5-Star Rated Total Joint Replacement (HealthGrades)
Eight Years in a Row
HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings company, announced that All Saints has achieved a five-star rating for joint replacement surgery. This marks the 8th year that All Saints received this outstanding recognition.
HealthGrades found that patients treated at five-star rated hospitals for nine common procedures are 47 percent less likely to experience a major complication, such as post-operative infections or heart conditions, which can lengthen their hospital stay and increase costs. Hospitals with outcomes that are above average to a statistically significant degree receive a five-star rating. Hospitals with average outcomes receive a three-star rating, and hospitals with outcomes that are below average receive a one-star rating.
In developing its 2009 healthcare quality ratings, released today, HealthGrades analyzed more than 41 million Medicare hospitalization records from 2005 to 2007 at the nation’s approximately 5,000 non-federal hospitals.