National healthcare evaluator, HealthGrades, has awarded St. Elizabeth Medical Center, of Northern Kentucky, five star ratings – the highest possible – in six categories. This secures St. Elizabeth’s spot in the top one percent of the nation’s hospitals for the sixth consecutive year.
St. Elizabeth’s orthopedics, pulmonary and spine surgery standards place in the top five percent in the country, and its gastrointestinal and critical care in the top ten percent.
Excellence has been the standard at St. Elizabeth Medical Center for some time now. Alongside these superb ratings, St. Elizabeth is also the first and only hospital in the Greater Cincinnati region to earn Magnet T status, the highest international standard for nursing.
With all these points tallied, this study considers St. Elizabeth one of the nation’s top 50 hospitals – a good thing since a stay in one of the best improves survival rates by 70 percent, according to the HealthGrades study.
The results of this national study, which include ratings for almost every hospital in the country, are available for free at .
Writer: Jonathan DeHart
Source: St. Elizabeth Medical Center of Northern Kentucky
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