U.S. News Puts Genesis, Davenport On Best Regional Hospitals List
Genesis Medical Center, Davenport
has landed on U.S. News & World
Reports list of “Best Regional
Hospitals” for 2011-12.
Each year, U.S. News publishes the
Best Hospitals rankings in July.
At the midpoint of the 2011-12
year, its editors have now
recognized 247 hospitals outside
major U.S. metropolitan areas as
Best Regional Hospitals. The list
of those hospitals, including
Genesis, is available online at
www.usnews.com/bestregionalhospitals.
All Best Regional Hospitals,
regardless of location, had to meet
the same standard: They were
recognized last July as highperforming
in at least one of the 16
specialties that U.S. News evaluates.
Genesis Medical Center, Davenport
was recognized as “highperforming”
in five specialties:
gastroenterology, gynecology,
geriatrics, nephrology and
orthopedics.
Hospitals like Genesis Medical
Center, Davenport offer a high level
of medical care to communities that
otherwise might have limited
options, says Avery Comarow,
U.S. News Health Rankings editor.
“All Best Regional Hospitals are
what we call ‘high-performers’ in at
least one medical specialty,”
Comarow says. “They are fully
capable of providing first-rate care,
even to most patients who have
serious conditions or need
demanding procedures.”
U.S. News annually evaluates nearly
5,000 hospitals in 16 different
medical specialties. Hard numbers
stand behind its analysis in most
specialties -- death rates, patient
safety, procedure volume, and
other objective data.
Also factored in are responses from
physician specialists, who are asked
to name hospitals they consider
best in their specialty for the
toughest cases.
“Recognition from U.S. News is
highly sought after by hospitals and
health systems across the country,’’
said Doug Cropper, President and
CEO, Genesis Health System.
“The recognition by an
independent and credible source is
affirmation that our system-wide
focus on quality of care, patient
safety and excellent patient
outcomes is on the right
track.
“The
important
message from
recognition like
this to our patients
is that they can
expect a high level of
care and outstanding
outcomes at Genesis.”