Submitted by Providence
Providence St. Peter and Centralia hospitals were 2 of 32 Providence ministries recognized recently by U.S. News and World Report.
Providence St. Peter was recognized as a Best Hospital for 2024-2025. Providence St. Peter:
Providence Centralia:
- Was recognized as high performing for Geriatrics and Orthopedics.
The annual Best Hospitals rankings and ratings, now in their 34th year, are designed to assist patients and their doctors in making informed decisions about where to receive care for challenging health conditions or for common elective procedures.
“This recognition validates the commitment and hard work of the nearly 5,000 Providence caregivers here in South Puget Sound, along with independent physicians, the Providence Medical Group, and the hospitals coming together to care for our patients,” said Providence South Puget Sound Chief Executive Darin Goss. “Honors such as this in so many areas across the care continuum wouldn’t be possible without collaboration. It is a testament of the high-quality care we provide to our patients right here close to home.”
For the 2024-2025 rankings and ratings, U.S. News evaluated more than 4,500 hospitals across 15 specialties and 20 procedures and conditions.
“The hospitals named to the U.S. News Honor Roll excel across numerous specialties and service lines,” said Ben Harder, chief of health analysis and managing editor at U.S. News. “When patients and their medical professionals are considering their options for care, the rankings are designed to help them identify hospitals that are superior in the kind of care they may need.”
U.S. News evaluated each hospital’s performance using a variety of measures such as survival rates, complication rates, patient experience and level of nursing care. The Best Hospitals methodology factors in data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, American Hospital Association, professional organizations and medical specialists.
Providence St. Peter earned “High Performing” ratings for 9 specialties/procedures, in recognition of care that was significantly better than the national average, as measured by factors such as patient outcomes. “High Performing” is the highest rating U.S. News awards for these types of care.
The 9 high performing areas Providence St. Peter was recognized in include:
- Heart Bypass Surgery
- Congesting Heart Failure
- COPD
- Heart Attack
- Hip Replacement
- Knee Replacement
- Pneumonia
- Stroke
- Maternity
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