NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., July 30, 2019 --- Once again the highest ranked hospital in Orange County,
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian proudly announced today that
U.S. News & World Report’s 2019-2020 Best Hospitals Rankings named Hoag the fourth-best hospital
in the Los Angeles metro area and eighth-best in California.
The annual
Best Hospitals rankings and ratings, now in their 30th year, are designed to assist patients and their doctors in making informed
decisions about where to receive care for challenging health conditions
and common elective procedures.
Hoag’s 2019-2020 rankings also included national recognition for
Hoag’s specialty services, including:
- #37 in Neurology & Neurosurgery
- #41 in Gynecology
- #41 in Orthopedics
- #48 in Gastroenterology & GI Surgery
Additional rankings included high performing in five adult specialties,
including Cancer, Geriatrics, Nephrology, Pulmonology & Lung Surgery,
and Urology, as well as high performing in nine procedures and conditions,
including Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair, Aortic Valve Surgery, Heart
Bypass Surgery, Heart Failure, Colon Cancer Surgery, Chronic Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Hip Replacement, Knee Replacement and Lung Cancer Surgery.
“Receiving this prestigious national recognition is a tribute to
Hoag’s commitment to delivering the highest quality, patient-centered
care each and every day to the Orange County community,” said
Robert T. Braithwaite, Hoag president and CEO. “We are so proud of our dedicated employees, medical staff, volunteers,
and our Board, who demonstrate compassion each and every day while providing
this community a level of personalized care that is unsurpassed.”
This year marks the first that Hoag is nationally ranked in Neurology &
Neurosurgery and Gynecology – a reflection of the resources Hoag
has invested in these areas, including giving patients access to the most
leading-edge treatment and diagnostic options available.
“It’s rare for a community hospital to have access to the most
advanced treatments, technologies and clinical trials, but at Hoag we
are fiercely committed to exploring and perfecting innovative options
for our patients and this community,” Braithwaite said.
The
U.S. News Best Hospitals
methodologies in most areas of care are based largely or entirely on objective measures
such as risk-adjusted survival and readmission rates, volume, patient
experience, patient safety and quality of nursing, among other care-related
indicators. To view the full rankings of
U.S. News & World Report, visit
Best Hospitals.
ABOUT HOAG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PRESBYTERIAN
Hoag is an approximately $1 billion nonprofit, regional health care delivery
network in Orange County, California, that treats more than 30,000 inpatients
and 450,000 outpatients annually. Hoag consists of two acute-care hospitals
– Hoag Hospital Newport Beach, which opened in 1952, and Hoag Hospital
Irvine, which opened in 2010 – in addition to eight health centers
and 11 urgent care centers. Hoag is a designated Magnet® hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Hoag offers
a comprehensive blend of health care services that includes five institutes
providing specialized services in the following areas:
cancer,
heart and vascular,
neurosciences,
women’s health, and orthopedics through Hoag’s affiliate,
Hoag Orthopedic Institute, which consists of an orthopedic hospital and two ambulatory surgical centers.
Hoag has been named one of the Best Regional Hospitals in the 2019 - 2020
U.S. News & World Report, andBecker’s Healthcare named Hoag as one of the 2018 “100 Great Hospitals in America”
– a designation Hoag has received five times. For an unprecedented
23 years, residents of Orange County have chosen Hoag as one of the county’s
best hospitals in a local newspaper survey. Visit
www.hoag.org for more information.
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