Horizon CSA congratulates it’s biomedical equipment services customer Pardee Hospital for securing a top notch ranking nationally by Consumer Report. Dale Allman, Executive V. P. of Operations commented, ” We are extremely proud of Pardee Hospital and also very humbled to participate as service provider. Our biomedical equipment services team led by Matt Yates has had a role also in this prestigious ranking by Consumer Report.” http://www.horizonbiomedicalservices.com
For more read Pardee Hospital’s announcement from CEO Jay Kirby…….. Consumer Reports Rates Pardee Hospital 7th Safest Hospital in the Nation. Pardee Hospital scores a 73 which ranks us 7th in the nation for safety. This is certainly impressive considering a 100 point scale with the average hospital scoring just 51 points. The report compiles information from government and independent sources on 1,159 hospitals in 44 states. To produce this report they also interviewed patients, physicians, hospital administrators, and safety experts; reviewed medical literature; and looked at hospital inspections and investigations. Hospital choice may be ‘life or death’ “The differences between high-scoring hospitals and low-scoring ones can be a matter of life and death,” says John Santa, medical director of Consumer Reports Health. For example, pneumonia patients at top-scoring hospitals are 40% less likely to die within 30 days of admission than pneumonia patients at low-scoring hospitals.” This is yet another acknowledgment of our long-standing, continuous commitment to maintain the highest clinical quality and safety for our patients. I’m proud of this organization and of the talent and dedication that our medical staff and hospital team members are consistently being recognized for. This is another accolade for our medical staff, team members, hospital board and foundation to all be very proud of. I encourage you to share this rating with your family, friends, and neighbors. It’s important that the people of our community know that their hospital is world-class. I’m proud to work alongside each of you. The following link helps put this ranking in context: Consumer Reports rates the safety of nearly 3,000 hospitals :: Is your hospital really as safe as you think?
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In addition, Consumer Reports released an interactive map http://www.consumerreports.org/health/doctors-hospitals/hospital-ratings.ht m that allows users to browse hospital safety scores inside each state. Our overall quality was also recognized in September 2013 by Consumer Reports, which rated Pardee as No. 1 in surgery in North Carolina: WLOS<http://youtu.be/kKykf1OKOBs>, Hendersonville Lightning http://www.hendersonvillelightning.com/business/1948-consumer-repo rts-ranks-pardee-surgeries-no-1-in-n-c.html , Times-News<http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20130801/ARTICLES/130809988/> Jay Kirby [CRO_Health_RatingsHospitalsChart_2014.jpg] Jay Kirby, President/C