McLeod Health Clarendon announced today that it has been recognized as a 2024 Outstanding Patient Experience Award™ recipient by Healthgrades, the leading resource consumers use to find a hospital or doctor. This achievement recognizes McLeod Health Clarendon’s commitment to providing an exceptional care experience for patients and their loved ones.
We understand what matters most to patients at McLeod Health Clarendon is the quality and safety of care they receive accompanied by a positive patient experience. Our top priority is to continue to improve the patient experience,” said Rachel Gainey, McLeod Health Clarendon Chief Executive Officer. “McLeod Health Clarendon is pleased to receive this national recognition achieved through teamwork and dedication of our entire hospital staff. However, the pursuit of quality improvement at McLeod Health Clarendon is unending. We recognize that we can never stop improving care for patients. Healthcare is constantly becoming more complex and challenging, and our team is committed to providing the best care possible to our patients now and in the future.”
To identify the top hospitals for patient experience, Healthgrades applies a scoring methodology to ten patient experience measures using Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey data submitted by the hospital’s own patients. Survey questions focus on patients’ perceptions of their hospital care, from cleanliness and noise levels to medication explanations and staff responsiveness. The measures also include whether a patient would recommend the hospital to friends or family and their overall rating of the hospital.
For this annual analysis, Healthgrades evaluated more than 2,500 hospitals that submitted at least 100 patient experience surveys to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), covering admissions from January 2022 to December 2022. Of those hospitals evaluated, McLeod Health Clarendon outperformed its peers–based on feedback from their own patients–to achieve this award.
“We commend McLeod Health Clarendon for going above and beyond to provide a best-in-class care experience for patients during their hospital stay,” said Brad Bowman, MD, chief medical officer and head of data sciences at Healthgrades. “McLeod Health Clarendon’s dedication to superior patient care is particularly impressive given recent declines in patient satisfaction scores across the country. We look forward to their continued leadership and commitment to ensuring the health and wellness of all patients.”
Consumers can visit healthgrades.com to learn more about how Healthgrades measures hospital quality and access the complete Outstanding Patient Experience Award Methodology. A patient-friendly overview of our methodology is also available here.
About McLeod Health Clarendon
McLeod Health Clarendon, formerly Clarendon Health System, dedicates itself to creating lasting relationships with our patients while providing Clarendon County and surrounding communities the finest in healthcare services. McLeod Health Clarendon has 81 acute care beds along with 24-hour emergency department, same-day surgery, and Health & Fitness Center. Clarendon has more than 50 providers representing 15 medical specialties ranging from family medicine, OB-GYN and orthopedics to plastic surgery and urology.
About Healthgrades
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