August 2, 2022 – West Boca Medical Center, part of the Palm Beach Health Network, is a 2022 5-Star recipient for Vaginal and C-Section Delivery, as recognized by Healthgrades, a leading marketplace connecting doctors and patients. This marks the 8th consecutive year that West Boca Medical Center has achieved the distinction (2015-2022). These 5-star ratings indicate that West Boca Medical Center’s clinical outcomes for Vaginal Delivery and C-Section Delivery are significantly better than expected, placing them among the national Vaginal and C-Section Delivery leaders.
“At West Boca Medical Center, we are so proud to be recognized for the eighth year in a row with this 5-star rating from Healthgrades for vaginal and c-section deliveries, because it is a testament to the high-quality care we provide to the approximately 2,000 babies born here each year along with their families,” said George Rizzuto, Chief Executive Officer at West Boca Medical Center. “Safety is the cornerstone of everything we do, and this accolade is an endorsement of that commitment, ensuring parents-to-be can feel confident when selecting us to deliver their baby.”
Healthgrades analyzed all-payer data for 16 states from 2018 through 2020. Healthgrades found that there is a significant variation in hospital quality between those that have received 5 stars and those that have not. For example, from 2018 through 2020, patients having C-Section Delivery in hospitals rated 5 stars have, on average, a 60.4% lower risk of experiencing a complication while in the hospital than if they were treated by hospitals rated 1 star.*
As the only hospital in Boca Raton with a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, (NICU) the highest level of care a newborn baby can receive, West Boca is also redefining care and pivoting to new health trends with its NICView Live Stream Camera System. This system allows loved ones to view their baby remotely using a secured password system while being cared for in the NICU. The hospital’s OB/GYN Laborist program offers in-house physicians, who are specialized obstetricians and gynecologists, available 24/7 to care for all our patients’ maternity, labor and delivery needs. West Boca Medical Center is making significant upgrades to the patient rooms in its labor and delivery and postpartum units at the Boca Center for Women’s Care. The hospital is investing in excess of $1 million dollars with updates including, new flooring, doors, LED lighting and flat screen TVs along with freshly painted rooms. The bathrooms are also be updated, as West Boca Medical Center continues to be the only hospital in Boca Raton to provide private bathrooms for maternity patients and their newborns.
“It is critical for patients to select care based on three key pieces of information – hospital quality, facility and care team experience with your condition/procedure, and compatibility – and this 5-star distinction is another benchmark to help make those decisions easier,” said Brad Bowman, MD, Chief Medical Officer and head of Data Science, Healthgrades. “We are proud to name West Boca Medical Center as a 2022 5-Star recipient for Vaginal and C-Section Delivery and look forward to their continued efforts to deliver better clinical outcomes for patients during natural childbirth, C-section deliveries, and gynecologic procedures.”
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*Statistics are based on Healthgrades analysis of All-Payer data for years 2018 through 2020 and represent 3-year estimates for patients in 16 states for which all payer data was made available. (See 2022 Healthgrades Obstetrics and Gynecology Rating Methodology for more details).
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 eight years in a row (2015-2022) 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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