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Because so much of healthcare happens behind closed doors, it’s easy to question whether you’ve made the right choice when you or a loved one becomes ill. How do you know if you’ve gotten the best care, the best medicine or advanced treatment? You have to do your homework.
And luckily for you, there’s an organization that’s already done it for you. They’re called HealthGrades®, and they are the nation’s #1 independent “grader” of healthcare organizations when it comes to clinical quality, cost and outcomes. In the largest study of its kind, HealthGrades analyzed over 41 million hospitalization records from nearly every hospital in the U.S. spanning a three year period. Then they posted the results of the top and low performers in an easy to understand 5-Star rating system on their Web site at www.healthgrades.com.
Hospitals did not have the ability to opt in or out of the independent analysis which compared mortality and complication rates in 27 different procedures. As a result, HealthGrades was able to identify those hospitals that have consistently demonstrated clinical excellence over a three year period. In addition, data released during the twelfth annual HealthGrades Hospital Quality in America Study revealed improved survival rates for patients inside top hospitals such as DeKalb Medical where mortality rates were 70% below lower rated ( one-star) hospitals.
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