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BryanLGH Medical Center Orthopedics Among the Top Ten Percent in the Nation
For Release: Immediately
Date: January 10, 2006 Hospital
Contact: Edgar Bumanis, 402-481-8663, edgar.bumanis@bryanlgh.org
HealthGrades Contact: Scott Shapiro, 720-963-6584, sshapiro@healthgrades.com
Number: 06-2
Lincoln, Neb. — BryanLGH Medical Center has received HealthGrades 2006 Specialty Excellence Award for Orthopedic Care™, according to information released today by HealthGrades, the nation’s leading provider of independent hospital ratings. BryanLGH is one of only three hospitals in Nebraska to receive the award, and for the fourth year has ranked best in Nebraska for joint replacement surgery.
To qualify for the Award, BryanLGH was ranked among the top ten percent of hospitals in the United States for orthopedic care. The recognition is based on HealthGrades’ annual analysis of more than 37 million Medicare patient discharges at nearly every hospital in the country.
“It’s an honor to be ranked among the top hospitals in the country for orthopedics by an independent source such as HealthGrades,” said Craig Ames, president and chief operating officer, BryanLGH Medical Center. “I congratulate our physicians and staff for their dedication to quality and the outstanding patient outcomes achieved.”
“From a nursing perspective, it is so rewarding to be a part of a program that brings residents of our community nationally recognized orthopedic care close to home. From diagnosis to rehabilitation, we are providing services comparable to the largest facilities in the country – that means something,” said Julie Twiss, RN, nurse manager of BryanLGH orthopedics.
As part of its eighth annual Hospital Quality in America Study, HealthGrades independently analyzed more than 5,000 hospitals in all 50 states and the District of Columbia for its 2006 ratings. Hospitals were objectively assessed for their clinical outcomes and quality. The data utilized in the assessment is licensed from the federal government’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and is risk-adjusted, so that hospitals with differing patient populations can be compared on an equal footing. HealthGrades’ ratings measure whether patient outcomes for each of more than two dozen procedures and diagnoses are better than expected (5-Star), as expected (3-Star) or worse than expected (1-Star).
The 2006 HealthGrades ratings for all hospitals nationwide are available to consumers, free of charge, on the web at www.healthgrades.com. More than two-and-a-half million individuals and more than 125 of the nation’s largest employers rely on HealthGrades’ Web site to research quality information about hospitals, nursing homes and physicians. HealthGrades also rates hospitals’ patient safety outcomes, based on indicators developed by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
BryanLGH HealthGrades’ 2006 Best in Orthopedic Ratings
- Top five percent in the nation for joint surgery – four years in a row
- Top five percent in the nation for overall orthopedics – four years in a row
- Top five percent in the nation for spine surgery
- Best (#1) in Nebraska for joint surgery – four years in a row
- Best (#1) orthopedic services in Lincoln – five years in a row
- Five-star rated for orthopedic services
- Five-star rated for joint replacements
- Five-star rated for spine surgery
