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WELLSPAN CHAMBERSBURG HOSPITAL, WELLSPAN
YORK HOSPITAL, AND WELLSPAN EPHRATA HOSPITAL NAMED AMONG AMERICA’S BEST
HOSPITALS IN THE COUNTRY
WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital named one of
America’s Best Hospitals for first time
YORK, Pa. (FEBRUARY 8, 2022)
– WellSpan Health announces today that
three of its hospitals, WellSpan Chambersburg, WellSpan York, and WellSpan
Ephrata Community Hospitals have each been named as Among America’s Best
Hospitals in the country by Healthgrades, an online resource for information
about physicians and hospitals.
“Our
team of physicians, surgeons and healthcare professionals from across the
entire WellSpan Health system are dedicated to providing the highest quality
care to our patients, and we are honored that Healthgrades has recognized
that dedication,” said Michael Seim, MD, senior vice president and chief
quality officer at WellSpan Health. “The recognition is yet another proof
point of our commitment to providing exceptional care in our communities all
across South Central Pennsylvania.”
WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital
received the distinguished honor of being one of Healthgrades America’s 100
Best Hospitals Award™ recipients for the second year in a row (2021-2022), recognizing it as
being in the top two percent of hospitals in the country. WellSpan York
Hospital and WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital both received the Healthgrades America’s 250 Best Hospitals Award™, recognizing them as being in the top five percent of
hospitals in the country. This is the second year in a row that WellSpan York
Hospital has received the honor (2021-2022), while WellSpan Ephrata Community
Hospital earns the distinction for the first time.
“It is a great achievement to be
awarded as one of Healthgrades’ America’s 100 and 250 Best Hospitals,” said
Brad Bowman, MD, Chief Medical Officer and Head of Data Science at
Healthgrades. “Now more than ever, patients are learning the importance of
taking control of their health and using resources like Healthgrades to find
the perfect hospital and caregiver match. We commend these three hospitals
for providing superior service and committing themselves to keeping their
communities safe.”
Healthgrades analyzed patient
outcome data on more than 45 million Medicare medical claims records over a
three-year period for nearly 4,500 hospitals nationwide.
In
addition, five WellSpan hospitals received numerous 2022 Healthgrades
Specialty Excellence Awards. The awards
recognize hospitals that deliver superior patient outcomes across the most
common in-hospital procedures and conditions, including surgical care,
critical care, cardiac care and surgery, gastrointestinal care and surgery,
and bariatric surgery. WellSpan hospitals were named recipients of the
following 2022 Specialty Excellence Awards:
- WellSpan York Hospital
- America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Stroke Care Award™
- Neuroscience Excellence Award™
- Pulmonary Care Excellence Award™
- WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital
- America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Coronary
Intervention Award™ for 11 years in a row
(2012-2022)
- America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Critical Care Award™ for 5 years in a row (2018-2022)
- America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Gastrointestinal
Care Award™ for 4 years in a row (2019-2022)
- America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Orthopedic Surgery
Award™
- America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Pulmonary
Care Award™ for 6 years in a row (2017-2022)
- Gastrointestinal Surgery Excellence Award™ for 4 years in a row (2019-2022)
- Gastrointestinal Care Excellence Award™ for 5 years in a row
(2018-2022)
- Surgical Care Excellence Award™
- WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital
- Critical Care Excellence Award™
- Pulmonary Care Excellence Award™
- WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital
- America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Stroke Care Award™ for 2 years in a row (2021-2022)
- Critical Care Excellence Award™ for 5 years in a row (2018-2022)
- Pulmonary Care Excellence Award™
- WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital
- Coronary Intervention Excellence Award™
WellSpan Health also received
multiple Healthgrades five-star ratings in the 2022 Ratings Report. The star
ratings assess a hospital’s performance across 31 of the most common
procedures and conditions. WellSpan York Hospital received seven 5-star
ratings, WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital received 15, WellSpan Ephrata
Community Hospital received seven, WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital received
seven, WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital received three, and WellSpan
Waynesboro Hospital received three.
For more information on how
WellSpan works to provide the highest quality care for our patients, visit WellSpan.org/Quality.
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Healthgrades
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