October 25, 2022 – HCA East Florida Division today announced that several of its hospitals have been named one of America’s Best Hospitals for several key service lines including, Orthopedic Surgery, Joint Replacement, Spine Surgery, Stroke and Cardiac Care, to name a few. This announcement comes on the heels of new research released by Healthgrades, the leading marketplace connecting doctors and patients. This achievement reflects HCA East Florida Division’s outstanding clinical outcomes. It puts HCA Florida JFK Hospital, HCA Florida Kendall Hospital, HCA Florida
Northwest Hospital and HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital in the top 10% of hospitals nationwide for Best Specialties.
HCA Florida JFK Hospital
One of Healthgrades America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Coronary Intervention™ (2022-2023) One of Healthgrades America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Joint Replacement™ (2022-2023) One of Healthgrades America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Orthopedic Surgery™ (2021-2023) One of Healthgrades America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Spine Surgery™ (2022-2023)
One of Healthgrades America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Surgical Care™ in 2023
HCA Florida Kendall Hospital
One of Healthgrades America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Critical Care™ in 2023
One of Healthgrades America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Gastrointestinal Surgery™ (2019-2023) One of Healthgrades America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Orthopedic Surgery™ (2022-2023) One of Healthgrades America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Prostate Surgeries™ (2020-2023)
One of Healthgrades America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Stroke Care™ (2022-2023) One of Healthgrades America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Surgical Care™ (2022-2023)
HCA Florida Northwest Hospital
One of Healthgrades America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Care™ (2022-2023)
One of Healthgrades America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Coronary Intervention™ (2016-2023)
HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital
One of Healthgrades America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Joint Replacement™ (2021-2023) One of Healthgrades America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Orthopedic Surgery™ (2020-2023) One of Healthgrades America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Spine Surgery™ (2022-2023)
One of Healthgrades America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Surgical Care™ (2022-2023)
“At HCA East Florida Division, we stand by our patient promise to deliver excellence always,” said Charles Gressle, HCA East Florida Division President. “We pride ourselves on providing industry-leading practices, strategic partnerships and technologies that help us create safer and healthier tomorrows for our patients.”
Healthgrades evaluated patient mortality and complication rates for 31 of the most common conditions and procedures at nearly 4,500 hospitals across the country to identify the top-performing hospitals for specialty care. This year’s analysis revealed significant variation in patient outcomes between America’s Best Hospitals for service line specialties and hospitals that did not receive this distinction.
“We commend HCA Florida JFK Hospital, HCA Florida Kendall Hospital, HCA Florida Northwest Hospital and HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital for their ongoing commitment to providing high-quality care to patients,” said Brad Bowman, MD, Chief Medical Officer and Head of Data Science at Healthgrades. “Consumers can feel confident that America’s Best Hospitals for service line specialties have demonstrated their ability to deliver consistently exceptional outcomes.”
Consumers can visit Healthgrades.com to learn more about how Healthgrades measures hospital quality and access a patient-friendly overview of the complete methodology here.
*Statistics are based on Healthgrades analysis of MedPAR data for years 2019 through 2021 and represent three-year estimates for Medicare patients only. For appendectomy and bariatric surgery, Healthgrades used inpatient data from 16 states that provide all- payer data for years 2019 through 2021. Click here to view the complete 2023 Specialty Excellence Awards and Ratings Methodology.
About HCA East Florida Division
HCA East Florida Division, a part of HCA Florida Healthcare, is a family of 14 hospitals, seven free-standing emergency rooms, 12 ambulatory surgery centers and 105 physician practices along the Treasure Coast and in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade Counties. More than 15,000 dedicated colleagues proudly make up the East Florida Division and are committed to improving more lives in more ways and giving back to the communities. For more information, please visit HCAFloridaHealthcare.com.
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About Healthgrades
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