U.S. News & World Report Names Mercy Health Hospitals Among Best Hospitals 2024-2025 as High Performing
YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO (August 12, 2024) – Mercy Health – St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital and Mercy Health – St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital have been named by U.S. News & World Report to its 2024-2025 Best Hospitals as High Performing hospitals. St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital was recognized for procedures and conditions related to cardiology, heart and vascular surgery, specifically in the treatment of heart attack and heart failure. St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital was recognized for procedures and conditions related to cardiology, heart and vascular surgery, nephrology, and pulmonology and lung surgery, specifically in the areas of heart failure, kidney failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This is the highest distinction a hospital can earn for U.S. News’ Best Hospitals Procedures & Conditions ratings.
The annual Procedures & Conditions ratings are designed to assist patients and their health care providers in making informed decisions about where to receive care for challenging health conditions or elective procedures.
“Mercy Health’s providers, clinicians and employees walk through our hospital doors every day with one goal that’s paramount to all others – to bring good help to those in need. As our ministry’s mission calls us to do, Mercy Health is committed to providing high quality, compassionate care to our patients to improve the health and well-being of our communities. We are honored to once again be recognized by U.S. News & World Report and among its 2024-2025 Best Hospitals as High Performing hospitals. We remain steadfast in our dedication to the Mahoning Valley and meeting its evolving health care needs,” said Dr. John Luellen, president of Mercy Health – Lorain and Youngstown.
U.S. News evaluated nearly 5,000 hospitals across 15 specialties and 20 procedures and conditions. Hospitals awarded a “Best” designation excelled at factors such as clinical outcomes, level of nursing care and patient experience.
“For 35 years, U.S. News has been a leading resource for patients navigating their health care decisions,” said Ben Harder, chief of health analysis and managing editor at U.S. News. “The ‘High Performing’ designation acknowledges hospitals that consistently deliver high-quality care for specific medical procedures and conditions. This recognition highlights their expertise and commitment to patient well-being.”
To calculate the Best Hospitals rankings, U.S. News evaluated each hospital’s performance on objective measures such as risk-adjusted mortality rates, preventable complications and level of nursing care. The Best Hospitals Specialty rankings methodology and Procedures & Conditions ratings methodology measure patient outcomes using data from millions of records provided by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. This year, among other methodology refinements, U.S. News incorporated new data on care provided to patients with Medicare Advantage insurance and on care provided to outpatients, nearly doubling the number of patients included in its annual data analysis. The Procedures & Conditions ratings are based entirely on objective quality measures.
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About Mercy Health – Youngstown
Mercy Health - Youngstown is part of Bon Secours Mercy Health one of the 20 largest health systems in the United States and the fifth-largest Catholic health system in the country. The ministry’s quality, compassionate care is provided by more than 60,000 associates serving communities in Kentucky, Maryland, New York, Ohio, South Carolina and Virginia, as well as throughout Ireland. Mercy Health – Youngstown is an integrated health system in the Mahoning Valley, which encompasses the Youngstown/Warren metropolitan area – Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties in Ohio. Mercy Health - Youngstown provides a full spectrum of health care services – acute inpatient and trauma, outpatient and ambulatory, rehabilitation, behavioral, emergency and urgent care, primary care, specialist physician care, home health, home medical equipment, and hospice care, as well as Mercy Health Foundation Mahoning Valley. The mission of Mercy Health – Youngstown is to extend the compassionate ministry of Jesus by improving the health and well-being of our communities and bring good help to those in need, especially people who are poor, dying and underserved. Learn more atwww.mercy.com.
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