West Boca Medical Center recognized for superior outcomes in Gastrointestinal Care, according to Healthgrades
October 19th 2021 – West Boca Medical Center s among the top 10% in the nation for GI Services and a recipient of the Gastrointestinal Care Excellence Award according to new analysis by Healthgrades, the leading resource that connects consumers, physicians and health systems. Every year, Healthgrades evaluates hospital performance at nearly 4,500 hospitals nationwide for 31 of the most common inpatient procedures and conditions.*
Healthgrades Specialty Excellence Awards recognize hospitals with superior performance in specific specialty lines and specialty focus areas. From 2018-2020, patients treated at hospitals receiving the Gastrointestinal Care Specialty Excellence Award have, on average a 31.3% 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.*
“This community has a choice as to where they will go for their gastroenterology procedures, and this recognition is confirmation that our hospital has proven to be one of the best in our area when it comes to providing some of the very best GI services,” said George Rizzuto, CEO at West Boca Medical Center. “This recognition is a testament our doctors and medical staff to deliver the quality care we provide to Palm Beach County.”
West Boca Medical Center was also recognized for the following clinical achievements:
- Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Sepsis in 2022
For its analysis, Healthgrades evaluated approximately 45 million Medicare inpatient records for nearly 4,500 short-term acute care hospitals nationwide to assess hospital performance in 31 common conditions and procedures and evaluated outcomes in appendectomy and bariatric surgery using all-payer data provided by 16 states. Healthgrades recognizes a hospital’s quality achievements for cohort-specific performance, specialty area performance, and overall clinical quality. Individual procedure or condition cohorts are designated as 5-star (statistically significantly better than expected), 3-star (not statistically different from expected), and 1-star (statistically significantly worse than expected).
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 more than 30 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 3D digital mammography, cardiac and surgical intensive care, outpatient surgery services, 24-hour emergency services for adults and children, outpatient rehabilitation services, and a specialized sleep diagnostic center for adults. West Boca Medical Center is a State Certified Primary Stroke Center and a National Certified Silver Safe Sleep Leader by Cribs for Kids. 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.
In the Hospital’s, the Boca Center for Women’s Care and Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, the hospital is equipped to treat expectant mothers and their babies from the routine to the very high-risk. 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 7 years in a row (2015-2021). 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
