Baptist Hospital has been recognized as a High Performing Hospital for 2019-20 by U.S. News & World Report.
Baptist earned a High Performing rating in three categories chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart failure and hip replacement in recognition of care that is significantly better than the national average as measured by factors such as patient outcomes. High Performing is the highest rating U.S. News awards for those types of care.
The annual Procedures & Conditions ratings, now in their 5th year, are designed to assist patients and their doctors in making informed decisions about where to receive care for common conditions and elective procedures. These ratings extend the U.S. News mission of providing consumers with patient decision support beyond the Best Hospitals rankings, which are geared toward complex specialty care.
Baptist Health Care is building a new hospital in Pensacola, Fla., which is expected to open in summer 2023.
For the 2019-20 ratings, U.S. News evaluated more than 4,500 medical centers nationwide in nine procedures and conditions. Fewer than a third of all hospitals received any high-performing rating.
For 30 years, U.S. News has striven to make hospital quality more transparent to healthcare consumers nationwide, said Ben Harder, managing editor and chief of health analysis at U.S. News. By providing the most comprehensive data available on nearly every hospital across the United States, we give patients, families and physicians information to support their search for the best care across a range of procedures, conditions and specialties.
The U.S. News Procedures & Conditions methodology is based entirely on objective measures of quality such as risk-adjusted outcome rates, volume, quality of nursing and other care-related indicators. The Procedures & Conditions ratings were produced by U.S. News analysts. For more information about the rankings and methodology, visit https://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/rankings.
About Baptist Health Care
Baptist Health Care is a community-owned, not-for-profit health care organization based in northwest Florida that is committed to helping people throughout lifes journey. The organization is a proud member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network. A 2003 Malcolm Baldridge recipient, Baptist continuously strives to be a national leader in quality and service. Baptist Health Care includes three hospitals, four medical parks, Andrews Institute for Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine, Lakeview Center and a large network of primary care and specialty physicians. With more than 6,500 employees and employed physicians, Baptist Health Care is the second largest non-governmental employer in northwest Florida.
