U.S. News & World Report Lists Woodwinds Hospital Among Best in Orthopedics in MN

From HealthEast:

Woodwinds Hospital of HealthEast has been ranked as one of the best hospitals for 2013-14 in orthopedics in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area by U.S. News & World Report. The annual U.S. News Best Hospitals rankings, now in their 24th year, recognize hospitals that excel in treating the most challenging patients.

“Recognition as one of the U.S. News and World Report ‘Best Hospitals’ reflects the deep commitment and dedication of our employees,” says Scott North, Senior VP & President of HealthEast Acute Care Hospitals.  “As a whole, our hospitals demonstrated excellence as well in the areas of care for which they have earned distinction. We are proud to offer superior care, quality and experience to the communities we serve.”

U.S. News evaluates hospitals in 16 adult specialties. In most specialties, it ranks the nation’s top 50 hospitals and recognizes other high-performing hospitals that provide care at nearly the level of their nationally ranked peers.

U.S. News publishes Best Hospitals to help guide patients who need a high level of care because they face particularly difficult surgery, a challenging condition, or added risk because of other health problems or age. Objective measures such as patient survival and safety data, the adequacy of nurse staffing levels and other data largely determined the rankings in most specialties.

The specialty rankings and data were produced for U.S. News by RTI International, a leading research organization based in Research Triangle Park, N.C. Using the same data, U.S. News produced the state and metro rankings.