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Christiana Care earns 5-Star ranking from Hospital Compare
Fewer than 350 hospitals nationwide earned 5-Star distinction
Christiana Care Health System has earned the highest rating, five stars, in the Five-Star Quality
Rating System by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Hospital Compare website. Christiana Care is one of only 337 hospitals — fewer than 11 percent of hospitals nationwide — that earned the highest-possible quality rating.
“Every day, I am inspired by the incredible work of our extraordinary people, as we serve our patients and our community, guided by our values of excellence and
love,” said Janice E. Nevin, M.D., MPH, Christiana
Care president and CEO. “Our
community deserves the Ken Silverstein, M.D., MBA very best health care. For
exceptional physicians, nurses and staff who are dedicated to advancing a culture in which we place the patients and their families at the center of all that we do.”
The Hospital Compare rating summarizes more than 50 quality measures into an overall star rating for each hospital. They include measures related to mortality, readmission, safety,
patient experience, efficient use of medical imaging and other
publicly reported data.
“This recognition reflects the success of our team-based approach
to delivering care that
is highly reliable and highly valued,” said Ken Silverstein, M.D., MBA, chief
clinical officer of Christiana
“ Every day, I am inspired by the incredible work of our extraordinary people, as we serve
our patients and our community, guided by our values of excellence and love.”
Janice E. Nevin, M.D., MPH
more programs that provide the highest level of care to many of
the most complex and difficult-to- treat cases, achieving a five-star rating is very special and relatively rare,” said
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our community and our patients, we are committed to being exceptional today and even better tomorrow.”
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services created the
star-rating system to
help consumers,
their families and caregivers compare the quality of hospitals more easily.
“To put it simply,
at Christiana Care
Health System, we are
delivering excellent,
high-quality care to the people we serve,” said Sharon L. Anderson, MS, BSN, RN, FACHE, senior vice president of quality and patient safety and chief population health officer at Christiana Care.
“This recognition belongs to all of our
Care. “It demonstrates that the innovative approaches we
implement in caring for our patients are not just working, but thriving.”
Among the nation’s major
teaching
hospitals, Christiana Care was one of only 26
Kert Anzilotti, M.D., MBA
Sharon L. Anderson, MS, BSN, RN, FACHE
hospitals that are
members of the Council of Teaching
Hospitals and Health Systems (COTH) to make the list. COTH members are academic teaching hospitals recognized throughout the world as a benchmark for excellence in patient care, research and medical education.
“As a major teaching health system, including a Level I trauma center, a comprehensive stroke center, a Level III neonatal intensive care unit and several
Kert Anzilotti, M.D., MBA, chief medical officer of Acute Care at Christiana Care. “This achievement inspires us to work even harder for our patients and our community.” ●
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