HealthGradesTM is a leading national healthcare ratings organization that uses clinical outcomes to provide ratings and profiles of hospitals, nursing homes and physicians to consumers, corporations, health plans and hospitals. In turn, consumers may use these quality-of-care ratings to make healthcare decisions.
Inova's recognized tradition of excellence
HealthGrades has recognized Inova Health System's quality healthcare services for many years. In 2010, Inova Fairfax Hospital received HealthGrades' most prestigious designation as one of America's 50 Best Hospitals for the fourth consecutive year. HealthGrades has also ranked the hospital #1 in Virginia for cardiology services for 2009-2010 and among the top 5 percent in the nation for treatment of stroke.
HealthGrades designations are based exclusively on clinical outcomes
- Millions of public records of Medicare patient outcomes are analyzed every year
- The highest-rated hospitals demonstrate superior outcomes for 26 different conditions and procedures compared to other hospitals
- Patients at top-rated hospitals are less likely to die or suffer complications than at other hospitals
- Patient outcomes from all of the nation's nearly 5,000 non-federal hospitals are included in the analysis.
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