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Transforming HealtHcare Best Practices Only 100 hospitals in America have this award. The only one in Atlanta is GMC G winnett Medical Center is committed to transforming healthcare in its community, and being named to the HealthGrades list of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for 2012 is just one of many indicators of that commitment. Each year, HealthGrades, the nation’s leading independent hospital ratings organization, assesses clinical results at the nation’s nearly 5,000 nonfederal hospitals across 27 procedures and diagnoses. Through this assessment, the organization identifies the best-performing hospitals in the nation and designates each of these elite hospitals as a Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence. Distinguished Hospitals for Clinical Excellence outperform all other hospitals across all procedures and diagnoses studied. To be recognized as one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals, hospitals must have had risk-adjusted mortality and complication rates that were in the top 5 percent in the nation for at least four consecutive years. On average, patients treated at America’s 100 Best Hospitals had nearly a 30 percent lower risk of facing in-hospital mortality. Commitment to Quality In addition to the overall clinical excellence award, HealthGrades recognized Gwinnett Medical Center in other areas: • Five-star ratings for heart failure treatment, neuroscience, stroke treatment, overall pulmonary services, pneumonia treatment, carotid artery surgery, overall critical care, sepsis treatment and respiratory failure treatment. • GMC is ranked among the top 5 percent in the nation for stroke treatment and among the top 10 percent in the nation for critical care. • GMC is a recipient of the HealthGrades Stroke Care Excellence Award and the HealthGrades Critical Care Excellence Award. These HealthGrades awards extend to all of Gwinnett Medical Center’s facilities, including Gwinnett Medical Center–Lawrenceville and Gwinnett Medical Center–Duluth, demonstrating the far reach of GMC’s commitment to quality. Being named a top hospital in one of the largest healthcare studies in America is a result of the dedication and hard work of GMC’s staff and physicians. Providing patients and families with the best possible care is inherent in GMC’s commitment to transform healthcare and the dedication to deliver excellent clinical quality. online To find more details about GMC’s award, go to gwinnettmedicalcenter.org and look for the HealthGrades trophy. Discover More About Our Award 56 Vim & Vigor • FALL 2 012 http://www.gwinnettmedicalcenter.org

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Vim & Vigor - Fall 2012 - Gwinnett Medical Center

Vim & Vigor - Fall 2012 - Gwinnett Medical Center
Contents
Phil’s Feature
Good Times for a Good Cause
Warm Fuzzies
30 Days to Better Sleep
I Can’t Ask My Doctor That!
He Said, She Said
Hold On to Your Health
Still A Screening Star
Your Joints: An Owner’s Manual
Weighing Your Options
No Greater Gift
Weather Alert
Virtual Health
PrimeTime Health
From the Heart
Putting Everything in Place
Out of the White Coat
Transforming Healthcare

Vim & Vigor - Fall 2012 - Gwinnett Medical Center