Peninsula Regional earns multiple 2010 HealthGrades awards.

An independent study by HealthGrades, the Nation’s leading independent health care ratings organization, has recognized Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Maryland for high quality patient care in Cardiac Services, Orthopaedics, Stroke, Pulmonary, Prostatectomy, Gastrointestinal Care, Critical Care, General Surgery and Women’s Health.

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Peninsula Regional Medical Center’s quality of patient care was cited by HealthGrades’ 12th Annual Hospital Quality in America Study. The Study is the most comprehensive independent annual study of hospital quality in America by an independent health care rating organization. The HealthGrades study annually assesses patient outcomes – mortality and complication rates – at virtually all of the nation’s nearly 5,000 nonfederal hospitals.

As the only recipient of the 2009 HealthGrades Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence™ on the Delmarva Peninsula, ranking among the Top 5% of hospitals in the entire nation and one of only 270 hospitals nationwide, Peninsula Regional announced that it has received several top five-star ratings for the quality of its care in multiple clinical services and treatments. The study found that for 2010 Peninsula Regional Medical Center is:

Recipient of HealthGrades Pulmonary Care Excellence Award™ - 3 years in a row

Ranked among the top 5% in the Nation for Overall Pulmonary Services 2 years in a row

Ranked #1 in MD and best on Delmarva Peninsula for Overall Pulmonary Services

Five-Star Rated for Overall Pulmonary Services, COPD and Pneumonia

Recipient of the HealthGrades Critical Care Excellence Award™ – 2 Years in a row

Ranked among the top 5% in the Nation for Critical Care

Best on the Delmarva Peninsula in Critical Care

Five-Star Rated for Overall Critical Care, Treatment of Sepsis, and Treatment of Respiratory Failure

Recipient of the HealthGrades General Surgery Excellence Award™

Ranked Among the top 10% in the Nation for General Surgery

Only Five-Star Rated Hospital on the Delmarva Peninsula for General Surgery

Only Hospital on the Delmarva Peninsula to achieve a General Surgery Excellence Award™

Recipient of the HealthGrades Gastrointestinal Care Excellence Award™

Ranked among the top 5% in the Nation for Overall GI Services

Best on Delmarva Peninsula for Overall Gastrointestinal Care

Five-Star Rated for Cholecystectomy, GI Surgery, Treatment of GI Bleed, Treatment of Bowel Obstruction, and Treatment of Pancreatitis

Recipient of the Women’s Health Clinical Excellence Award (2009/2010)

Top 5% in the Nation for Women’s Health which includes Women’s Cardiac and Bone and Joint Health. One of Just 170 United States Hospitals Recognized. Only Medical Center in Maryland or on the Delmarva Peninsula to Earn the Award.

Other Five Star Rated Clinical Achievements

Five-Star Rated for Treatment of Stroke – 5 years in a row

Five-Star Rated for Hip Fracture Repair – 4 years in a row (2007-2010)

Five-Star Rated for Treatment of Heart Failure – 3 years in a row

Five-Star Rated for Prostatectomy

“To be placed among the nation’s best hospitals, once again, by an organization as respected as HealthGrades is extremely gratifying for the entire Medical Center,” stated Peggy Naleppa, Peninsula Regional Medical Center President. “It reinforces for us and our patients alike that we have assembled the finest health care team of physicians, staff and volunteers in the region who are committed to outstanding clinical outcomes and quality patient care.”

According to the twelfth annual HealthGrades Hospital Quality in America study top-rated hospitals had a 52 percent lower mortality rate than the U.S. national average when looking at the patient outcomes of 17 procedures and diagnoses ranging from bypass surgery to treatment for heart attack. When the top-rated hospitals were compared to the poorest performers, there was an even greater difference, 72 percent lower mortality.

While the countries inhospital risk-adjusted mortality rate improved on average of 10.99% from 2006 to 2009, the nation’s best-performing hospitals were able to reduce preventable deaths at a much faster rate than poor-performing hospitals, resulting in large state, regional and hospital-to-hospital variations in the quality of patient care, the study found.

The new 2010 HealthGrades hospital ratings were posted today at www.healthgrades.com.

Peninsula Regional Medical Center is the 6th largest Medical Center in the state of Maryland-by bed count-providing a full scope of services that rival those offered in much larger metropolitan areas. It has received over 25 national awards, certifications and recognitions in just the past four years for the safety and care it provides patients and the outcomes they experience.

Peninsula Regional continues to partner with other health care providers to increase the availability and scope of services. New technologies, including robotic heart and prostate surgery and advanced cancer detection and treatment options, continue to define the standard for safer care, faster recoveries and better outcomes.