West Jefferson Medical Center Receives Healthgrades Awards Today
MARRERO, LA – West Jefferson Medical Center (WJMC) will accept two trophies for two prestigious national awards today, Thursday, May 11, from Healthgrades, the leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals.
The ceremony will take place at West Jefferson Medical Center’s Hospital’s Atrium, 1101 Medical Center Blvd., in Marrero, Louisiana, at 11:00 a.m.
The awards include:
• 2017 Patient Safety Excellence Award Trophy – West Jefferson is the only hospital in the Greater New Orleans Area, inclusive of the parishes of Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington, to achieve Top 5 percent in the nation for Patient Safety Excellence.
• 2017 Stroke Care Excellence Award Trophy – West Jefferson is ranked among the Top 10 percent of hospitals nationwide for the treatment of Stroke.
“Delivering quality patient care at West Jefferson Medical Center is a responsibility owned by all members of our healthcare family,” said Nancy R. Cassagne, president and CEO of West Jefferson. “Being recognized by Healthgrades for these two prestigious awards validates our hospital family’s commitment to delivering safe, excellent care to the patients and families we serve.”
WJMC is one of 460 hospitals to receive the 2017 Patient Excellence Award Trophy out of 4,600 hospitals nationwide.
The Healthgrades 2017 Patient Safety Excellence Award™ is a designation that recognizes superior performance in hospitals that have prevented the occurrence of serious, potentially avoidable complications for patients during hospital stays. The distinction places West Jefferson Medical Center among the top 5 percent of all short-term acute care hospitals reporting patient safety data for its excellent performance as evaluated by Healthgrades.
West Jefferson is one of only 254 hospitals nationwide to receive the 2017 Stroke Care Excellence Award™. This achievement places WJMC among the top 10 percent of hospitals in the country for stroke care. West Jefferson is also being recognized as a Five-Star recipient for the Treatment of Stroke in 2017. This rating indicates that a hospital’s clinical outcomes are statistically significantly better than expected when treating the condition or performing the procedure being evaluated, hospital reps said.
From 2013-2015, patients treated at hospitals receiving the Stroke Care Excellence Award have, on average 32.9 percent lower risk of death than if they were treated in hospitals that did not receive the award, Healthgrades analysis shows.
View the complete Healthgrades 2017 Report to the Nation here
