Garnet Health Medical Center among the top five percent of U.S. hospitals for clinical outcomes
Middletown, NY – Garnet Health Medical Center is pleased to announce that it has achieved the Healthgrades 2021 America’s 250 Best Hospitals Award™. The distinction places Garnet Health Medical Center in the top five percent of nearly 4,500 hospitals assessed nationwide for its superior clinical performance as measured by Healthgrades, the leading resource that connects consumers, physicians and health systems. Garnet Health Medical Center is the only hospital in Orange County, NY to receive this recognition for the third consecutive year.
“We are extremely proud to earn this achievement for three years in a row,” said Garnet Health Medical Center Chief Executive Officer Brian Tew. “Garnet Health Medical Center is committed to providing the highest quality care to the communities we serve.”
From 2017 through 2019, patients treated in hospitals receiving the Healthgrades America’s 250 Best Hospitals Award had, on average, a 27.4 percent lower risk of dying than if they were treated in hospitals that did not receive the award, as measured across 19 rated conditions and procedures for which mortality is the outcome.*
During that same period, if all hospitals performed similarly to those achieving the award, 167,235 lives could potentially have been saved. For example, patients treated for community acquired pneumonia in hospitals achieving the Healthgrades America’s 250 Best Hospitals Award have, on average, a 38.1 percent lower risk of dying than if they were treated in hospitals that did not receive the award.*
Garnet Health Medical Center was also recognized with the America’s 100 Best Hospital for Coronary Intervention™ for 5 consecutive years, the Coronary Intervention Excellence Award™ for 5 consecutive years, the Stroke Care Excellence Award™ for 2 years in a row, the Critical Care Excellence Award™ for 2 years in a row, the General Surgery Excellence Award™ for 4 consecutive years, Bariatric Excellence Award™ for 5 consecutive years, Obstetrics and Gynecology Excellence Award™ for 2 years in a row, Labor and Delivery Excellence Award™ for 2 years in a row and the Gynecologic Surgery Excellence Award™ for 2 consecutive years. Healthgrades America’s 250 Best Hospitals Award recipients are recognized for overall clinical excellence and providing top-quality care across multiple specialty lines and areas. During the 2021 study period (Medicare Fiscal Years 2017-2019), these hospitals showed superior performance in clinical outcomes for patients in the Medicare population across at least 21 of 32 most common inpatient conditions and procedures – as measured by objective performance data (risk-adjusted mortality and in-hospital complications).
To learn more about our quality recognitions at Garnet Health Medical Center, visit garnethealth.org/quality.
About Garnet Health Medical Center
Garnet Health Medical Center features seven floors of state-of-the-art technology and provides 383 beds and employs approximately 3,300 healthcare professionals. In addition to inpatient services, highlights of Garnet Health Medical Center include a cancer center and a five-story outpatient services building on the main campus, featuring Garnet Health Doctors with primary care and specialty physicians, urgent care, outpatient surgical and diagnostic services and more. Garnet Health Medical Center was named by Healthgrades as one of the 100 best hospitals nationally for cardiac intervention and General Surgery and was a recipient of the Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award™. Garnet Health Medical Center also achieved the Healthgrades 2019, 2020 and 2021 America’s 250 Best Hospitals Award™ placing the hospital in the top 5 percent of more than 4,500 hospitals assessed nationwide for its superior clinical performance. It is a designated Magnet hospital recognizing excellence in Nursing; a recipient of the Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite; and its Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system has achieved Stage 7 which is the highest level on HIMSS Analytics’ EMR adoption model. Garnet Health Medical Center is an Academic Affiliate of the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine. It is also a member of Garnet Health, its corporate parent, which is recognized by Ethisphere as one of the 2019 World’s Most Ethical Companies. To learn more about Garnet Health Medical Center, visit garnethealth.org
*Statistics are based on Healthgrades analysis of MedPAR data for years 2017 through 2019 and represent 3-year estimates for Medicare patients only.
