REDLANDS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL IS THE ONLY HOSPITAL IN CALIFORNIA TO RECEIVE THE AMERICA’S 100 BEST HOSPITALS FOR ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY FOR 12 YEARS IN A ROW

Healthgrades names Redlands Community Hospital among America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Orthopedic Surgery, Joint Replacement, Spine Surgery and America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Surgical Care

Redlands, CA – October 26, 2022 – Redlands Community Hospital today announced that it is one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Orthopedics Surgery, America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Joint Replacement, America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Spine Surgery and America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Surgical Care, according to new research released byHealthgrades, the leading marketplace connecting doctors and patients. These achievements reflect Redlands Community Hospital’s outstanding clinical outcomes for Orthopedic Surgery, Joint Replacement, Spine Surgery and Surgical Care and puts Redlands Community Hospital in the top 5% of hospitals nationwide for Orthopedic Surgery, Joint Replacement and Surgical Care and the top 10% of hospitals nationwide for Spine Surgery.

Redlands Community Hospital received:

• America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Orthopedic Surgery Award™ for 12 years in a row (2012-2023)
• America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Joint Replacement Award™ for 3 years in a row (2021-2023)
• America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Surgical Care Award™ for 2 years in a row (2022-2023)
• America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Spine Surgery Award™ in 2023

“We are proud to be named among the nation’s top hospitals for providing orthopedic surgery, joint replacement, spine surgery and surgical care,” said James Holmes, Redlands Community Hospital President and CEO. “This recognition demonstrates the expertise that our physicians, nurse and staff dedicate to providing exceptional patient care.”

Healthgrades evaluated patient mortality and complication rates for 31 of the most common conditions and procedures at nearly 4,500 hospitals across the country to identify the top-performing hospitals for specialty care. This year’s analysis revealed significant variation in patient outcomes between America’s 100 Hospitals for Orthopedic Surgery, Joint Replacement and Spine Surgery and hospitals that did not receive these distinctions. From 2019-2021, patients treated at hospitals receiving the America's 100 Best Hospitals for Joint Replacement Award have, on average, a 65.6% lower risk of experiencing a complication while in the hospital than if they were treated in hospitals that did not receive the award.* Additionally, patients treated at hospitals receiving the America's 100 Best Hospitals for Orthopedic Surgery Award have, on average, a 41.6% lower risk of experiencing a complication while in the hospital than if they were treated in hospitals that did not receive the award.*

“We commend Redlands Community Hospital for their ongoing commitment to providing high-quality care to patients undergoing Orthopedic Surgery, Joint Replacement, Spine Surgery and Surgical Care,” said Brad Bowman, MD, Chief Medical Officer and Head of Data Science at Healthgrades. “Consumers can feel confident that America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Orthopedic Surgery, Joint Replacement, Spine Surgery and America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Surgical Care have demonstrated their ability to deliver consistently exceptional outcomes.”

Consumers can visit Healthgrades.com to learn more about how Healthgrades measures hospital quality and access a patient-friendly overview of the complete methodology here.

*Statistics are based on Healthgrades analysis of MedPAR data for years 2019 through 2021 and represent three-year estimates for Medicare patients only. For appendectomy and bariatric surgery, Healthgrades used inpatient data from 16 states that provide all-payer data for years 2019 through 2021.Click here to view the complete 2023 Specialty Excellence Awards and Ratings Methodology.