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Healthgrades recognizes Coordinated Health’s Allentown, Bethlehem Hospitals for procedures, patient safety
Dawn Ouellette Nixon//October 23, 2019
Healthgrades recognizes Coordinated Health’s Allentown, Bethlehem Hospitals for procedures, patient safety
Dawn Ouellette Nixon//October 23, 2019//
Listen to this articleCoordinated Health’s Allentown and Bethlehem hospitals are among the top 10 percent in the nation for patient safety according to a 2020 national report by Healthgrades, the Denver, Colorado -based online resource for information about physicians and hospitals.
Healthgrades evaluates hospital performance at nearly 4,500 hospitals nationwide for 32 of the most common inpatient procedures and conditions using Medicare data.
CH’s Allentown and Bethlehem hospitals are part of findings released Oct. 22 in the Healthgrades 2020 Report to the Nation, which reports on hospital quality to both consumers and hospital executives.
CH’s Allentown hospital was also recognized as a five-star recipient for spinal fusion surgery, hip replacement, and knee replacement surgery. CH’s Bethlehem hospital was designated a five-star knee replacement surgery center, among other honors.
“Our organization is extremely proud of the high quality care that we deliver to our patients every day,” said Emil DiIorio, CEO of Coordinated Health. “It’s a very important benchmark that we work hard to achieve.”
Individual procedure or condition cohorts are designated as five-star (statistically significantly better than expected), three-star (not statistically different from expected) and one-star (statistically significantly worse than expected) categories.
The complete Healthgrades 2020 Report to the Nation and detailed study methodology, can be found at https://partners.healthgrades.com/healthgrades-quality-solutions/healthgrades-quality-awards/.
Coordinated Health, which will soon be acquired by the Lehigh Valley Health Network, is an integrated healthcare network with locations throughout eastern Pennsylvania and western New Jersey, specializing in orthopedics and sports medicine.
LVHN, the Lehigh Valley region’s largest health network, has signed a binding letter of intent to acquire Coordinated Health, pending a regulatory review.
