February 23, 2011
Henrico Doctors’ Hospital Named One of America’s 50 Best Hospitals and Among the Top 1% in Nation for Fifth Consecutive Year
Leading Healthcare Rating Company Recognizes all Three Campuses for Sustained, Outstanding Clinical Performance
Richmond, VA, February 23, 2011 – HealthGrades, the nation’s leading independent evaluator of healthcare quality, announced today that Henrico Doctors’ Hospital has been named one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals for 2011. Henrico Doctors’ Hospital (including Henrico, Parham and Retreat) is the only hospital in Virginia to be named in this year’s report.
The report, which analyzes objective patient outcomes at all 5,000 of the nation’s non-federal hospitals, places Henrico Doctors’ Hospital in the top 1% of all hospitals in the nation.
This is the fifth consecutive year Henrico Doctors’ Hospital has sustained this recognition – something only 29 hospitals in the entire country can claim.
According to the report, there is a wide variation in quality when comparing the patient outcomes of Henrico Doctors’ Hospital and the rest of the HealthGrades America’s 50 Best Hospitals against all other hospitals. Patients admitted to America’s 50 Best Hospitals are, on average, 30% less likely to die when compared with patients admitted to other hospitals. If all hospitals operated at the same level as the 50 Best, at least 55,000 deaths could have potentially been prevented.
“The Henrico Doctors’ staff is dedicated to providing extraordinary care,” said Pat Farrell, CEO of Henrico Doctors’ Hospital. “Our consistently strong performance in clinical quality outcomes is a reflection of the special attention that the physicians, nurses and staff provide to patients every day.”
To determine HealthGrades America’s 50 Best Hospitals, HealthGrades analyzed more than 140 million Medicare hospitalization records from every non-federal hospital in the nation. Hospitals must meet minimum thresholds in terms of patient volumes, quality ratings and the range of services provided. Specifically, hospitals were evaluated based on the risk-adjusted mortality and complication rates across 26 procedures and treatments, from hip replacement to bypass surgery. Hospitals that were in the top 5% of all hospitals for the most consecutive years were named HealthGrades America’s 50 Best Hospitals. The full methodology can be found in the report posted at http://www.healthgrades.com.
“As our nation searches for a solution to providing Americans with access to high quality health care at an affordable price, Henrico Doctors’ Hospital is setting the standard, demonstrating that consistent, sustainable clinical excellence is achievable,” said Dr. Rick May, HealthGrades vice president of clinical quality services and co-author of the report.
About Henrico Doctors’ Hospital
Henrico Doctors’ Hospital, with campuses at 1602 Skipwith Road (Forest Campus), 7700 E. Parham Road (Parham Campus), and 2621 Grove Avenue (Retreat Hospital), is a 767-bed acute-care hospital offering state-of-the-art medical technology in a community hospital setting. Part of the HCA Virginia Health System, Henrico Doctors’ was named one of HealthGrades “America’s 50 Best Hospitals” in 2007, 2008 , 2009, 2010 and 2011. The Cancer Center at Henrico Doctors’ is accredited by the American College of Surgeons with ten commendations and is a 2008 Commission on Cancer Outstanding Achievement Award recipient. Henrico Doctors’ is a national leader in kidney transplants and robotic surgery. In addition, Parham Doctors’ Hospital is home of The Orthopaedic Hospital, a state-of-the-art facility consistently named Richmond’s Best for Joint Replacement (2007-2011). For more information on Henrico Doctors’ Hospital, visit us at www.henricodoctors.com.