HealthGrades
It’s an achievement that comes from collaboration between specialty orthopedic surgeons who perform total joint replacement, together with the associates and facilities of Blanchard Valley Hospital.
2010 recipient of the HealthGrades Joint Replacement Excellence Award TM.
5-Star Rated for Total Knee Replacement three years in a row
5-Star Rated for Total Hip Replacement two years in a row
5-Star Rated for Total Joint Replacement three years in a row
If joint replacement is right for you, it’s right here. Including minimally invasive total joint procedures. Not all programs are the same; remember to ask for the 5-Star rated program at Blanchard Valley Hospital.
Blanchard Valley Hospital's neurosurgical program has received the highest five-star rating for back and neck surgery (spinal fusion) from HealthGrades. We're the ONLY hospital in our region to achieve this honor.
For more information and physician referral, call 419-423-5551.
Our Web site offers more information about our surgery, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation!
The
HealthGrades study, the largest annual report of its kind, analyzed
patient outcomes in nearly 40 million Medicare hospitalization records
from 5,000 hospitals over the years 2006, 2007 and 2008. Among the
findings related to in-hospital complications in this year’s study are:
· At
five-star hospitals like Blanchard Valley, there was a 79.69% lower
chance of experiencing one or more in-hospital complications across all
procedures in which complications were studied, compared to one-star
rated hospitals.
· At
five-star hospitals like Blanchard Valley, here was a 61.22% lower
chance of experiencing one or more in-hospital complications across all
procedures studied, compared to the U.S. hospital average.
· If
all hospitals performed at the level of a five-star rated hospital like
Blanchard Valley, 110,687 orthopedic in-hospital complications may have
been avoided among Medicare patients over the three years studied.
HealthGrades is the leading independent healthcare ratings company, providing ratings and profiles of hospitals, nursing homes and physicians.
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