Henrico Doctors’ Hospital Named as a HealthGrades America’s 50 Best Hospital™ for 2009

HealthGrades announced today that Henrico Doctors’ Hospital has been named as a HealthGrades America’s 50 Best Hospital for 2009 placing it in the top one percent of all hospitals in the nation for quality outcomes.

Henrico Doctors’ Hospital is the only hospital in central Virginia to achieve this award in 2009 and the only hospital in Virginia to maintain this recognition for three consecutive years.

Hospitals that achieved this designation are those that had quality outcomes rated in the top five percent in the country for the most consecutive years across 26 different procedures and conditions.

Patients admitted to an America’s 50 Best Hospital are approximately 27 percent less likely to die and eight percent less likely to suffer from a major complication than patients admitted to non-recipient hospitals, according to HealthGrades, the nation’s leading independent healthcare ratings organization.

To determine America’s 50 Best Hospitals, HealthGrades analyzed over 110 million Medicare hospitalization records from every hospital in the nation and facilities must have demonstrated superior clinical outcomes, not just in one medical specialty, but across 26 different procedures and conditions, and must have maintained this superior level of care year after year. To make this year’s list, the winners maintained quality levels among the top five percent in the nation for a minimum of six consecutive years.

Henrico Doctors’ Hospital’s service line clinical quality achievements which contribute to the America’s 50 Best Hospital designation include:

• Stroke services ranking among the top ten percent nationwide for six consecutive years
• Pulmonary services ranking among the top ten percent nationwide for two consecutive years
• Critical care services ranking among the top ten percent nationwide
• Orthopedic surgery services rating the best in the Richmond area for four consecutive years
• Cardiac services ranking among Virginia’s top five