Mercy Medical Center secures high rank from Healthgrades for surgical care in Maryland

Mercy Medical Center ranks #1 in Maryland for Surgical Care and among the many Top 5 hospitals within the state for each Joint Replacement and Orthopedic Surgery, Dr. David N. Maine, President and CEO of Mercy Health Services, has introduced.

The rankings are based mostly on a brand new evaluation launched by Healthgrades, the main market connecting docs and sufferers, whereby almost 4,500 hospitals nationwide had been evaluated for scientific efficiency, specializing in 18 key specialties throughout a mixture of power, pressing, and surgical specialty areas.

This recognition by Healthgrades is indicative of Mercy’s dedication to the mission of the Sisters of Mercy — to supply high quality care in a compassionate setting for our sufferers, irrespective of their financial or social situation. We particularly want to acknowledge the efforts of Mercy’s complete surgical crew, together with the suppliers and workers in Orthopedics & Joint Replacement at Mercy, and their dedication to fulfilling the Mercy mission, daily.”

Dr. David N. Maine, President and CEO of Mercy Health Services

Hospitals acknowledged as among the many Top 5 of their state by Healthgrades are offering sufferers with constantly better-than anticipated scientific outcomes. Patients handled at hospitals receiving a state rating for Surgical Care have, on common, a 32.3% decrease danger of experiencing a complication whereas within the hospital than in the event that they had been handled in hospitals that weren’t state ranked for Surgical Care.* Patients handled at hospitals receiving a state rating for Joint Replacement have, on common, a 62.5% decrease danger of experiencing a complication whereas within the hospital than in the event that they had been handled in hospitals that weren’t state ranked for Joint Replacement.*

In addition, Mercy has acquired the next hospital high quality awards in orthopedics and surgical care from Healthgrades:

• • Orthopedics
    • One of Healthgrades America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Joint Replacement™ for 4 Years in a Row (2020-2023)
    • One of Healthgrades America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Spine Surgery™ for six Years in a Row (2017-2022)
    • Recipient of the Healthgrades Orthopedic Surgery Excellence Award™ for 8 Years in a Row (2016-2023)
    • Recipient of the Healthgrades Joint Replacement Excellence Award™ for five Years in a Row (2019-2023)
    • Named Among the Top 5% within the Nation for Joint Replacement for 4 Years in a Row (2020-2023)
    • Named Among the Top 10% within the Nation for Overall Orthopedic Services for 8 Years in a Row (2016-2023)
    • Named Among the Top 10% within the Nation for Joint Replacement for five Years in a Row (2019-2023)
    • Five-Star Recipient for Total Knee Replacement for five Years in a Row (2019-2023)
    • Five-Star Recipient for Total Hip Replacement for 8 Years in a Row (2016-2023)
    • Five-Star Recipient for Spinal Fusion Surgery for 7 Years in a Row (2016-2022)
  • Surgical Care
    • One of Healthgrades America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Surgical Care™ for two Years in a Row (2022-2023)
    • Recipient of the Healthgrades Surgical Care Excellence Award™ for two Years in a Row (2022-2023)
    • Named Among the Top 5% of Hospitals within the Nation for Surgical Care for two Years in a Row (2022-2023)
    • Named Among the Top 10% of Hospitals within the Nation for Surgical Care for two Years in a Row (2022-2023)

Consumers can go to healthgrades.com for extra info on how Healthgrades measures hospital high quality and entry the whole methodology right here.