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NCH Named as one of

America’s Top

100 Hospitals

by Healthgrades

NCH ranks in the top 2% of all hospitals nationwide
by Paul Hiltz, FACHE

am excited to announce that From 2018-2020, patients treated in hospitals
the NCH Healthcare System, achieving the Healthgrades top 100 hospitals recognition
I comprised of both NCH on average had a 25.4 percent lower risk of dying than
Baker Hospital and NCH North if they were treated in hospitals that did not receive
Naples Hospital, has received the this award. In fact, if all hospitals as a group performed
Healthgrades 2022 America’s 100 similarly to NCH 162,830 lives could potentially have
Best Hospitals Award™. This been saved from 2018-2020.*
notable distinction places NCH Our Healthcare System has always prided itself on
in a small, elite group of hospitals who are in delivering quality healthcare to our community. Since my arrival
the top two percent of nearly 4,500 hospitals assessed nationwide as CEO two years ago our entire team has been laser-focused on
for superior clinical care and patient outcomes for the treatment reaching the benchmark of being named a top 100 healthcare
of the most common conditions and procedures as measured system. Our commitment to providing an exceptional patient
by Healthgrades, the leading resource that connects consumers, experience each and every time has been instrumental in helping
physicians and health systems. Or, said another way, NCH offers us finally reach this remarkable distinction with Healthgrades.
better clinical excellence and outcomes than 98% of all other Healthgrades helps consumers make confident healthcare
hospitals nationwide who were part of Healthgrades analysis. decisions by enabling the evaluation and comparison of hospital
NCH is one out of only six other healthcare facilities in the state performance to find the highest quality care.
of Florida to be recognized with this distinction. Visit Healthgrades.com/quality/americas-best-hospitals for an in-
This is no easy feat for the small percentage who are named depth look at NCH’s performance and profile to explore how we
within this coveted category. Recipients must have maintained were named as providing the highest quality care in Naples today.
exceptional quality standards in overall clinical excellence for a *Statistics are based on Healthgrades analysis of MedPAR data for
minimum of five years-in-a-row to even be considered for this years 2018 through 2020 and represent 3-year estimates for Medicare
prestigious honor. patients only.

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