EvergreenHealth is Among Top 5% of Hospitals Nationwide for Clinical Performance

EvergreenHealth Medical Center, Kirkland, WA

Healthgrades names health system to its Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence™ list for the ninth time in 10 years

Kirkland, Wash. – Today, Healthgrades released its annual Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence™ list, with EvergreenHealth named one of just 250 hospitals nationwide to receive the prestigious award in 2018.

EvergreenHealth has earned the award from Healthgrades for the ninth time in 10 years. The distinction places the Kirkland-based health system among the top 5 percent of nearly 4,500 hospitals nationwide for its superior clinical performance.

Healthgrades, the leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals, announced the award along with data on clinical outcomes, risk-adjusted mortality and in-hospital complication rates to recognize the nation’s top-performing hospitals.

Over the last year, EvergreenHealth has earned several other Healthgrades recognitions, including its America’s 100 Best™ hospitals award for stroke care, pulmonary care, critical care, gastrointestinal care and general surgery, and in 2017 joined Healthgrades’ elite group of America’s 100 Best Hospitals™, which represent the top 2 percent of hospitals across the country for consistent quality care.

“It is an honor to once again be recognized by Healthgrades for our dedication to quality clinical care and outstanding outcomes. This is our ninth time being honored, and the result of our focus on continually enhancing our approach to patient-centered care,” said EvergreenHealth CEO Bob Malte. “Each year, we renew our commitment to achieving the highest levels of clinical excellence with the contributions and concerted efforts of our doctors, nurses, staff and volunteers across our system. We’re proud this recognition reflects their care and dedication.”

“Given the variation in clinical quality that exists between hospitals, it is more important than ever for consumers to do their research and use information like this to assess their care decisions,” said Brad Bowman, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Healthgrades. “Those hospitals that have received Healthgrades’ 2018 Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence award have proven their steadfast commitment to providing quality care to patients.” 

From 2014 through 2016, Healthgrades’ Distinguished Hospitals for Clinical Excellence, as a group, had a 26.3 percent lower risk of adjusted in-hospital mortality across 19 procedures and conditions where mortality was the clinical outcome, compared to hospitals that did not receive this distinction.

During this same period, if all other hospitals performed at the level of Distinguished Hospitals for Clinical Excellence across these procedures and conditions, 159,924 lives could potentially have been saved. For example, patients treated for respiratory failure at a hospital that achieved the Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence award had, on average, a 24.5 percent lower risk of dying than if treated at a hospital that did not receive the award.*

The 250 recipients of the Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence stand out among the rest for overall clinical excellence across a broad spectrum of care. During the 2018 study period (2014-2016), these hospitals showed superior performance in clinical outcomes for patients in the Medicare population across at least 21 of 32 of the most common inpatient conditions and procedures — as measured by objective clinical outcomes performance data (risk-adjusted mortality and in-hospital complications).

To learn more about how Healthgrades determines Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence recipients, please visit www.healthgrades.com/quality.

For a complete list of EvergreenHealth’s recent Healthgrades awards and achievements, visit www.evergreenhealth.com/healthgrades.

*Statistics are based on Healthgrades analysis of MedPAR data for years 2014 through 2016 and represent three-year estimates for Medicare patients only.

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About Healthgrades

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About EvergreenHealth

EvergreenHealth is an integrated health care system that serves nearly one million residents in King and Snohomish counties and offers a breadth of services and programs that is among the most comprehensive in the region. More than 1,000 physicians provide clinical excellence in over 80 specialties, including heart and vascular care, oncology, surgical care, orthopedics, neurosciences, women’s and children’s services, pulmonary care and home care and hospice services. Formed as a public hospital district in 1972, EvergreenHealth includes a 318-bed acute care medical center in Kirkland, a network of 12 primary care practices, two urgent care centers, over two dozen specialty care practices and 24/7 emergency care at its Kirkland, Monroe, and Redmond campuses. In 2015, the system expanded to include EvergreenHealth Monroe – an accredited, full-service 74-bed public hospital district, established in 1960 in Monroe, Washington. EvergreenHealth has clinical and strategic partnerships with several health care entities, including Overlake Medical Center, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and dozens of independent practices that are part of the clinically integrated Eastside Health Network and the Puget Sound High Value Network. In addition to clinical care, EvergreenHealth offers extensive community health outreach and education programs, anchored by the 24/7 EvergreenHealth Nurse Navigator & Healthline.

In 2017, EvergreenHealth achieved its ninth designation in the last 10 years (2009-2012, and 2014-2018) as a Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence from Healthgrades®, and it was named one of Healthgrades 2017 America’s 100 Best Hospitals placing it among the top 2 percent of hospitals nationwide, based on its outstanding clinical performance. EvergreenHealth was also named one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals® by Truven Health Analytics™ in the “Large Community Hospitals” category for outstanding achievements in patient care, operational efficiency and financial strength, two years in a row. For more information, visitwww.evergreenhealth.com.