Healthcare
Ridgeview offers quality health care to area residents
Residents of the West Carver area have easy access to quality health care at Ridgeview .
Ridgeview ’ s Waconia Campus offers 24 / 7 emergency care , a 120-bed acute-care hospital , birthing center , specialty care and more . The Waconia Campus is part of Ridgeview ’ s independent , nonprofit , regional health care system serving the southwest-metro area and beyond .
Its network also includes three additional hospital campuses — located in Arlington , Chaska and Le Sueur — a multitude of primary and specialty care clinics , emergency services and specialty programs , a nursing home , independent living apartments , home health , home medical equipment
services and more .
Recent highlights
• Ridgeview was recently recognized as a five-star hospital by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ( CMS ). CMS assigns star ratings to hospitals nationwide based on its performance of more than 100 measures across five quality categories — mortality , safety of care , readmission , patient experience and timely & effective care . Ridgeview was among just 13 Minnesota hospitals to receive the five-star Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating for 2022 .
• Ridgeview ’ s Waconia and Chaska hospital campuses ’ designation as Acute Stroke Ready Hospitals ( ASRH ) by the Minnesota Department of Health ( MDH ) was renewed . Among other criteria , the ASRH designation requires an Acute Stroke Team available 24 hours a day , seven days a week at the Waconia and Chaska hospital campuses .
• Ridgeview and Twin Cities Orthopedics ( TCO ) announced plans to jointly develop a new Orthopedic Institute on Ridgeview ’ s Chaska Campus . Combining world-class services with groundbreaking technology in a state-of-the-art facility , Ridgeview and TCO ’ s shared goals include achieving high quality in-patient care , improved outcomes and an exceptional patient experience . The new Orthopedic Institute is scheduled to open in October 2023 .
Ridgeview serves a population of more than 350,000 people and is one of the largest employers in Carver County . The hospitals , associated clinics and physicians have a wellearned reputation for clinical excellence and extraordinary service . Ridgeview ’ s medical staff includes more than 700 credentialed providers representing 45 general and specialty areas .
Ridgeview is well-known for delivering care with kindness , compassion and intuition — providing a very personalized patient experience . For more information , visit ridgeviewmedical . org .
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Norman and Ann Hoffman Emergency Center - Waconia
Aerial view of the Waconia campus
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