{"id":228532,"date":"2016-02-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/alvarado-named-among-nations-best-hospitals\/"},"modified":"2016-02-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T08:00:00","slug":"alvarado-named-among-nations-best-hospitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/alvarado-named-among-nations-best-hospitals\/","title":{"rendered":"Alvarado named among nation\u2019s best hospitals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Other regional hospitals also on elite list<\/strong><\/p>\n

Por Margie M. Palmer<\/p>\n

Alvarado Hospital\u2019s clinical outcomes have once again garnered national attention.<\/p>\n

The institution has received the Healthgrades\u2019 Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence for the third year in a row; the nod distinguishes the facility as being among the top 5 percent of more than 4,500 hospitals nationwide for critical care.<\/p>\n

From 2012-14, Healthgrades\u2019 Distinguished Hospitals for Clinical Excellence, as a group, had a 26.5 percent lower risk adjusted in-hospital mortality rate across 19 procedures and conditions compared to all other hospitals. Top performing hospitals are selected based on clinical excellence across a broad spectrum of specialty care and superior outcomes.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, not all hospitals perform equally when it comes to clinical outcomes, so it\u2019s important that consumers do their research in order to find the right care,\u201d said Evan Marks, Chief Strategy Officer at Healthgrades.<\/p>\n

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Alvarado Hospital displays a banner touting its Healthgrades rating. (Photo by Jeff Clemetson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Alvarado Hospital has also been honored twice by the organization for overall orthopedic services and spine surgery.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis award is huge for us,\u201d Alvarado administrator Robin Gomez said. \u201cIt puts out a report card out to the community that helps them know that when they are choosing healthcare, there is a community hospital right there that is performing at a very high level.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gomez also notes that since Healthgrades uses measurable data to determine the top hospitals for clinical, the distinction is based on objective data.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing named a \u2018Clinical Excellence\u2019 hospital shows that we have put together protocols and that we\u2019re able to get everyone on staff to work as a coordinated care team,\u201d she said. \u201cOur goal has always been to provide a strong template for care coordination. This allows patients to be treated quickly and it allows us to efficiently perform protocols that have been set forth by the federal government, which allows us to provide really good care for our patients.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other local hospitals, including UC San Diego (UCSD) Medical Center in Hillcrest, Scripps La Jolla, Scripps Green and Scripps Encinitas were also rated in the top 5 percent of hospitals in the nation for clinical care.<\/p>\n

UCSD Health institution has received Healthgrades\u2019 Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence and America\u2019s 100 Best Hospitals for Critical Care Award for the third year in a row; Scripps Green was named on Healthgrades\u2019 Clinical Excellence list in 2014, 2015 and 2016.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are honored to be among the top 5 percent of hospitals in the U.S. that demonstrate measurably superior health outcomes for our patients,\u201d said Patty Maysent, CEO of UC San Diego Health. \u201cAs the only academic health system in the region, we are devoted to offering an unparalleled quality of care and exceptional clinical results.\u201d<\/p>\n

UC San Diego Health also performed exceptionally well in both gastrointestinal and general surgery with expertise in weight loss, cancer care and organ transplantation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re honored to be recognized by Healthgrades as among the best hospitals in the nation when it comes to delivering high-quality care across a wide range of patient conditions and procedures,\u201d said Maida Soghikian, M.D., chief of staff at Scripps Green Hospital.\u00a0Healthgrades Chief Strategy Officer Marks said the organization applauds the hospitals that have achieved the 2016 distinction \u201cfor demonstrating an unwavering commitment to high-quality care.
\n\u201cThe [award] recipients clearly place a premium on producing great clinical outcomes and stand out from their peers in their overall clinical performance,\u201d he said. \u201cWe commend these hospitals for their well-deserved achievements,\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013\u2013Margie M. Palmer is a San Diego-based freelance writer who has been racking up bylines in a myriad of news publications for the past 10 years. Reach her at <\/em>margiep@alumni.pitt.edu<\/em>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Other regional hospitals also on elite list By Margie M. Palmer Alvarado Hospital\u2019s clinical outcomes have once again garnered national attention. The institution has received the Healthgrades\u2019 Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence for the third year in a row; the nod distinguishes the facility as being among the top 5 percent of more than […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":726,"featured_media":228533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11558","_seopress_titles_title":"Alvarado named among nation\u2019s best hospitals","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11547,11558,11551],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-228532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-mission-times-courier","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}