Good Samaritan Hospital Continues to Deliver Top Ranked Quality Performance in Cardiac Care, Stroke Care and Orthopedics.Hospital Received the 2010 Stroke Care Excellence Award for the 6(th) Year in a Row (2005-2010) and the 2010 Joint Replacement Excellence Award for the 3(rd) Year in a Row (2008-2010) LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- A study issued today by HealthGrades, Inc HealthGrades (NASDAQ: HGRD), incorporated in December 1995, provides objective ratings of hospitals, nursing homes and home health agencies in the United States. The Company also provides detailed information on physicians, including name, address, phone number, years in practice, ., the leading independent healthcare ratings organization, finds that Good Samaritan Hospital Good Samaritan Hospital may refer to: In the United States:
Good Samaritan Hospital continues to build on its long-standing history of delivering top-rated quality care across 9 major service areas including Cardiac, Orthopedics, Stroke Care, Pulmonary Services, Gastrointestinal Services, Critical Care, General Surgery, Maternity Care and Women's Health Women's Health Definition Women's health is the effect of gender on disease and health that encompasses a broad range of biological and psychosocial issues. Services. HealthGrades further acknowledged Good Samaritan Good Samaritan man who helped half-dead victim of thieves after a priest and a Levite had “passed by.” [N.T.: Luke 10:33] See : Helpfulness Good Samaritan Hospital's quality performance with the following ratings including: * 5-Star Rated for Treatment of Heart Failure 8 Years in a Row (2003-2010) * 5-Star Rated for Total Knee Replacement 4 Years in a Row (2007-2010) * 5-Star Rated for Total Hip Replacement 3 Years in a Row (2008-2010) * 5-Star Rated for Treatment of Stroke 8 Years in a Row (2003-2010) * 5-Star Rated for Treatment of Pneumonia 8 Years in a Row (2003-2010) * 5-Star Rated for Treatment of GI Bleed 5 Years in a Row (2006-2010) * 5-Star Rated for Treatment of Sepsis 5 Years in a Row (2006-2010) * 5-Star Rated for Treatment of Respiratory Failure Respiratory Failure Definition Respiratory failure is nearly any condition that affects breathing function or the lungs themselves and can result in failure of the lungs to function properly. 3 Years in a Row (2008-2010) The HealthGrades twelfth annual Hospital Quality in America study, the largest annual report of its kind, analyzed patient outcomes from nearly 40 million Medicare hospitalization records. Top-performing hospitals had dramatically lower mortality rates than other hospitals, according to the study. For the 17 procedures and diagnoses for which HealthGrades analyzed mortality rates, patients at top hospitals had a 72 percent lower chance of dying when compared with the lowest-performing hospitals, and a 52 percent lower chance of dying when compared to the U.S. national average. Earlier this year Good Samaritan Hospital was a recipient of the Maternity Care Excellence Award for the 3rd Year in a Row (2007/2008-2009/2010) and Ranked Among the Top 5% in the Nation for Maternity Care in the Sixth Annual HealthGrades Women's Health in American Hospitals study released in June 2009. Good Samaritan was also a recipient of the Women's Health Excellence Award for the 3rd Year in a Row (2007/2008-2009/2010) and was also Ranked Among the Top 5% in the Nation for Women's Health. Further underscoring its quality work in maternity care and women's health, Good Samaritan Hospital has been rated 5-Star for Maternity Care 3 years in a row (2007/2008-2009/2010) and 5-Star Rated for Women's Health 5 Years in a Row (2005 & 2006/2007-2009/2010). HealthGrades Ratings HealthGrades rates hospitals independently based on data that hospitals submit to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), previously known as the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), is a federal agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) that administers the Medicare program and , part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Noun 1. Department of Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979 Health and Human Services, HHS . No hospital can opt in or out of being rated, and no hospital pays to be rated. For 28 procedures and treatments, HealthGrades issues star ratings that reflect the mortality and complication rates for each category of care. Hospitals receiving a 5-star rating have mortality or complication rates that are below the national average, to a statistically significant degree. A 3-star rating means the hospital performs as expected. One-star ratings indicate the hospital's mortality or complication rates in that procedure or treatment are statistically higher than average. Because the risk profiles of patient populations at hospitals are not alike, HealthGrades risk-adjusts the data to allow for apples-to-apples comparisons. More information on today's HealthGrades study, including the complete methodology, can be found at www.healthgrades.com. About Good Samaritan Hospital First opened in 1885, Good Samaritan Hospital is a 408-bed tertiary care tertiary care Managed care The most specialized health care, administered to Pts with complex diseases who may require high-risk pharmacologic regimens, surgical procedures, or high-cost high-tech resources; TC is provided in 'tertiary care centers', often facility offering some of the most comprehensive care in Los Angeles. Specializing in cardiac services, women's services, orthopedics, oncology, and ophthalmology, Good Samaritan Hospital offers Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Neurosciences program featuring the Gamma Knife Gamma Knife A trademark for a radiologic nonsurgical device used in stereotactic radiosurgery. Gamma knife A surgical tool that focuses beams of radiation at the head, which converge in the brain to form a lesion. radiosurgery radiosurgery /ra·dio·sur·gery/ (-ser´jer-e) surgery in which tissue destruction is performed by means of ionizing radiation rather than by surgical incision. , Oncology Program, Kidney Stone kidney stone or renal calculus Mass of minerals and organic matter that may form in a kidney. Urine contains many salts in solution, and low fluid volume or high mineral concentration can cause these salts to precipitate and grow, forming stones. services, and Transfusion-Free Medicine and Surgery Center. For more information, visit www.goodsam.org. |
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