07/16/2024
Four Nuvance Health facilities have been named by U.S. News & World Report to its 2024-2025 Best Hospitals as a High Performing hospital for 13 procedures and/or conditions. This is the highest distinction a hospital can earn for U.S. News’ Best Hospitals Procedures & Conditions ratings.
The recognitions were:
Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Heart failure
- Hip replacement
- Kidney failure
- Knee replacement
Northern Dutchess Hospital, Rhinebeck, NY
- Knee replacement
Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk, CT
- Heart failure
Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
- Pulmonology & Lung Surgery
- COPD
- Colon Cancer Surgery
- Heart attack
- Heart bypass surgery
- Heart failure
- Kidney failure
- Leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma
- Lung cancer surgery
- Pneumonia
- Stroke
- Vassar Brothers Medical Center was also named the #1 hospital for Poughkeepsie-Newburgh Metro Area
The annual Procedures & Conditions ratings are designed to assist patients and their healthcare providers in making informed decisions about where to receive care for challenging health conditions or elective procedures.
“We are extremely proud of the recognition our hospitals have received from U.S. News & World Report. These High Performing ratings reflect our unwavering commitment to providing exceptional care and improving patient outcomes across a wide range of procedures and conditions,” said Dr. Diane Kantaros, chief quality officer for Nuvance Health. “Our dedicated teams work diligently to ensure every patient receives the highest standard of care, and this acknowledgment is a testament to their hard work and expertise.”
U.S. News evaluated nearly 5,000 hospitals across 15 specialties and 20 procedures and conditions. Hospitals awarded a “Best” designation excelled at factors such as clinical outcomes, level of nursing care and patient experience.
For 35 years, U.S. News has been a leading resource for patients navigating their health care decisions,” said Ben Harder, chief of health analysis and managing editor at U.S. News. “The ‘High Performing’ designation acknowledges hospitals that consistently deliver high-quality care for specific medical procedures and conditions. This recognition highlights their expertise and commitment to patient well-being.”
To calculate the Best Hospitals rankings, U.S. News evaluated each hospital’s performance on objective measures such as risk-adjusted mortality rates, preventable complications and level of nursing care. The Best Hospitals Specialty rankings methodology and Procedures & Conditions ratings methodology measure patient outcomes using data from millions of records provided by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. This year, among other methodology refinements, U.S. News incorporated new data on care provided to patients with Medicare Advantage insurance and on care provided to outpatients, nearly doubling the number of patients included in its annual data analysis. The Procedures & Conditions ratings are based entirely on objective quality measures.
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