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Coordinated Health, part of Lehigh Valley Health Network, continues to provide award-winning care. Healthgrades awarded Coordinated Health–Allentown the Healthgrades 2021 Patient Safety Excellence Award™. This distinction places Coordinated Health–Allentown among the top 5% of all short-term acute care hospitals reporting patient safety data as evaluated by Healthgrades, the leading marketplace connecting patients and providers.
During the study period (2017 through 2019), Healthgrades 2021 Patient Safety Excellence Award recipient hospitals demonstrated excellent performance in patient safety within the Medicare population, as measured by a patient safety indicator defined by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
Healthgrades recognized Coordinated Health’s Allentown Hospital for the following clinical achievements:
Orthopedics
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Five-Star Recipient for Spinal Fusion Surgery (four years in a row)
Patient Safety
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Recipient of the Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award™ (three years in a row)
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Top 5% in the Nation for Patient Safety (two years in a row)
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Top 10% in the Nation for Patient Safety (three years in a row)
“All of the awards we receive, and especially those from Healthgrades, are a direct reflection of our highly skilled physician teams, nurses, physical therapists and hospital staff who work so hard to ensure our patients have such positive outcomes,” says Christine Biege, Vice President of Patient Care Services, Coordinated Health.
“We are very proud to continue to receive recognition from Healthgrades for patient safety and spinal fusion surgery. It’s a clear indication that our hospitals are among the best in the nation for surgical outcomes,” says Amy Nyberg, President, Coordinated Health.
Healthgrades recognizes a hospital’s quality achievements for cohort-specific performance, specialty area performance and overall clinical quality. Individual procedure or condition cohorts are designated as five-star (statistically significantly better than expected), three-star (not statistically different from expected) and one-star (statistically significantly worse than expected).
“The importance of hospital quality is now at the forefront of consumers’ minds, especially as we continue to navigate COVID-19. We congratulate the recipients of the Healthgrades 2021 Patient Safety Excellence Award for their ongoing commitment to upholding the highest quality standards for their patients and communities,” says Brad Bowman, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Healthgrades.