Cookeville Regional Medical Center has once again been recognized by independent healthcare ratings organization as #1 in TN for overall cardiac and overall orthopedic services
PHOTO: left to right: CRMC Board Member David Hatcher, Cookeville Mayor and CRMC Board Member Matt Swallows, CRMC CEO Dr. Menachem Langer and Healthgrades representatives Katherine Henschen and Gina Abols.
COOKEVILLE – Cookeville Regional Medical Center has been named one of America’s 100 Best Hospital’s for their cardiac and orthopedic programs by Healthgrades, the leading provider of information to help consumers make an informed decision about a physician or hospital. The findings are part of American Hospital Quality Outcomes 2013: Healthgrades Report to the Nation, which evaluates the performance of approximately 4,500 hospitals nationwide across nearly 30 of the most common conditions and procedures.
According to the Healthgrades study, the risk of death is 61% lower at a five-star hospital when compared with a one star hospital. The 2013 performance outcomes are now available free to the public at www.healthgrades.com.
Additional highlights of Cookeville Regional’s achievements from the 2013 Healthgrades Report to the Nation include:
One of HealthGrades America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Care™ in 2013
One of HealthGrades America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Coronary Intervention™ for 2 Years in a Row (2012-2013)
Recipient of the HealthGrades Cardiac Care Excellence Award™ for 2 Years in a Row (2012-2013)
Recipient of the HealthGrades Coronary Intervention Excellence Award™ for 3 Years in a Row (2011-2013)
Ranked Among the Top 5% in the Nation for Overall Cardiac Services in 2013
Ranked Among the Top 5% in the Nation for Cardiology Services in 2013
Ranked Among the Top 5% in the Nation for Coronary Interventional Procedures for 2 Years in a Row (2012-2013)
Ranked #1 in TN for Overall Cardiac Services for 2 Years in a Row (2012-2013)
Ranked #1 in TN for Cardiology Services in 2013
Ranked #1 in TN for Coronary Interventional Procedures for 3 Years in a Row (2011-2013)
One of HealthGrades America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Orthopedic Surgery™ for 2 Years in a Row (2012-2013)
One of HealthGrades America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Spine Surgery™ for 2 Years in a Row (2012-2013)
Recipient of the HealthGrades Orthopedic Surgery Excellence Award™ for 5 Years in a Row (2009-2013)
Recipient of the HealthGrades Joint Replacement Excellence Award™ for 2 Years in a Row (2012-2013)
Recipient of the HealthGrades Spine Surgery Excellence Award™ for 6 Years in a Row (2008-2013)
Ranked Among the Top 5% in the Nation for Overall Orthopedic Services for 5 Years in a Row (2009-2013)
Ranked Among the Top 5% in the Nation for Spine Surgery for 7 Years in a Row (2007-2013)
Ranked Among the Top 10% in the Nation for Joint Replacement for 2 Years in a Row (2012-2013)
Ranked #1 in TN for Overall Orthopedic Services for 2 Years in a Row (2012-2013)
Ranked #1 in TN for Joint Replacement in 2013
“To receive rankings of this caliber is a testament to the care given to our patients by our physicians and hospital staff each and every day,” said Dr. Menachem Langer, CEO at Cookeville Regional. “We strive for the highest quality in patient care, and recognition by a third party that we are succeeding in our efforts certainly validates our commitment to continually improving the patient experience. Working together as a team to improve patient outcomes allows us to provide the best care we can for our patients.”
Patient outcomes are important to consumers making choices today about hospitals. According to new research conducted by Harris Interactive for Healthgrades, 86% of Americans in 27 top designated market areas agree they would be more likely to choose—or not choose—a hospital if they could learn ahead of time the mortality rates for a certain procedure.
For its 2013 hospital quality outcomes analysis, Healthgrades evaluated approximately 40 million Medicare hospitalization records for services performed from 2009 through 2011. Healthgrades independently measures hospitals based on data that hospitals submit to the federal government. No hospital can opt in or out of being measured, and no hospital pays to be measured. Mortality and complication rates are risk adjusted, which takes into account each hospital’s unique population (demographics and severity of illness).
The American Hospital Quality Outcomes 2013: Healthgrades Report to the Nation, including the complete methodology, can be found at www.healthgrades.com/quality.
About Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville Regional Medical Center is a 247-bed regional referral center for the Upper Cumberland area. In addition, Cookeville Regional houses a 32-bed behavioral health hospital in partnership with Ten Broeck Tennessee. With over 200 physicians in 40 different medical and surgical specialties, Cookeville Regional offers patients here the same kind of care that they could expect in a larger metropolitan area including specialty care such as cardiology, electrophysiology, cardiac surgery, vascular surgery, cancer treatment, physical rehabilitation and neurosurgery. Serving the Upper Cumberland since 1950, Cookeville Regional has grown to become the health care provider of choice for residents in the Upper Cumberland region and is the flagship hospital for the Cookeville Regional Health System that also includes Cumberland River Hospital and Cookeville Regional Medical Group.