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Healthgrades Names Clear Lake Regional Medical Center a Five-Star Recipient for Cardiac, Orthopedics, Pulmonary, Gastrointestinal, Appendectomy, Critical Care, Labor and Delivery and Gynecological Surgery By: Rita Cunningham Clear Lake Regional Medical Center Marketing Director [email protected] Clear Lake Regional Medical Center today  announced that (2015 – 2017), Healthgrades Gynecologic Procedures it has achieved five stars for its performance in Cardiac, Excellence Award TM  for two years in a row (2016 – 2017), Orthopedics, Pulmonary, Gastrointestinal, Appendectomy, Top 10% of Hospitals Evaluated for Gynecologic Procedures Critical Care, Labor and Delivery and Gynecological Surgery for two years in a row (2016 – 2017), Five-Star Recipient for from  Healthgrades, the leading online resource for Hysterectomy for three years in a row (2015 – 2017), and comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals. Five-Star Recipient for Urogynecologic Procedures in 2017. This achievement is part of new findings and data released   “In an environment where consumers have more choices today by Healthgrades and featured in the  Healthgrades 2018 Report to the Nation.  Every year,Healthgrades evaluates hospital performance at nearly 4,500 hospitals nationwide for 34 of the most common inpatient procedures and conditions.*   The new report demonstrates how clinical performance about where to receive their care, a hospital’s commitment to achieving high-quality outcomes is fundamental,” said Brad Bowman,MD, Chief Medical Officer, Healthgrades. “Because consumers place such value on this information, hospitals that achieve five stars for cardiac, orthopedic, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, appendectomy, critical care, continues to differ dramatically between hospitals labor and delivery and gynecological surgery stand out in regionally and nationally. This variation in care has a their marketplace.” significant impact on health outcomes. For example, from   *For its analysis, Healthgrades evaluated approximately 45 2014-2016, if all hospitals as a group, performed similarly to hospitals receiving 5 stars as a group, on average 219,568 lives could potentially have been saved and 164,454 complications could potentially have been avoided.** A 5- star rating indicates that Clear Lake Regional Medical Center’s clinical outcomes are statistically significantly better than expected when treating the condition or performing the procedure being evaluated.   “These awards exhibit the important and commitment our million Medicare inpatient records for nearly 4,500 short- term acute care hospitals nationwide to assess hospital performance in 32 common conditions and procedures, and evaluate outcomes in appendectomy and bariatric surgery using all-payer data provided by 17 states. Healthgrades recognizes a hospital’s quality achievements f o r c o h o rt - s p e c i fi c p e r f o r m a n c e , s p e c i a l t y a re a performance, and overall clinical quality. Individual procedure or condition cohorts are designated as 5-star physicians and staff put on delivering quality care each (statistically significantly better than expected), 3-star (not day,” said Todd Caliva, chief executive officer for Clear Lake statistically different from expected) and 1-star (statistically Regional Medical Center. significantly worse than expected) categories. The   These clinical achievements are in addition to the numerous Healthgrades awards Clear Lake Regional