MUNSTER – Community Hospital has been named one of the 50 best hospitals in the nation by Healthgrades, an independent healthcare ratings organization. The Munster hospital is the only hospital in Indiana to achieve the distinction six years in a row.
Healthgrades’ America’s 50 Best Hospitals designation is the only national hospital quality rating based solely on clinical outcomes, recognizing hospitals that have demonstrated superior clinical quality over an 11-year period. Hospitals cannot opt-in or out of this independent analysis. To be recognized with this distinction, hospitals must have had risk-adjusted mortality and complication rates low enough to place them among the top 5 percent in the nation for a minimum of eight consecutive years.
“This extraordinary achievement is a testament to the systems that we have in place and the doctors and healthcare professionals who put quality and excellence in patient care first,” said Don Fesko, chief executive officer. “It demonstrates to the communities we serve that we are focused on the things that matter most to our patients including clinical excellence and a total caring environment,” he said. “This commitment is renewed with each and every patient so that we continually deliver the right care to the right patient at the right time.”
Healthgrades evaluates hospital performance for nearly 4,500 hospitals across the nation annually. Each year, only 1 percent of the hospitals in the nation qualify for this achievement.
