

“These Healthgrades rankings, based on patient outcomes that the Centers for Medicare and Mediaid has collected, are a credit to everyone at Beebe Medical Center,” said Jeffrey M. Fried, CEO of Beebe Medical Center. “They reflect the quality and complexity of the vast medical services we offer, and at the same time underline the commitment to our patients by our Board members, our physicians, our clinical staff, and all of our employees.

“Healthgrades has recognized the efforts of so many in the Beebe Medical Center organization to continuously improve processes that have made our clinical outcomes among the best in the nation.”

 

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For its 2013 hospital quality outcomes analysis, Healthgrades evaluated approximately 40 million Medicare hospitalization records for services performed from 2009 through 2011 at approximately 4,500 short-term, acute care hospitals nationwide. Healthgrades independently measures hospitals based on data that hospitals submit to the federal government. No hospital can opt in or out of being measured, and no hospital pays to be measured. Mortality and complication rates are risk adjusted, which takes into account each hospital’s unique population (demographics and severity of illness).

Beebe Medical Center is a community-owned, not-for-profit hospital with 210 licensed beds.

Earlier this year, HealthGrades named Beebe Medical Center a Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence(tm). This prestigious distinction placed Beebe Medical Center among the top 5 percent of hospitals nationwide for clinical performance for the 3rd consecutive year. Becker’s Hospital Review in the 2012 September/October issue recognizes Beebe Medical Center as among the 100 Great Community Hospitals in the nation. For more information, please  www.beebemed.org

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