MemorialCare Hospitals Rank Among California's Best in U.S. News & World Report's Listings of Best Hospitals

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Aug 08, 2017, 09:28 ET

LOS ANGELES and ORANGE Counties, Calif., Aug. 8, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a rigorous assessment of more than 4,500 adult hospitals, U.S. News & World Report recognized MemorialCare Health System's Long Beach Memorial, Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center in Fountain Valley and Saddleback Memorial Medical Center in Laguna Hills 21 times as "high performing" in several clinical categories. Additionally, Long Beach Memorial has been recognized as a "Best Hospital" by U.S. News & World Report with rankings of "high performing" across 13 areas of care.

The annual Best Hospitals rankings are designed to help patients make informed decisions about where to receive care for life-threatening conditions or for common elective procedures. The U.S. News methodologies include risk-adjusted survival and readmission rates, volume, patient experience, patient safety, quality of nursing care and other care-related indicators.

"These achievements are a testament to the dedication and teamwork of our 15,000 employees, physicians and volunteers who continually strive to advance our mission to deliver advanced, high quality health services for all Southern Californians," says Barry Arbuckle, PhD, president and CEO, MemorialCare Health System.

Long Beach Memorial has appeared on many national "Best Hospitals" lists in numerous clinical categories since U.S. News & World Report began its annual rankings. This year, it received "high-performance" rankings in 13 clinical areas, including Heart Bypass Surgery, Heart Failure, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Hip Replacement, Knee Replacement, Orthopedics, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair, Gastroenterology and GI Surgery, Colon Cancer Surgery, Aortic Valve Surgery, Geriatrics and Nephrology, ranking among the top hospitals in Los Angeles and Orange counties and California. It is also among a small percentage of U.S. hospitals consistently recognized for outstanding dedication to patient safety--maintaining a top "A" grade in eight of 10 Leapfrog Group Hospital Safety Score evaluations.

"These continued awards and accolades demonstrate that we never lose sight of the needs of our patients while consistently achieving high levels of excellence," says John Bishop, CEO, Long Beach Memorial, Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach and Community Hospital Long Beach. "We take enormous pride in these remarkable accomplishments."

Orange Coast Memorial, ranked a top Orange County Workplace for six consecutive years and consistently voted by readers of the Orange County Register as a Top Orange County Hospital, also was identified in a large number of "high-performance" rankings in U.S. News & World Report. These include Heart Bypass Surgery, Heart Failure, Hip Replacement, Knee Replacement, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Colon Cancer Surgery. Orange Coast Memorial has been widely recognized for its commitment to patient quality and safety by achieving an "A" grade in the Leapfrog Group Hospital Safety Score, considered the gold standard measure for hospital safety.

Saddleback Memorial Medical Center also received recognition by U.S. News & World Report. Additionally it has again been named one of Healthgrades America's 50 Best Hospitals representing the top 1% of U.S. hospitals three consecutive years and Truven Health Analytics' Top 50 Cardiovascular Hospitals in the U.S., consecutively voted Orange County's #1 Best Hospital in the Orange County Register's Best of Orange County poll of readers and has appeared on both Becker's Hospital Review and Thomson Reuters' lists of America's Best Hospitals. Saddleback Memorial's U.S. News & World Report "high-performance" ranking categories included Heart Failure and Colon Cancer.

"Our hospitals are places where doctors love practicing medicine, employees commit their lives to serving patients and families, and volunteers and donors give enormous time and resources to making a difference in people's lives," says Marcia Manker, CEO, Saddleback Memorial and Orange Coast Memorial.

MemorialCare Health System, pioneer in evidence-based medicine, has more than 200 care sites; five top hospitals—Long Beach Memorial, Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach, Community Hospital Long Beach, Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center in Fountain Valley and Saddleback Memorial Medical Center in Laguna Hills; MemorialCare Medical Group; Greater Newport Physicians; Seaside Health Plan; and ambulatory surgery, imaging, outpatient, kidney dialysis and urgent care centers. Among MemorialCare's many honors for its health care organizations include Best U.S. Health Care Systems, 10 Largest U.S. Children's Hospitals, Top 50 Hospitals, Top 50 Cardiovascular Hospitals, Best Places to Work and more.

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