HealthGrades, a healthcare rating organization, has released its 8th Annual Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence report which examines patient outcomes for 26 medical procedures and diagnoses at all 5,000 nonfederal hospitals in the U.S., based on 40 million hospitalization records from 2006, 2007 and 2008 obtained from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. For each hospital, risk-adjusted mortality and complication rates are evaluated across 26 procedures and diagnoses, from heart attack treatment to valve-replacement surgery to total knee replacement. For more information, visit HealthGrades.com
HealthGrades releases 8th Annual Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence report
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