HealthGrades Awards

HealthGrades Awards for Baptist Medical Center in 2015

Baptist Medical Center is among the Best 100 Hospitals in the Nation for 

• Orthopedic Surgery
• Joint Replacement
• Prostate Surgeries

as recognized by Healthgrades, America's leading independent healthcare ratings organization. The Healthgrades designation for America’s 100 Best Hospitals represents the top 2% of hospitals nationwide.

Additionally, no hospital in Jackson has more 5-Star Ratings than Baptist Medical Center in 2015, as recognized by HealthGrades.

What the Healthgrades Ratings Mean

As America's leading independent healthcare ratings organization, the Healthgrades rating method offers a uniquely objective and comprehensive overview of hospital services. Healthgrades does all the following: 

• evaluates the performance of approximately 4,500 hospitals nationwide on risk-adjusted mortality and complications rates for 33 of the most common conditions treated and procedures.
• independently measures hospitals based on data that hospitals submit to the federal government. No hospital can opt in or out of the analysis, and no hospital pays to be measured. 
• risk adjusts for patient demographic characteristics and clinical risk factors, thereby taking into account how sick patients are upon admission. 
• bases its analysis solely on objective measures of clinical quality outcomes. Other organizations factor in subjective measures such as reputation or even technologies used at a hospital.

According to the Healthgrades 2015 Report to the Nation, if all hospitals in the United States as a group, performed similarly to hospitals receiving 5-stars as a group, on average 228,426 lives could potentially have been saved and 169,298 complications could potentially have been avoided for the period 2011-2013.

Baptist Medical Center earned these awards and recognitions:

Orthopedic

• One of Healthgrades America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Orthopedic Surgery™ for 4 Years in a Row (2012-2015)
• One of Healthgrades America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Joint Replacement™ for 4 Years in a Row (2012-2015)
• Top 5% in the Nation for Overall Orthopedic Services for 5 Years in a Row (2011-2015)
• Top 5% in the Nation for Joint Replacement for 5 Years in a Row (2011-2015)
• Orthopedic Surgery Excellence Award™ for 5 Years in a Row (2011-2015)
• Joint Replacement Excellence Award™ for 5 Years in a Row (2011-2015)
• Five-Star Rated for Total Knee Replacement for 7 Years in a Row (2009-2015)
• Five-Star Rated for Total Hip Replacement for 5 Years in a Row (2011-2015)
• Five-Star Rated for Hip Fracture Treatment for 4 Years in a Row (2012-2015)

Cardiovascular

• Five-Star Rated for Repair of Abdominal Aorta for 2 Years in a Row (2014-2015)

Gastrointestinal

Five-Star Rated for Colorectal Surgeries for 3 Years in a Row (2013-2015)

Five-Star Rated for Gallbladder Removal Surgery for 11 Years in a Row (2005-2015)

Surgery

• One of Healthgrades America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Orthopedic Surgery™ for 4 Years in a Row (2012-2015)
• One of Healthgrades America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Joint Replacement™ for 4 Years in a Row (2012-2015)
• One of Healthgrades America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Prostate Surgeries in 2015
• Prostate Surgery Excellence Award
• Top 10% in the Nation for Prostate Surgery for 2015
• Five-Star Rated for Repair of Abdominal Aorta for 2 Years in a Row (2014-2015)
• Five-Star Rated for Colorectal Surgeries for 3 Years in a Row (2013-2015)
• Five-Star Rated for Gallbladder Removal Surgery for 11 Years in a Row (2005-2015)

Diabetes

• Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Diabetic Emergencies in 2015 (Critical Care)