October 25, 2022 – West Boca Medical Center today announced that it has been recognized as a 2023 Gastrointestinal Care Excellence Award™ recipient by Healthgrades, a leading marketplace connecting doctors and patients. Healthgrades Specialty Excellence Awards recognize the top 10% of hospitals across the country in 17 specialty care areas. This achievement reflects West Boca Medical Center’s outstanding clinical outcomes for gastrointestinal care and distinguishes West Boca Medical Center as one of the nation’s leading hospitals for gastrointestinal care.
“At West Boca Medical Center, we are so proud to be recognized for our gastrointestinal care. It is a testament to the high-quality care we provide, “said West Boca Medical Center CEO, George Rizzuto. “We understand that patients have a choice, and we are proud to be recognized for our exceptional clinical outcomes.”
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 hospitals with a 2023 Healthgrades Specialty Excellence Award and hospitals that did not receive the award.
From 2019-2021, patients treated at hospitals receiving the Joint Replacement Excellence Award™ have, on average, 28.4% lower risk of experiencing a complication or dying while in the hospital than if they were treated in hospitals that did not receive the award.*
“We commend West Boca Medical Center for their ongoing commitment to providing high-quality care to patients being treated for Gastrointestinal Care,” said Brad Bowman, MD, Chief Medical Officer and Head of Data Science at Healthgrades. “Consumers can feel confident that recipients of the 2023 Gastrointestinal Care Excellence Award have demonstrated their ability to deliver consistently exceptional outcomes.”
In addition to being recognized Among the top 10% in the Nation for Overall GI Services for 2 Years in a Row (2022-2023), West Boca Medical Center has also been recognized as a Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Sepsis for 2 Years in a Row (2022-2023) and a Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Respiratory Failure in 2023.
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 West Boca Medical Center
West Boca Medical Center is a 195-bed acute care hospital located at 21644 State Road 7 in Boca Raton, Florida. West Boca Medical Center has been serving the medical and healthcare needs of its community and surrounding areas for over 35 years. West Boca Medical Center offers a broad array of services, including general medical and surgical care, orthopedics and sports medicine, a robotic surgery program offering minimally invasive surgery for gynecological, urological and general surgical procedures, a state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging center featuring a short bore high field MRI and digital mammography, cardiac and surgical intensive care, outpatient surgery services, 24-hour emergency services for adults, children, and outpatient rehabilitation services. West Boca received the American Heart Association Get with the Guidelines- Gold Plus Target Honor Roll Elite Quality Achievement Awards for Heart Failure and Stroke in 2020. The hospital is also designated as a Lung Cancer Screening Center by the American College of Radiology. The hospital is also opening the Boca Center for Orthopedics and Spine Care. This 8-bed unit offers leading edge robotic technology used by our skilled surgeons to provide better outcomes by using the CORI surgical system for knee replacements and the Mako robotic arm, which makes up a 3D image of the bone anatomy.
The hospital also offers several specialties, including women’s and children’s services. With its Boca Center for Women’s Care and Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and a Laborist program providing 24/7 coverage in the hospital to treat expectant mothers and their babies from the routine to very high-risk care. The hospital is also the only one in Southern Palm Beach County to offer the NICVIEW cameras for families of babies in the NICU so they can log on anytime to see their child or loved one. The Breast Center at West Boca Diagnostic Imaging is designated as a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology. It offers comprehensive breast care services including prevention, early disease detection, diagnosis and treatment of breast conditions. The team at the Breast Center, which includes an on-site physician and patient navigator, focuses care on treatment techniques derived from a high caliber of diagnostic services.
West Boca Medical Center has earned the Healthgrades 5-Star C-Section and Vaginal Delivery Awards seven years in a row (2015-2021) and recognized for the fourth year in a row by Healthgrades for patient safety (2018-2021). The hospital is also a recipient of the Healthgrades 2022 Gastrointestinal Care Excellence Award. In addition, the hospital was the first in Florida to be Perinatal Care Certified by The Joint Commission. The hospital is fully accredited by The Joint Commission on the accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the nation’s oldest and largest hospital accreditation agency. For more information about West Boca Medical Center or for physician referral, call 866-904-WBMC (9262) or visit the website at www.westbocamedctr.com.
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